OK, and from looking at this person's page, her kids are both female, blonde, and younger than 14 or so. I now call total bullshit on the idea that she has taught them how to appear non-threatening to strangers
Being on the same sidewalk as the the epitome of the "protected flower of white society" used to be fatal for the Trayvon Martins of the world NOT THAT LONG AGO & NOT THAT FAR AWAY from where it turned out to be fatal for him to be a black teenager trying to walk in the rain.
They had not unlocked my email by the time I got back to my desk, so I exerted my "I was your favourite conversational co-worker!" card (I was trying to play by rules) and got it unlocked while I was on the phone. Guess I will be back to work.
OK, and from looking at this person's page, her kids are both female, blonde, and younger than 14 or so. I now call total bullshit on the idea that she has taught them how to appear non-threatening to strangers. And I responded to her, because apparently my "I will not respond" willpower can last only ten minutes.
I wonder, if GZ had raped a white teenager instead of murdering a black one, would it still be the fault of the teenager's clothing?
I wonder, if GZ had raped a white teenager instead of murdering a black one, would it still be the fault of the teenager's clothing?
seriously. I have no patience for any of this shit.
BTW,
he did sexual assault one of his family members for 10 years. This is among his violent acts besides assaulting a police officer.
A friend's status for Tisha Be'av which made me laugh and laugh:
In honor of Tisha Be'av, I will attempt not to hate anybody for 25 hours. Wish me luck.
But really, I came to comment on this:
no one ever thought it necessary to teach me how to not be seen as a threat
I feel like I can't really comment on Trayvon Martin's case because I'm not in the U.S. and racism in my country is different in form and practice (and so much more present and people aren't even fucking trying to hide it or embarrassed by it), but this sentence just stroked me. I'm working a lot on Hollaback and people's right to walk safe in the streets, but I always did it with regarding to sex and gender; race was hardly an issue. Being seen as a threat to a point where it may have violent implications... I don't know. Not to say that it doesn't exist, and surely it's the reality of many in the occupied territories, but in most of the cases I handle the so called threat is almost invisible. Maybe that's why the stories that echo most on American media from Israel about gender issues/culture clash are the ones on which secular woman "dressed immodestly" and gets attacked by ultra-orthodox extremists (and they're really not representing reality as I see it). But my perspective about street harassment and presence in the public sphere just got broaden from object-person axis to object-person-threat. Thank you for that.
She just said that her children are the wrong race to cause riots or social media campaigns if they get attacked, but that's the America they live in. I give up. This person is not worth arguing with.
She just said that her children are the wrong race to cause riots or social media campaigns if they get attacked, but that's the America they live in.
Tell her not to give up - as blonde American girls, there's still a chance they could be kidnapped and then they'll have ALL the media attention!
(Sorry, my mind is in a dark place today. Feel free to tell me to fuck off.)
When white men start getting shot for harrassing women on their neighborhood streets in FL and the women are not found guilty of even manslaughter, then I will give the people who say race is not an issue here.
When the NRA releases a statement saying Trayvon should have had a gun and all young black men who want to freely walk the streets of their neighborhoods and those around them without fear of the George Zimmermans, then I'll listen to people saying it is not a racial incident.
(Sorry, my mind is in a dark place today. Feel free to tell me to fuck off.)
Oh, I was really tempted to respond with something similar.
