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'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung''' or 'Alex Jung'), [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2007|07]], was an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He was a co-founder of [[AdHoc]] magazine and later served as its Editor-in-Chief, Chair of the [[Student Governing Board]], Co-president of the Columbia Queer Alliance, and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.
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'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung''' or 'Alex Jung'), [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2007|07]], was an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He was a co-founder of [[AdHoc]] magazine and later served as its Editor-in-Chief, Chair of the [[Student Governing Board]], Co-president of the [[Columbia Queer Alliance]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.
  
 
Jung wrote columns for the [[Spec]] that covered a range of topics: free speech, the Columbia administration, hate crimes, gender and sexuality, and the Manhattanville expansion. His columns on race, however, were the most controversial. Some consider his columns to be similar to those by [[Nell Geiser]], a former Spec columnist.
 
Jung wrote columns for the [[Spec]] that covered a range of topics: free speech, the Columbia administration, hate crimes, gender and sexuality, and the Manhattanville expansion. His columns on race, however, were the most controversial. Some consider his columns to be similar to those by [[Nell Geiser]], a former Spec columnist.

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Alex Jung
See also E. Alex Jung's entry in Columbia's directory.

Eugene Alex Jung (usually known as E. Alex Jung or 'Alex Jung'), CC '07, was an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in anthropology. He was a co-founder of AdHoc magazine and later served as its Editor-in-Chief, Chair of the Student Governing Board, Co-president of the Columbia Queer Alliance, and was a leader in the 2006 SHOCC demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with Jewelnel Davis, University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung wrote columns for the Spec that covered a range of topics: free speech, the Columbia administration, hate crimes, gender and sexuality, and the Manhattanville expansion. His columns on race, however, were the most controversial. Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.


Views on race

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He has written that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are complicit with systemic racism.[1] He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege[2] and resistant to discussing race issues[3].

Furthermore, Jung believes that the Core Curriculum focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.[4]

References

External links

Jung's Spectator column

2006

2007

Responses to Jung's column