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Caliman73

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17. Neither. This is a video where students of color are confronting trolls.
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 01:15 PM
Sep 2021

Are the students of color doing so in an effective way? To my eyes, no. These are clearly White students who knew exactly where they were and what the space signified. The young woman speaking, is articulating the points relatively accurately, however, the emotion of the situation seems apparently to be getting to her. My style would be to ask questions and make the trolls clarify their reasons for dressing like they are and doing what they are doing. Then again, that is just my style, which I have learned to adopt through trial and error and life experience.

The question is and should be, Why do White men need to go into a space they know is typically used by people of color, with provocative clothing? What is the point?

Also, the White men were not asked to leave "the Library" they were told that that particular section of the library was typically a space where people of color study. I saw another poster say that there is no official space designated as such, however, based on the presence of the men and their obviously chosen clothing, they knew what that space was.

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