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Discrimination in Medicine, Part I: Establishing Harms
By: Aliana Tang
When the Commonwealth Fund released a study on discrimination in medical care in the U.S. in 2024, the survey results were shocking: more than half (52%) of the 3,000 healthcare workers surveyed indicated that discrimination was a major problem or crisis in the field, and nearly half (47%) had personally witnessed discrimination…
The Stressful Trap of the Hong Kong’s University Entrance Exam: Rethinking the HKDSE’s Purpose
By: Nick Tam
What is DSE? The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, also known as the HKDSE, is organised by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. This examination is Hong Kong’s university entrance examination, administered after the three-year New Senior Secondary (NSS) education, allowing students to gain admission to undergraduate courses at…
Overshadowing the Silent Suffering of the Ethnic Minority
By: Keisha Jade D. Luib
Cases of severe mistreatments as well as evident prejudice have circulated for years and years across our globe, yet the following dilemmas have not been entirely addressed in a comprehensive manner to raise awareness and boldly speak up. In Hong Kong, we are considered to be a multicultural and diverse…
Why Consuming Shark Fin Soup is Inhumane: The Ethical Implications of Shark Fin Soup
By: Ernie Tsui
Have you ever eaten sharks? Although this initially sounds like an odd dish, around 72.9% of respondents in Hong Kong have eaten shark in the past 12 months, specifically shark fin soup. Shark finning is when fishermen capture sharks simply to cut off their fins to sell. It is a ruthless practice…
Insufficient Services: The Mental Health Crisis
By: Krista Androsavich
“Psycho”, “crazy”, and “gone marbles”…all examples of the stigmatization of those in need of care. Four hundred and one years after Emil Kräpelin, a well-known psychiatrist, published written material highlighting the effects of mental illness, our world still stigmatizes something millions across the world battle daily. This stigmatization has led to an…
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Democracy?
By: Angela Sun
Democracy is a system of government where decision-making power is held by the people. Such power is usually directly exercised by the people through voting for elected representatives. In this case, all citizens have equal political power in the democratic decision-making process of voting and the result is typically manifested through majority…
Voices of Defiance: The Story of Pussy Riot
By: Roberto Bailey
On February 21, 2012, five women adorned in brightly colored balaclavas stormed Russia’s Christ the Savior Cathedral. Their “punk prayer” began with a repeated choral refrain (translated here to English): “Birth-giver of God, drive away Putin.”
Arms Sales
By: Alyssa Tang
On the afternoon of August 17, 2021, the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was called to participate in a White House press briefing. Tension was high in the room: only two days earlier, the Taliban had reclaimed control of Afghanistan and the United States was in the process of exiting the country…
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