As we talk about the Black Womens Ways of Knowing it makes me think deeper about myself. Since I have came to A&T all I have done is self explore myself mentally and physically. Growing up I have always lived in the suburbs I have always went to white private schools and I have never had to go without. Coming to A&T has caused me to explore a different side of me. We discussed self exploration through analyzing others. I relate my personal experience to Black Ice. You have this woman who is trying to create this proposal and is presenting it to the Senator and yet they are clashing because of the difference in their classes. She is trying to help lower class women by teaching them and educating them on sexual safety and what you should and should not do. And yet the senator does not feel that this is necessary, he sees it as a waste of time. Saying why close the door when the cow has already escaped. This is how I felt coming to this university. I did not feel as if I fit in or could relate to the people who came here but as I have learned more about myself I have learned that I am not the same person I was before attending a HBCU. I am in love with my race and my history and almost feel bad that I missed out on these things growing up.
Brittany Dozier
Well said!
ReplyDeleteI agree with this statement. In coming to an HBCU I actually realized how ignorant I was to so many aspects of black history and the struggle of modern black Americans. I grew up in a rural area, in which many of my peers were "redneck" white people. When Barack Obama won the presidential election the first time I put a sign on my locker and it was torn and defaced. The person who parked next to me in the student parking lot had a "Nobama" sticker on his truck, and I bet if I had asked him his political opinion he would have very little to say. Politics are just one way that people will express negative opinions about certain racial or gender groups under the pretense of something else.
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