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Critical Dialogues: Diversity And Identity Politics

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I went to the event “Critical Dialogues: Diversity and Identity Politics Panel Discussion,” as my co-curricular activity. This event took place on a Tuesday in the afternoon at the student union building. There was a table with the presenters at front and each of them had their own powerpoint or speeches to present. I didn’t know that there were going to be multiple speakers so I thought it was really interesting to see the different points of view from each person. The topic of the discussion was identity politics, and since my honors course is intercultural communication, I had a good sense of what it means. The first speaker’s presentation was about the definition of identity politics and how it affects and benefits the college environment.

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