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Hung Cao and candidates like him have weaponized their status as a minority — and, more importantly, an immigrant or descendant of immigrants — to represent the American Dream.

CYNN: Hung Cao is a bad pick for Virginia

By Samantha Cynn | November 4, 2022

Candidates like Hung Cao, if they win this November, may end up doing more harm than good to the very groups they claim to represent.

Panethnicity risks a reductionist mode of thinking towards marginalized communities.

CYNN: Beware of Asian panethnicity rhetoric

By Samantha Cynn | September 19, 2022

It’s far too easy to wash over panethnicity in broad strokes, marking it as an unequivocal good that will allow for greater representation.

Radicalism is just one of many ways of expressing that righteous anger.

CYNN: A tribute to the radical

By Samantha Cynn | April 29, 2022

The lie is this — that change is to be feared, a danger to everything we hold dear. And the truth — that even when it seems hopeless, that is all the more reason to try.

So, is it inevitable that books will die out, unable to keep up with the times?

CYNN: Let the book publishing industry die

By Samantha Cynn | March 26, 2022

The traditional book publishing industry may need to embrace the very phenomenon that has threatened its existence for years — self-publishing.

Children must be allowed to learn from hard truths and painful histories, and adults must be taught not to overstep their bounds, especially when they verge into censorship.

CYNN: Stop sanitizing books in schools

By Samantha Cynn | March 11, 2022

Children must be allowed to learn from hard truths and painful histories, and adults must be taught not to overstep their bounds, especially when they verge into censorship.

The poverty rate in the City of Charlottesville is more than twice as much of that in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

CYNN: Poverty is the fault of institutions, not individuals

By Samantha Cynn | February 14, 2022

All this is to say that the culture of poverty is a myth that both excuses and obscures injustices endured by impoverished individuals.

The reality of the situation is that Youngkin’s victory will reflect a new direction for Virginian education — one that threatens to bring our state backward rather than forward.

CYNN: What Youngkin gets wrong about critical race theory

By Samantha Cynn | February 1, 2022

What opponents of critical race theory really fear are more inclusive approaches to education in this country.

People are quick to reference the “I Have a Dream” speech but not his vocal opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War or sharp rebuke of the U.S. economic system and its role in perpetuating a cycle of poverty.

CYNN: Stop the Disneyfication of civil rights

By Samantha Cynn | November 22, 2021

To frame King and activists like him as accommodating to American society — polite and gentle, messianic yet docile — is to strip them of their intellect, their cunning and their radicalism.

College is a valuable tool of exposure for individuals who may have grown up in a monolithic community.

CYNN: Self-segregation at the University is real, and it’s not inherently a bad thing

By Samantha Cynn | October 27, 2021

But there is a huge difference between facilitating dialogues between people and working to address large-scale inequity, and lambasting individuals for wanting to be around those with whom they share common cultural or heritage-based traits.

Samantha Cynn is a Life Columnist for The Cavalier Daily.

Getting lost around Grounds

By Samantha Cynn | September 27, 2021

There were things I really missed about being at the University — and surprisingly, getting lost was one of them.

Samantha Cynn

CYNN: Hung Cao is a bad pick for Virginia

CYNN: Beware of Asian panethnicity rhetoric

CYNN: A tribute to the radical

CYNN: Let the book publishing industry die

CYNN: Stop sanitizing books in schools

CYNN: Poverty is the fault of institutions, not individuals

CYNN: What Youngkin gets wrong about critical race theory

CYNN: Stop the Disneyfication of civil rights

CYNN: Self-segregation at the University is real, and it’s not inherently a bad thing

Getting lost around Grounds

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