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I have always been a naive person. Not out of purposeful ignorance but out of confusion and personal doubt. So, it comes as no surprise that I began my ‘political journey’ in parallel with my naivety’s demise. There’s usually a moment (or many moments) in one’s life when things are thrown on their head. For me, that moment was born from the wreckage of capitalism and the bad people it makes. The truths of the world were cruel - too cruel to preserve my naivety. I had uncovered that in light of the cruelty of the system(s), the only important choices I should make are those guided by empathy. Of course, however, there are limitations to that, and I am not holier than thou. However, I think willful ignorance for a privileged person like myself is a moral choice. If you have the time, the strength, and the ability to choose to help others and contribute to change, you should make the moral choice to do so. Similarly, journalism and its media act as a vessel of morality. Journalism, as a communication tool wielded to shed light, stirs change and guides discourse. Journalists, such as the editors of this magazine, are faced constantly with the option to make a moral choice. Thus, when I became an editor for this magazine, I wanted to make… well, moral choices; choices that will help students understand the systems of the world which work against them. Choices that will shed light on oppression and bad people. While there are limitations to the effect On Dit has on this world, it gives me hope that students such as yourself are reading this. So, I want to pivot this editorial as a call to action. You can choose to be ignorant just as you can choose to learn more about the world you live in. Therefore, dear reader, I believe in your ability to make the world a better place! You are so much more capable than what you’ve been led to believe. You are more than an ignorant cog. As Angela Davis once said, ‘You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world.’ Reader- you are mighty; you are a force of change! So here is your call to action; go forth and transform the world, go forth and relinquish naivety! Love, Chanel 7
