Hustle culture is the idea of constantly grinding. It’s when there is an intense focus on productivity, ambition, and success, with little regard for down time and self care. The foundation for hustle culture was laid during the entrepreneurial boom of the 1990s and 2000s. During this time a new standard emerged of the ‘go hard’ or ‘go home’ mindset. It’s the idea that you can only find success by working hard and long hours and when you think you are working your hardest, push yourself even harder. Sacrificing your leisure time is the way to reach your goals of success.

One would imagine that a fair world is worth changing for. It feels like a natural choice, and it follows a line of logic – if you live in an unjust world, and you cannot be moved at all by suffering, then the best recourse is to try to right the wrongs.

A bit of our fear around the discussion of race stems from how we view ourselves regarding the concept of Blackness. I say “concept” because we know that race is a social construct. It has real-world consequences for how our lives play out.

Over the year, we dedicated ourselves to assisting our community, and we're excited to share the collective achievements we've made together. Check out our Year in Review video to see the highlights.

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In an October 2023 workshop facilitated by ASU Project Humanities, Reverend ellie hutchinson guided 20+ attendees through reflection and discussion of their names and personal name histories. Some participants shared reflections on their name’s etymology and gender, while others shared stories about their family heritage and resistance to assimilation. 

The workshops facilitated by Project Humanities at Arizona State University are spaces in which individuals from the community, ranging from ASU students to Tempe residents, are expected to engage in critical conversations regarding the current state of humanity. Such discussion, including but not limited to systematic oppression, exploitation of fellow humans, and the fear of diversity, can be expected to evoke emotional reactions within the participant.

On the evening of August 24 in Glendale, Arizona, one of the year's biggest concerts was happening: Beyonce's Renaissance Tour. However, a small workshop with an immense social message and hosted by ASU Project Humanities was taking place within a forty-five-minute drive from the concert in the Tempe History Museum. “Poverty Porn 101,” facilitated by Dr. Neal A.

Poverty Porn: When one receives pleasure from doing or engaging in an act of “kindness” by “helping” a person or group of people “less fortunate” than themselves. This act of “kindness” gets used to justify the further exploitation of people and worsens stereotypes for people in unfortunate situations.  

Salad bowl versus the melting pot…Who benefits from the concept of the melting pot… the ideal by the dominant culture that everyone melts into a common cultural identity of Americanness. However, what is the ethos of this Americanness. Whose culture is dominant? What are we melting into and becoming? In the Caribbean, there is a unique cultural identity that has been created over the centuries however there is a dominant African presence as felt in the music, dance, food and the people. 

“Do you guys ever think about dying?” is not really the kind of question that you would expect Barbie would ask while doing a routine song and dance number with other Barbie and Ken dolls in the idyllic Barbie world. Yet here we are, the Barbie movie has stormed onto the scene and has quickly smashed expectations to become a record-setting 155 million dollar box office success.