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In honor of commencement season...

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Anand Giridharadas
May 20, 2025
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I’ve been seeing commencement addresses popping up here and there. Unfortunately, I’m the kind of person who is invited to do everything exactly once. Not sure what it is about me…

So I thought I would share the one and only commencement address I have ever given, to my former high school, Sidwell Friends.

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