Op-eds are one of the most common ways for researchers to become public intellectuals. For this assignment, you will be writing an op-ed for a publication of your choice. You can choose a newspaper, a blog, a magazine its up to you. But please choose a specific media outlet. You will write differently for The Wall Street Journal than you would for a blog on Vice News.
Your op-ed should use an anthropologists toolkit to persuade your readers to think differently about a conflict in the news. You should avoid using jargon that you do not explain in the piece, but you should absolutely draw on anthropological concepts. You could use your op-ed to challenge a hegemonic interpretation of an on-going crisis, or to call attention to a conflict that you think should be more prominent in your readers minds. You do not need formal citations.
500 words
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