Friday, February 26, 2010

Every time I think I dont want to be single....I am reminded

So if you all remember the crazy obsession I had with this man over retreat....this is his "opinion" (I use that word loosely) to the incidents at UCSD, followed by my response.....I am ashamed for having had sex with this ignorant person


Jonathan Davis
PERSONALLY: MARCHING AROUND CAMPUS SINGING OLD NEGRO SPIRITUALS WILL DO NOTHING. MASSIVE WALKOUTS OF THE TEACH INS YEA THAT HURT THEM ....MOREOVER A PI KAPPA ALPHA WALKED BOLDLY BY HIMSELF IN TO THE RALLY WEARING HIS HOODY WITH PRIDE. THERE WAS NO INTIMIDATION OR FEAR. CLEARLY WE ARE NO THREAT TO HIM OR HIS ORGANIZATION.

THINKING POLITICALLY DOESNT WORK WHEN YOU DONT HAVE ANY POLITICAL POWER. WHAT WILL MAKE CHANGE IS DOING MASSIVE CLASSROOM WALK OUTS. AND IF WE ONLY REPRESENT 1.3% OF THE CAMPUS HOW MUCH DAMAGE WILL TWO CLASSROOM WALKOUTS DO..YOU NEED ALL THOSE OTHER WHITE PEOPLE AND ASIAN AND HISPANICS TO GET IN ON IT...HOW ABOUT FILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS. WHITE PEOPLE ONLY KNOW MONEY AND UNTIL THEY START LOSING IT THEY DONT CARE ABOUT 7MINUTE MARCHES..

WHITE PEOPLE: LOOK AT THESE LITTLE NIGGERS SING AND PRANCE AROUND CAMPUS..THEY THINK DOING LAPS AROUND A TREE IS GOING TO AFFECT US...LOL SILLY NIGGERS.... ... See More

90% OF THE PEOPLE AT THE RALLY DIDNT EVEN GO TO UCSD MOREOVER IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT REPRESENTED BY BLACK PEOPLE!!!!! I EXTREMELY HATE WHEN OTHERS TRY TO HOP IN ON THE CONFLICT..LIKE GAYS........THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GAY RIGHTS..BEST BELIEVE IF IT DID IT WOULD HAVE HAD MORE REPRESENTATION AND MEDIA....PLEASE LET US HAVE OUR ISSUE...

I HAVE MORE TO SAY BUT ILL STOP HERE FOR NOW....I NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTION


Alika-Liliuokalani Sasha Chanel Gobert

Im sorry. As someone highly involved in social justice and inequity I am appalled at your misconceptions and lack of understanding with regard not only to this issue but as to systems and relations of power. Your argument is problematic for a number of reasons but most poignantly because it reiterates some of the exact reasons that non-marginalized... See More people neither respect nor understand the outrage of people of color and other oppressed groups when incidents such as these occur. For example, when people of color groups, those groups that are striving to organize a collective response on the UCSD campus, are struggling for funding simply to maintain their population yield how do you expect that they procure the means to sue? There are a number of legal issues that you seem to be overlooking, such as the fact that the public university did not actively participate in the event that took place at a private residence, yet it is the university that should be responsible for the campus climate. Most often than not, when legal action is brought against a large institution, as a means to avoid negative publicity the matter is settled out of court and forgotten about quickly. How then would you propose the continued awareness that people of color at UCSD are striving to promote. Whenever such incidents occur without retributive action, action that visibly expresses community outrage, those guilty of such acts continue in the secure knowledge that silly ass events like the "Compton Cookout" are completely acceptable and I am of no doubt that the occurrences of such acts of prejudice would only increase. Secondly, your reference to the "gays" is unimaginably ignorant and uninformed. When things like this happen social solidarity of oppressed peoples is the only immediate form of recourse that those affected psychologically, emotionally etc viable have. Your lack of knowledge of social movements is astonishing. When Chavez fought for the rights of undocumented workers he did not restrict his membership to "Mexican", Filipinos as well were influential in the success of Chavez's work, and it was because of the social solidarity that existed between these groups that lent power to the force of their demands. Living in a society that is systematically designed to oppress and marginalize anyone not ascribing to the identity of white, upper class, heterosexual male I cant believe that you would actually advocate for the separation of other concerned groups from this in order to maintain this as a "black issue". The involvement of "the gays" or "the mexicans" or whoever else you were referring to is not an attempt to co-opt a black movement, riding the coat tails for demands from the administration. It is an attempt to directly combat the "divide and conquer" tactic that has allowed for our oppressors to prosper in the face of our overwhelming population advantage. If people of color and other underprivileged groups ever hope to have their demands met the attitude that promotes the distinctions between a "black issue", an "asian issue", a "gay issue", a "lower socioeconomic issue" must be eliminated. Discrimination affects us all, even those privileged enough not to feel the brunt of its effects, because it is a reflection of the problematic dynamics that exist in our society. To combat ignorance, a coalition of the oppressed is necessary, which means the end of isolation based on identity. The Compton Cookout is not a black issue it is a community issue and even more markedly so given the fact that the Students of Color Conference just took place on the UCSD campus last semester. The incident is sad but your opinion is even sadder for it perpetuates the misunderstanding that allows things like this to continue to take place...that is all I have to say

Isnt that fucking sad?

1 comment:

  1. That is the saddest, but I'm almost happy he said it because it created the space for you to write this. I really appreciate your response and it totally articulates the depth and magnitude of this issue. Oh and SOMEDAY you will meet a man who is not an ignorant asshole and is at least a tiny bit politically conscious and socially aware ;)

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