How ironic that today, Edgewood College, held a forum on race relations in an attempt to bring issues to the forefront, so that a ‘healing process’ may begin. After leaving the discussion I went straight to my staff meeting where two senior members of my staff, one of them the director, were discussing this issue in detail. They had smug smiles on their faces as if the whole idea of having a discussion about racism was silly. As I sit down, my boss says, “Well, if it’s so bad here, why stay here? Why not leave?” Wow, isn’t that nice. I guess we really shouldn’t try to eliminate racism, we, being people of color, should just keep moving. Well, my response to that is, “We’ve already tried that.” It’s called moving from the South to the North. But guess what? Racism ain’t no different up here than down there ’cause you still got the same racist suckers everywhere you go. So, I hope Edgewood College’s students take this statement to heart, especially the students of color and drop out of Edgewood and go somewhere else. You know, maybe he’s got something there.
:: March 25, 2004 ::
