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The official student newspaper of The Hockaday School

The Fourcast

The official student newspaper of The Hockaday School

The Fourcast

Fragments of beauty
In Focus
Fragments of beauty
Larkin Clouston and Elle Myers February 29, 2024

Opinion
February Staff Standoff: Valentine's Day
Alexa Muñoz and Danya Risam-Chandi February 27, 2024

Let Cupid Live - by Alexa Muñoz I have Valentine’s Day plans this year. And this is not the beginning of another malicious anti-Valentine’s...

Junior Jordan Lacsamana utilizes one of MBLs confocal lens microscopes as she observes squid embryos after staining them.
Features
Mastering marine biology
February 27, 2024

From dissections to monitoring fish tanks, the juniors and seniors who spent seven days at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woodshole,...

The DEI Divide
The DEI Divide
February 27, 2024
Lipstick and Ledgers
January 25, 2024

To My Little Brother

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I’m sorry that this is the circumstance that you’ve been born into.

I’m sorry that people have enough hatred in their hearts to elect a man like Donald Trump into power.

I’m sorry that this election will validate those who have the same sentiment as he does, and I’m sorry that you will inevitably be the subject of this sentiment at many times in your life.

I’m sorry that you will feel out of place in a room, and you will subconsciously place your race as an identifier before anything else. All of your black, Latinx, Muslim, LGBTQIA+, and other oppressed brothers and sisters go through this as well with their identifiers that Trump and his supporters believe are not “American” enough. There were aspirations that the destruction of this feeling would continue with the next elected president, but unfortunately that’s not the case.

As you grow up, you will start to form your own opinions, but please do not be influenced by hatred. Do not succumb to the hatred that will be evident around you even if it doesn’t affect you as an Asian-American male. Know what is right, and fight for it to prevail.

Remember that you are as American as those who say you are not. You belong here.

Lastly, remember that there is hope. And the America that you see is not what America truly represents. Know that America is a land of opportunity, a beacon of hope for those who have none, and a diverse pool of cultures and identities. No man, no matter how awful he is, can tell us otherwise.


– Cheryl Hao – Assistant Web Editor

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