and for me that’s saying something because usually when someone says something to make me mad, I can rant for a good hour.
I recently managed to get accepted into UMaine Farmington for some classes (a couple of arts classes, that my GF is also in) I was asked to come and vote on some new Campus rules.
The rules were mostly to do with some political stuff, and how the school wanted to handle it.
One of the things to vote on was “Should political movements like Black Lives Matter be prohibited from actively protesting on campus grounds?”
That seemed reasonable to me because when the local group that uses the hashtag all lives matter tried to hold a rally on campus the black students protested and the campus banned the group.
The rules of the campus vote are pretty much the same as for an actual government vote, you are in a booth and people are not allowed to look in while you vote.
As I rolled my wheel chair to the machine that tallies the votes, some, well I dont know if he was half black or possible south American…anyway he snatches my sheet out of my hand, looks it over, sneers at me and says “Figures a whitey would have a problem with black lives matter. You’re all a bunch of child raping racists anyway.”
He drops my sheet on the floor and walks away. I could not formulate a word, let alone a full comeback. But what kind of comeback do you have for being called a pedophile racist?
My GF was also harassed at this event. because of her name ‘Yuki’ she received an invite to join the Asian Studies Club, they asked to meet her at the voting room. When they saw that she wasn’t Asian…they started screaming at her about ‘white appropriation’ and ‘stealing our culture’.
For this I had a comeback. “So what are your names then and what is your culture?”
“Rachel, my parents are vietnmese.” to which I replied “Rachel is a white name. you have appropriated a white cultures valuable asset.”
They all replied with their names, all of which were very western. NONE of them had Japanese ancestry. so I had one final bit for them. “How can you say she stole YOUR culture, when none of you are Japanese?”
I am sorry if anyone finds this political, but I had to spend the whole night mulling this over, trying to figure out where these people get the gall to say stuff like this.
I’m racist because i’m white? isn’t that the same as saying someone is a criminal because they are black? Isnt that racist? And where the hell does the whole child rapist thing come from? What the hell.
Also on the note of racism on this campus. someone spray painted two hashtags on the library’s sign. #whitelivesdontmatter and #killallwhites
If someone had spray painted those, but with black instead of white, the police would have been called. the campus is calling it a case of random case of vandalism intended to incite anger. Which is obvious sure, but they would be calling the FBI if it was about black people instead.
I am just getting so sick and tired of this racism/bigotry crap! If you support black people you are a criminal or a ‘liberal’ if you don’t like blacklivesmatter you are a racist, if you support gay rights you are morally corrupt person who is going to hell, if you don’t support them you are as bad as a baby killer.
I HATE politics, I really really really do, because all it does is cause fights. I just want to be able to live my life without fear of being judged for my skin, religion, or personal views. I don’t ask for anything else. And I treat others the way I want to be treated (unless they give me reason not to).
Sorry for this rant. I’m just wondering if I really want to attend a school that allows such blatant racism and mistreatment take place, simply because its not being directed at social minorities…