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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Spotlight on Society: The ableism pandemic

Emma Shapiro February 25, 2021
In movies with characters who have a disability, the role should always be first considered for people who have the same disability, have lived these experiences and are able to accurately portray them. We need to approach this situation with solutions, so people no longer have to suffer misrepresentation or lack of representation when watching a character they wanted to relate to.
Abbigale Shi

Mind your business: Ableism is rooted in capitalism

Abbigale Shi November 20, 2020
If you want to fight ableism, you must be able to recognize that it is, and has been for a long time, rooted in capitalism.
An adjunct professor addresses attendees at the “Why It Sucks To BU” town hall hosted by Boston University Students Against Hate Speech at the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Thursday evening. GABE KOIISHE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students say BU has issues of ableism, racism at town hall

Gabe Koiishe November 8, 2019
Students Against Hate Speech, a Boston University student group, hosted a town hall on Thursday where BU students expressed their grievances with the administration and called for the creation of an activist student union.
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