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The Paradox of Tolerance

February 10, 2020 Jason Tougaw 1 Comment Archive, QC Voices 19-20

Three years ago, in a small classroom with bare walls and overflowing bookshelves, nestled in the foothills of Jerusalem, my friends and I spent one winter afternoon debating the lengths and limits of inclusion and tolerance. The 2016 election had come and gone with a fair bit of commotion, as we watched the results roll […]

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Reflecting on my First Semester with QC Voices

February 7, 2020 Jason Tougaw 1 Comment Archive, QC Voices 19-20

NOTE: This piece is not sponsored. Every letter and every word from here is voluntary. I started QC Voices thinking that I’d be doing others a service by spreading awareness about a topic that is too frequently left unexplored or discussed. But with the completion of each post, I realized that I was actually the […]

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Two-day Shipping is Destroying the Environment

February 5, 2020 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

The holiday season means many of us bought gifts online and had them delivered right to us. In 2020, with more and more things being made accessible from the comfort of our own homes, it seems as though we’re moving further into the future. However, the popularization of shipping, especially expedited shipping, is having a […]

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New Year, Same Me: On Getting Comfortable with Yourself

February 3, 2020 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

This year, I’ve decided not to change myself at all. Every single year before this one, for as long as I could remember, I would write down requests from normal to insane for my new year: Write a poem, ace your classes, lose a hundred pounds. Sometimes, resolutions can be excuses to escape yourself. This […]

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How Much Language Means, and, Yet, How Little

December 20, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

There are times when syntax functions like the Powerball operated by a discombobulated robot-arm. The mind feels hollowed out, the tongue is an idle instrument. Moments like this, we face a terrifying reality—words only mean as much as their sounds. The times I truly feel that language is insufficient are during the quiet exchanges between […]

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This One’s For All The Expired Library Cards Out There

December 16, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

I happen to live right down the block from a Queens Public Library. That being said, I have only recently, at the age of 20, decided to get a library card. I mean, I had one when I was younger for the purposes of middle school summer reading lists, but the time for that has […]

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Banning Ads Is A Band-Aid

December 9, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

After watching Mark Zuckerberg get scolded in front of Congress by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for his lackadaisical attitude towards political ads, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will ban all political ads.    We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. […]

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Hidden History: Tulsa Race Massacre

December 6, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

Imagine this, you’re on Jeopardy, you select the $2000 dollar question in the category named Lost In History, and Alex Trebec gives you this clue: “One of the United State’s most gruesome race riots, occurring in 1921 Oklahoma.” If you answered something along the lines of “What is the Tulsa Race Riot or What is […]

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And so, We Suffer In Silence: For the Overachievers

December 4, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

I fainted for the first time in my life last summer. I was working out, without fail, at 5:30 every single morning. Some days I felt as if my legs were crying for help, but I got up anyway. I probably should have rested, at some point. The morning I fainted, I skipped out on […]

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Education as Rehabilitation in Corrections

November 29, 2019 Jason Tougaw Archive, QC Voices 18-19, QC Voices 19-20

 I recently read that “you are not free the day you walk out of prison; you are free the day you walk out of ignorance.” The statement resonates with me deeply. Yet, I know a lot of opposition exists against giving people who committed crimes  an education at little to no cost. I was released […]

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