Nicole Winter

Hate crimes and institutional racism

The silence of the administration is dangerous because it keeps students ignorant of the challenges we face, but, more importantly, this silence teaches us that crimes motivated by bigotry should be accepted as a fact of life.

By Nicole Winter | Apr 13 11:24 pm ET

Education without representation

It seems odd to me that Columbia focuses so much on the diversity of its students and touts the importance of building a global community but will not widen the Core to include canonical texts from non-Western cultures.

By Nicole Winter | Mar 30 07:08 pm ET

Losing Eric and Keeping Faith

I am not seeking to blame anyone but to encourage openness—not just intellectual or theoretical openness, but the kind that is motivated by empathy and can spark friendship.

By Nicole Winter | Feb 9 11:15 pm ET

Birth of a Nation: Looking Back and Looking Forward

I hesitate to say that we have our first black president because the experience of a biracial person is radically different from the experience of someone who is Caucasian or African-American.

By Nicole Winter | Jan 26 10:14 pm ET

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