Jonathan Moore | Politically Erect
By Jonathan Moore | April 23When I host two prospective students today for Jumbo Days, I will try my best to be honest with them about what my Tufts experience has been up until now and what they're getting themselves into. Whenever I use that phrase, "getting themselves into," people look at me with a side-eye and question whether or not I want to be here, or if I want to dissuade students from coming to Tufts. Truthfully, I love being a student at Tufts. The work of making this place feel like a home is rewarding and, as the Presidential election showed us, a never-ending journey. However, a conversation that I'll have with my baby Jumbos, just as if I were a student at any other college or university, will not omit the realities of what life at Tufts is like for many historically marginalized and oppressed peoples. These are the same conversations I have with my friends here in Dewick or in my dorm room, my friends back home, my family and, yes, prospective students I come into contact with.
