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July 17, 2019 | Community Roots engages students in place-based learning about land and relationships, as well as food, consumer culture, and social activism.
i went to the Unrest in Baltimore Townhall tonight and it was super cool. there were a lot of very smart panelists, including two african american studies professors and a maryland delegate.
a lot was said and i’m still trying to process all of it, but on the subject of looting and destruction of property, the professor Robert Choflet had smart things to say like- if you’re taught that your life is worth less than property, is destroying that property a political act?
and when a question about language was asked, the other professor Dr. Jason Nichols talked about the term “animal” and said that referring to black protestors as animals is a misnomer because “we have a whole lot more compassion for animals”- cops who kill animals are actually brought up on charges for it.
i loved when they opened the floor for questions and all of these people from baltimore told their stories as they posed their questions.
one young black man poignantly asked when black Americans will be able to stop having to beg for their lives- to stop having to beg to be treated as human beings by law enforcement. another latino man said that he felt people were talking about the curfew like it’s not a big thing- but that he comes from an authoritarian country and martial law begins with curfews and with preventing people from getting together “and that’s some serious shit.”
Small World - A short love film by Ethosheia Hylton made in 2013. We contributed to the sound track. Check it out!!!
So last Thursday I had the pleasure of attending an awesome panel put on by the amazing club Community Roots called "I am a Woman of Color."
There were four women on the panel, all of different ethnicities (Chinese, African American, Latina of Bolivian descent, and I unfortunately can't recall the last woman's ethnicity but it may have been Pakistani). The questions addressed included questions about identity, acceptance, colorism. All of these women are highly accomplished and articulate, so it was a real treat to listen to them tell their stories.
On colorism, one of the women had to say that she thinks all of these ethnicities value lighter skin because of colonialism- "we all still have that white master mentality."
The African American woman expressed her disdain for colorism saying, "It's always 'team white skin'- making a hierarchy of color within your own race." She later addressed the "angry black woman" stereotype, saying that she never dealt with her freshman year roommate's racism because she was afraid of being labeled an angry black woman.
The Latina woman commented on how in her culture, looking indigenous (as in an indigenous Bolivian) was a bad thing. She also commented how in class she may be called on to give her opinion and it will be generalized to her whole race. She said, "Oh, I didn't know I represented the whole Latino community."
After the formal questions were asked, it was the audience's turn to ask questions and share their stories. One heartbreaking story I remember is the Latina woman with an 8-year-old sister who refuses to speak Spanish (even when at home) because she lives in a predominantly white neighborhood and she doesn't want to be looked at as different.
Another woman in the audience said, "As a black feminist- do I want to further a cause that may not help me and women like me?"
The open dialogue really made this panel special. It was a tremendous night of women of color telling their journeys of accepting and celebrating their heritage and supporting each other. It was a truly eye-opening, inspiring, and uplifting night.
7th Grade readers from Community Roots School!
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