Social Justice and Oppression Discussion

Fresh from presentations at Harvard, Columbia and Cornell universities, Hanh Nguyen will bring her thought-provoking talk, “How Bigotry Begins” to Missouri State University as part of a national tour courtesy of Animal Rights Club.

Open to the public: There is a parking garage right next to Glass Hall on the corner of Grand and Holland. Have questions? Send an email to AnimalRightsClub@MissouriState.edu.  

There will be free food starting at 5 p.m. Tickets will be given at the door for raffle prizes, including a gift basket valued at more than $50.

Don't miss this event! Space is limited to the first 200 attendees, so please come early to ensure you have a place to sit and be present at this amazing event.

Nguyen’s talk has sparked lively campus discussions this year, opening up not just questions and comments, but prompting new theories and the retelling of students’ personal experiences. The theme is the systematic "othering" of and discrimination against different groups of human beings, as well as members of different animal species and why we should consider nonhuman animals in the fight for social justice. 

Join us for a presentation followed by a discussion with Hanh Nguyen on the intersections of various forms of oppression that affect human and nonhuman animals in today's society.

While every struggle for equality is unique, several common themes emerge when we talk about the underlying structure of racism, sexism, xenophobia and other forms of societal oppression. We often overlook how these same oppressive structures are at play in our relations with other animals and enable their exploitation and abuse. Because today's political climate places so much emphasis on categories of identity, we must be cognizant of the process by which these otherwise benign categories—be it race, sexuality, gender, nationality or species—are turned into tools to "otherize" and discriminate against different groups. We must examine the common thread between all the insidious forms of prejudice—against humans and other animals—if we're to stop it from proliferating.

Free