The protest joined a growing list of rallies across the country. Spectators and protesters gathered around the Parkman Bandstand painting cardboard signs with messages such as “Stop Asian Hate” and “I am not a virus.”
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating on many fronts, it has hopefully compelled people to be more mindful about their individual choices and impacts. This newfound urgency and self-agency can help us make inroads in solving other pressing issues.
We either take ourselves way too seriously or not seriously enough, and we have that very typical human quality of assuming that whatever works best for us will work best for everyone else.
However, these jokes are not the same as those about breaking quarantine. Though it does reflect a level of desensitization, at the same time, these jokes are a healthy coping mechanism that facilitates bonding.
I got my nose pierced the summer after I turned 15 — the last summer I would attend summer camp as a camper and not as a counselor. I arrived at camp with dyed hair, band T-shirts, a bad attitude and...
