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Hassan Ramzah values relationships.
Dominique Kelley instills hope in players.
Sip on new lager: Dear Old Nebraska Brew.
Oregon Trail video game updated.
FALL NOTING Throughout this issue, you’ll notice that Nebraska Quarterly capitalizes the word “Black” in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, but we do not capitalize “white.” We follow the lead of numerous journalism outlets, including AP Style, which is the standard arbiter for most publications.
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CAMPUS COMMITMENT
What’s Next?
t ’ s b e e n a y e a r s i n c e C h a n c e l lo r Ro n n i e G r e e n outlined the above mandate to our campus community. His message was loud and clear. The colleges took note and have taken a deep look at the areas where each one can do better — where we can all do better — as we grapple with systemic racism in our country. Within this section, you will read uplifting stories of campus communities coming together to heal; infuriating stories of racist behavior directed at our Black alumni; and stories filled with grief and hope. There is more to these stories, and you can find longer versions on our website: huskeralum.org/nebraskaquarterly. As Nebraska alumni and human beings, I encourage you to continue educating yourself on the race issues we grapple with and face daily. To that end, here are some suggestions on steps to take. ACTION ITEMS: • Visit diversity.unl.edu and subscribe to the monthly newsletter from Vice Chancellor Marco Barker’s Diversity and Inclusion Office. • Survey your social media feeds and take note of your film/music/ TV habits. Then, make a point to follow or watch or listen to someone different from you. • Take time to read this collection of Black Lives Matters stories published by The Daily Nebraskan: dailynebraskan.com/diversity_inclusion/ As Chancellor Green wrote to the campus community a year ago: “I believe higher education can play a positive role. I know we can. We are uniquely positioned to learn from the past, give voice and action to the present and help shape future generations.” Amen. —Kirstin Swanson Wilder, editor-in-chief
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“Now must be different. This cannot be another moment where we collectively rage at injustice, acknowledge pain and then take no meaningful action. We must take real steps to address racial inequities and a history of exclusion.”
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