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'''E. Alex Jung''' writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical"
 
'''E. Alex Jung''' writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical"
  
Jung has offered, perhaps rhetorically, to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".
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In pointing to the conflation of race and culture, and the way that students of color are essentialized at Columbia, Jung has rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".
  
 
== Views on race ==
 
== Views on race ==
  
Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He equates white people with racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref> He believes that white people are generally unaware of their supposed 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 unwilling to discuss 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>.
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Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He describes some of the white people he has encountered as racist enemies of justice, but at the same time, describes white allies who are explicitly opposed to racism and lovers of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref> He believes that white people are generally unaware of their supposed 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 unwilling to discuss 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>
 
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>

Revision as of 15:42, 26 April 2007

E. Alex Jung writes columns for the Spec. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical"

In pointing to the conflation of race and culture, and the way that students of color are essentialized at Columbia, Jung has 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 describes some of the white people he has encountered as racist enemies of justice, but at the same time, describes white allies who are explicitly opposed to racism and lovers of justice.[1] He believes that white people are generally unaware of their supposed privilege[2] and unwilling to discuss race issues[3].

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

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