Contributor Mohit Mehta, assistant director of the Center for Asian American Studies, encourages individuals to view their cultures and ancestry as dynamic, fluid and in non-binaries.
Contributor Marlon Rubio Smith, a radio-television-film junior, describes how film allowed him to explore cultural activism for Latino/a representation and helped him adjust after moving to the U.S.
Contributor Isaiah Mosley, a justice on the UT Supreme Court and a Plan II freshman, defines what the American dream means to him — an inaccessible, fleeting fairy tale that favors those with a sense of accessibility.
Contributor Karma Chávez, Bobby and Sherri Patton professor of Mexican American and Latina/o studies and department chair, contends that the American dream is a dangerous myth.
Contributor Elissa Steglich, clinical professor and co-director of the Immigration Clinic, argues that eliminating systemic barriers in immigration law can help realize the American dream.
