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I asterisked that phrase bc it is the motto of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, of which I was a member at Washington U – St. Louis long ago.
I find it somewhat odd, however, because the frat only allowed white students in. No African Americans. No Jews. I didn’t know about that when they recruited me. Sure wish I hadn’t. What seemed normal so long ago seems in the process of change now. I had been warned about fraternities by a math teacher in high school but didn’t listen.
Fraternities are not good for our society.
Now I have come a long way in seeing and identifying some of the systemic racism out there and in myself. I am grateful. It’s very hard to see, easier to say it doesn’t exist.
Thought I’d share this from Sean, w his permission. I do so w the intention of explaining that they have lived the life and that they don’t just talk the talk:
Sean’s wife Candice is an African-American woman who has taught at Chicago Lab Schools for 5 years, an epicenter of privilege, and at a public elementary school in North Lawndale for 6 years, a neighborhood on the West Side that has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the country. We talk about racism, especially as she sees it, almost on a daily basis. So, I get daily insight on how our PLC teachers might feel in their buildings.
Yeah, my wife doesn’t hold back from calling me on my disrespectful whiteness. It’s been that way since we met. She’s never held back. She’s always been forthright and forthcoming. It’s very helpful for our relationship.
For example, I used to have the tendency to interrupt her mid conversation. Constantly interrupting before letting her finish her thoughts. I’ve come to see that that is a very white privileged thing to do. I’m still working on it, even after 10 years of her training.
By the way, the above quote should be, “I get daily insight on how our POC (People of Color) teachers might feel in their buildings.” Not PLC. Sorry for the typo.
Ha ha, not sure that is white privilege. I think it might be “male privilege”. My husband interrupts me all the time, although is respectful in other ways. I’ve been attempting to retrain him for 38 years.
“I’ve been attempting to retrain him for 38 years.”
LOL
My bad on the POC thing Sean. That was my correction bc I thought you meant PLC, not knowing the POC acronym.
By the way, I’m feeling great about having kicked those dudes off the PLC. They don’t get how important it is for me to not be around their stink. They don’t smell themselves as stinky, of course, but to me and with my background that goes back to the ’68 Olympics with Juan Carlos and Tommy Smith, they stink.
They also certainly don’t respect my position. They think that systemic racism is not real. That fricking stinks!
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Don Lemon, who speaks w such passion and honesty, taught me something on one of his broadcasts that I won’t soon forget. He said, simply, speaking of the Floyd issue:
“I could never begin to tell you how I wish I could just not be seen as of this skin color that I happen to have, just for one day. It makes me feel so tired, so tired…”.
Or something akin to that. Gave me an insight of something I could never experience but can continue to try to grasp in my mind.