E. Alex Jung

2007-04-30T14:31:37Z

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'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[AdHoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], 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 writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== 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,"
but that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

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