katarik's Journal

ARGH.
Dear classmate,

Yes, perhaps our presenter was correct and the U.S. should stop giving aid to the people in and around the Lake Chad area. Wording it the way he did, however, was not okay. "They should leave or they should die" is not actually a *good* way to describe any situation. He at least worded his replies the way he did in a deliberate attempt to provoke controversy. You *believe* it.

And dancing around the question "Well, what if somewhere in the U.S. ran out of water, should they leave their homes or be left to die?" just makes you look like more of an asshole.

Especially since you do it *obviously*, and you say things like "Well, people in the U.S. are smarter than the people in Africa, so we wouldn't run out!"

And then an enterprising soul among the people listening to this *dreck*, this *bullshit*, decides to play a very direct game of hardball.

I will not attempt to define the proper answer to the question "What do you think about the people who were in New Orleans when Katrina hit?" I will, however, say what the proper answer is *not*: "They're all idiots! They knew what was coming and didn't get out! There were buses, they had cars, they had legs and they could've walked if nothing else!"

That is the answer that will get me to say that you are a delusional and morally bankrupt human being. At the top of my lungs in the middle of class.

With complete and utter contempt,

Kat

P.S. Yes, white privilege exists. Deal. No, The Bluest Eye is not an example of reverse racism. Yes, I will print out a copy of the White Privilege Checklist to bring to class, and then I will stuff it down your throat and suffocate you with it.