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Is this justice?
In April 2000, my dad was shot and killed. I’ve been through a lot of different phases related to this incident and I’ve obviously had a very different life because of it. The police caught the young men who shot … Continue reading
My moment of hesitation
As a heterosexual, able-bodied, white cis-gendered male, I have a lot of unearned privileges in society that were taught to me through everything I interacted with. Whether it was media, school, etc. One of the only areas in which I … Continue reading
Present v Future
Most of us teach and are taught that it is only the future that really matters. -bell hooks – Teaching Community bell hooks is right. We spend an immeasurable amount of time thinking about the future. In high school, it’s … Continue reading
I’m not Caucasian
“…conventional American racial categories are rooted in colonialism, slavery, and an elaborate ideology developed to justify a system of racial inequality. Given racial categories’ sociohistorical rather than biological roots, the notion that “races” describe human biological variation has been officially … Continue reading
Birthers Continue
President Obama recently released his long form birth certificate, which (unsurprisingly) matched the birth certificate that he released on his website during the 2008 campaign. The pressure had been mounting over the last several weeks with Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, … Continue reading
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Tagged Belonging, Male Privilege, politics, Trump, White Privilege
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Acronyms and Accuracy
I’ve got a few pet peeves and this one developed last semester during a Gender Issues class. We were talking about (hyper)masculinity and its affects on students who are gay. We were talking about how that sense of masculinity was … Continue reading
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Free Expression?
There has been a recent news story about some racist and homophobic images and words being painted in the Free Expression tunnel at NC State University. In having a discussion with my staff about what the Free Expression tunnel means … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Expression Tunnel, NC State, NCSU, Social Construction
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A letter to a Senator
A letter that I wrote to my State Senator: Senator Stein, My name is Aaron Hood and I am a graduate student at North Carolina State University. I’m writing you because North Carolina prohibits gay couples from marrying. I find … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, change, gay marriage, government, politics
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Social Justice Leadership
I presented a programming session at SAACURH 2010, the resources that I used are outlined here as is a PDF copy of the presentation. My presentation basically talked about working toward understanding social change and social justice and applying those … Continue reading
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I’m glad I worked on Columbus Day
One of my RAs mentioned to me that he wished Fall Break was longer and stated that he wished we had Columbus Day off like the banks do. I said we don’t get Veteren’s Day off either and that is … Continue reading
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