{"id":35,"date":"2025-04-15T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/against-hate\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-04-16T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:54:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/against-hate\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cdf985e3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Nice to meet you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My name is Riley Wilson. 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