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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Shantanu Havaldar ’18

Contributing Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: November 1, 2016

Latest Article: November 1, 2016

On Diversity and Being South Asian American

By Shantanu Havaldar ’18

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November 1, 2016

Oh, you have a friend back home who’s Indian? That’s nice — I really am happy for you. But I just don’t see what that has to do with me. (Yes, I’ve had this said to me at Amherst several times.) Despite the fact that I was born in the United States, I will be a foreigner to many people in this country until the day I die. Like many other Asian Americans, I have accepted that reality and learned to live within it. I did not expect Amherst to be the same, however. I expected Amherst students to

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