Re:An obsession with safe spaces is not just bad for education
by CocaKoala on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:28AM
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Hey, that's awesome that you didn't let that negative experience colour your life! I'm really happy that you were able to let it roll off your back.
How many times did it happen? Once? Twice? A few? A few thousand?
How many years did it go on? One? Two? A decade, at least?
How many people? Just that girl? Just the kids in your class? Random people walking down the street, or sitting next to you in public?
Re:An obsession with safe spaces is not just bad for education
by ferrari8608 on Saturday November 28, 2015 @10:43PM
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That particular incident gets a memory due to the fact that nobody before or since has called me that particular thing. During the time I went to that school, it was an everyday occurrence that I would be singled out for one reason or another (primarily because my skin was different, I suspect).
Sitting in public was not an option in that area. Walking down the street wasn't really something that ever happened either. You might get shot doing that. We had drills in school for what to do when, not if, but when gun shots were reported in the neighborhood.
I remember being called a "white monkey" by a black girl in school when I was a kid. In that class, I was the minority, the only white kid. I don't think that experience affected my life negatively. Roll eyes, move on with life.