Thursday, September 20, 2007
jena 6
Today during my lunch break I came across a demonstration in support of the Jena 6 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14574972) so I sat down and listened for awhile. I was one of a handful of pale faces in the crowd, and it was a pretty small crowd, considering the size of the university. Another white woman approached me and said something like "if we ever had a white rally, they'd say it was discrimination!" She clearly did not understand that this was not a "black rally", but a gathering of people concerned about the injustice going on in Jena, LA. I was shocked, and just shook my head and tried to say something about the issue behind the rally, and she saw I didn't agree with her and walked away mumbling about white males being the people who are most discriminated against. arg! As always I found all the right things to say after she was gone. Or I should have just thrown my social work book at her, turned to the chapter I just read on white privilege.
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3 comments:
lol i think a social book to the head is all we need in this world to get our points across! :)
Wow...I am really shocked that she said that to you. And a little unsure of what I would have done given the same situation. I think you handled it well. Sometimes the words just don't come, but as we are writing the book of life, we take notes. We will be ready to say what needs to be said in the next chapter!
Wow. Look at Neubia, all metaphorical. This speech teacher's awfully proud. :P
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