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re: Denver HS students walk out of class to protest Ferguson
Posted on 12/3/14 at 4:48 pm to Hawkeye95
Posted on 12/3/14 at 4:48 pm to Hawkeye95
My problem with that is that they're probably letting some characteristic they don't have control over (race, in this instance) determine their position on controversial issues.
My hypo would be:
Ok, you're a black kid at the HS. You participate in the walkout because you're black and the other kids are doing it. You're involved now. So yeah, you'll get "informed" by other people in the movement. Assuming that information takes with you, you're now part of a racial movement not because you experienced racism and felt the sting of being black in white America, but because you happened to be a black kid at school on the day the black kids staged a protest.
Just doesn't seem beneficial to me.
My hypo would be:
Ok, you're a black kid at the HS. You participate in the walkout because you're black and the other kids are doing it. You're involved now. So yeah, you'll get "informed" by other people in the movement. Assuming that information takes with you, you're now part of a racial movement not because you experienced racism and felt the sting of being black in white America, but because you happened to be a black kid at school on the day the black kids staged a protest.
Just doesn't seem beneficial to me.
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Posted on 12/3/14 at 4:51 pm to Pettifogger
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My problem with that is that they're probably letting some characteristic they don't have control over (race, in this instance) determine their position on controversial issues.
My hypo would be:
Ok, you're a black kid at the HS. You participate in the walkout because you're black and the other kids are doing it. You're involved now. So yeah, you'll get "informed" by other people in the movement. Assuming that information takes with you, you're now part of a racial movement not because you experienced racism and felt the sting of being black in white America, but because you happened to be a black kid at school on the day the black kids staged a protest.
Just doesn't seem beneficial to me.
If you are a black teen, you probably are on MBs side simply due to your parents, friends, and community. While race is definitely a contributing factor, I doubt there were many black teens who formed a definitive opinion on this based on this one protest.
And you also have to remember: Denver. While the school probably has more blacks than other schools in denver, reality is denver overall is 5% black. Most of those kids protesting were white.
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