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March 30, 2011 A student paints in The Free Expression Tunnel, a place that allows students to exercise their First Amendment right.
Cindy Lam, a freshman in communications performed “Someone Like You,” by singer Adele. Lam is fluent in three languages including both Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese and English. Lam also dances for Fusion Dance team.
The aftermath of the race riots of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma
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WEDNESDAY | MARCH 30 | 2011
NUBIAN MESSAGE ISSUE 19
In this edition Black Wall Street Pg. 2 Chris Brown: F.A.M.E. Monster? Pg. 4 Japan Club Organization Spotlight Pg. 6
SENTINEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT NC STATE SINCE 1992
The Dark Tunnel of Oppression Leads to Enlightenment Alexis Teasdell | Staff Writer “The Tunnel Of Oppression” was a three day event hosted by the Multicultural Student Affairs in the Carmichael Recreation Center Playzone. The event was co-sponsored with University Housing, Union Activities Board, the Counseling Center and others organizations on campus. The Tunnel of Oppression is an award winning interactive tour which originated in 1993 at Western Illinois University. The Tunnel of Oppression gives students, faculty and community members the opportunity to witness multiple types of oppression which are prevalent in our society. In an effort to create awareness of various forms of oppression, participants were guided through different rooms to witness the effects of oppression on our society and the campus community as well. Students and faculty were welcomed to the “Tunnel of Oppression” with a slide-show that placed an emphasis on major forms of oppression. Participants were then led through various skits acted out by fellow students which focused on subjects of body image, homosexuality, rape, and racism. The Women’s Center presented a skit which focused on rape and sexual assault. The theme was, “Rape and Sexual Assault is Never the Victim’s Fault.” The skit portrayed a scene of a girl confessing that she
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was raped at a party the previous night. The Women’s Center shared an approach one might take when confronting a friend who has experienced rape and suggested locations which offer assistance. A backdrop listed responses which victims of rape may receive from others, such as “She flirted with him all night,” or “She led him on.”
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Dialogue on Diversity Jasmine Harris | Managing Editor
Obama and Libya Pg. 5
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Each semester the Office of Diversity and Inclusion puts together a “Dialogue on Diversity,” in which a distinguished speaker comes to lead a thought-provoking discussion with members of the campus community. This semester’s dialogue was a part of the campus’ first Howl for Diversity Week, and was entitled “Confronting Hate: Understanding the Current Status and History of Federal Hate Crime Legislation,” featuring guest speaker Jacqueline Barnett. Ms. Barnett is currently the Director for Institutional Equity at Tulane University in New
Orleans, LA, and has practiced law for over 20 years. She graduated from Marywood College in Scranton, PA, and the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle. She also recently served as the Associate Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The term “hate crime” came about in the 1980’s following the first hate crime incidents. The term is more accurately described as a “biasedbased crime,” because these crimes are motivated by a person being different and belonging to the protected classes, one being race, which is the motive behind 50% of all hate crimes.
On October 28, 2009, this protection was extended legislatively to crimes motivated by actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity and disability, when President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. This Act also overruled the previous law that the victim must be engaging in federal activity in order for it to be a hate crime. Back in 1998, an incident which also had major influence on the latest legislation, was the murder of Matthew Shepard, a student of the University of Wyoming.
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