Getting the Gist of It

Across many different academic disciplines this year, considering the roles that race, ethnicity, and ancestry play in society has shed light on the dangerous consequences of the marginalization of certain groups. In recent years much media attention has been shed on the thousands of “Crypto-Armenians” in Turkey–survivors of the 1915 genocide who hid themselves within Turkish society through complete and hidden assimilation: abandoning their Armenian identities for false Turkish ones in order to protect themselves and their families from further persecution. As more people come forward about their true identities, a revelation…read more