I’m not sure I’m cultured enough to fully understand this poem. I’m not entirely sure if I should be delighted, outraged or something else…
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Grown Up
6 years ago
What a bunch of racist hate speech, excused and justified by the rhetoric fed to you by, ironically, mostly white people seeking power and or votes. I am “whiteness” and I am the janitor. I have had a job since 14, and I have worked after school toward my dreams, even when I had to teach myself because my parents chose the mortgage and retirement over my classes or college. They thought I could get the grants they got, but those were for the poor. I was poor, but the Education Associations assume your parent’s money would be available to… Read more »
I think in America it’s easier for people to talk about racial divides and differences, because those are very visible, superficial, and largely understandable things, with understandable components. Class is a harder discussion, because it often beguiles or defies (not just confirms) what first hits the eyes on a superficial level.
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Wolfi
6 years ago
Yeah, yeah, how dare anyone walk into a retail establishment without expecting they’ll be whined at by some crybaby “OMG WHITE PPL” sniveler pretending that their failures in life are the fault of everyone else… especially “OMG WHITE PPL”
“No one notices the janitor sweeping up the glass, no one ever notices anyone doing the real work.” I told a vice president I liked that if you ever wanted to know what was going on in a company, cultivate a relationship with and ask a computer tech or someone from operations because those people are never noticed when other folks are talking about important things. She asked me what the rumors were about her. I to0ld her that the other vice presidents didn’t like her because she just got a doctorate and they felt threatened. That set off a… Read more »
I’m not sure I’m cultured enough to fully understand this poem. I’m not entirely sure if I should be delighted, outraged or something else…
What a bunch of racist hate speech, excused and justified by the rhetoric fed to you by, ironically, mostly white people seeking power and or votes. I am “whiteness” and I am the janitor. I have had a job since 14, and I have worked after school toward my dreams, even when I had to teach myself because my parents chose the mortgage and retirement over my classes or college. They thought I could get the grants they got, but those were for the poor. I was poor, but the Education Associations assume your parent’s money would be available to… Read more »
I think in America it’s easier for people to talk about racial divides and differences, because those are very visible, superficial, and largely understandable things, with understandable components. Class is a harder discussion, because it often beguiles or defies (not just confirms) what first hits the eyes on a superficial level.
Yeah, yeah, how dare anyone walk into a retail establishment without expecting they’ll be whined at by some crybaby “OMG WHITE PPL” sniveler pretending that their failures in life are the fault of everyone else… especially “OMG WHITE PPL”
“No one notices the janitor sweeping up the glass, no one ever notices anyone doing the real work.” I told a vice president I liked that if you ever wanted to know what was going on in a company, cultivate a relationship with and ask a computer tech or someone from operations because those people are never noticed when other folks are talking about important things. She asked me what the rumors were about her. I to0ld her that the other vice presidents didn’t like her because she just got a doctorate and they felt threatened. That set off a… Read more »