So, as I was looking through my news feed this video came up.
https://www.facebook.com/officialtamiromanfanpage/videos/992718400787009/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=350685531728
I thought that what came out of Angela Box's mouth was completely absurd. She was arguing that the police officers actions were excessive but that he shouldn't have lost his job. That him flipping this female student, grabbing her by the neck and then dragging her across the ground because she was was on her phone being "disruptive" was almost like a cover up of the "root causes of all this, the disrespect of teachers, this black lives matter movement, this perpetual chip on your shoulder against everybody that is not like yourself". Like what, what the fuck are you talking about. First of all I never heard anybody mention anything about race or this being a problem because she was a black girl. Second of all where did that black lives matter movement come in? This was strictly a matter of an officer not taking the right procedures and being excessive in force on this little girl, no one had mentioned race, yet she brought it up. But I find it funny that she brought race up because I feel like if this was a white student everybody would be flipping out, and I actually believe that if it was a white student it would be the opposite way, it would probably be Angela arguing that the cop was excessive and they made the right call by terminating him. But I digress, community activist Quanell X begins by agreeing that a disruptive student does restrain other students from learning and that there should be a way to handle a disruptive student but certainly not in the manner this police officer did, which ironically would be a person you would think would have a decent character and conduct. But some seriousness aside I really want you guys to look at how Angela reacts when Quanell says "white boys" she takes it like she just got called a bitch. When he brings up the fact that shootings like the columbine, sandy hook and other shootings were what most people would say a typical white male or "white boys", its just so priceless how she reacts. She turns so defensive when this serious issue comes up that its not just colored people shooting at each other but that theirs white people doing massive rampage shootings. The way Quanell handles Angela (at minute 2:30) is just classic and I love how she reacts to when they continue to argue about the issue of race and how theirs this stigma for a race as a whole when its not that simple. I could keep going off about this but I really want to know what some of you guys think on this matter and would appreciate it if someone comments.
I agree with you Cristian, the fact that this is made an issue of disruptive behavior, over an issue of police misconduct, is completely unfathomable. The Black Lives Matter movement exists for a reason, in order to bring about awareness and justice for the criminalisation of black youth, that has persisted throughout history. I myself participated in the Black Lives Matter march on school grounds last year, so I find this to be extremely appalling. The very idea of shifting the focus, to be that of a disciplinary problem on the part of the student, is exactly how we, as a society, will dive further into the mess of racial inequality in the justice system.
ReplyDeleteThe issue I find so disturbing is her complete distillation of an entire culture into "disruptive and disrespectful students". Seriously? The ENTIRE culture of a people is being attributed to some students who are disruptive. That's like saying we need to reform the "white culture" because too many white women bleach their hair TERRIBLE shades of blonde, inject themselves full of lip filler, and get boob jobs. Ooops. Maybe that's just her.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I also find it disturbing that she tries to blame a whole culture for the actions of one student, who like Quanell said could have had many other things going on in her life that could have caused her to act the way she did. But what I find even more disturbing is that these ideas she has aren't just one of a kind, there are many others that have strong opinions towards a culture and I feel, that it could lead to a very dangerous outcome when you have that many people with a negative view on a certain culture. For example Donald Trump and his radical views towards the Muslim community and the possibilities that could happen if he gets elected.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is very interesting Caden I never looked into the whole cause and purpose of the Black lives matter movement and I find it really cool that you yourself got to participate in it. But I agree, I feel like to many people try to shift the focus of a racial matter into something else because its an awkward topic to address. Which in a result leads to this racial inequality becoming even more of a problem,as we have seen in the LA riots, where it got pushed off and then blew up straight chaos.
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