All content by Ava Pauline Emilione
![The Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing is located on the seventh floor in the Tisch building. Black students struggle with cultural appropriation and the lack of Black representation in their writing classes. (Staff Photo by Shaina Ahmed)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/culture-ie-blackscreenwriters-900x505.jpeg)
Make Black voices heard in NYU’s dramatic writing classes
Black students are demanding for more representation among NYU Tisch faculty and staff as they struggle to reveal their work with their non-Black peers and professors.
Ava Pauline Emilione, Staff Writer
• December 9, 2021
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
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Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
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Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024