tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post2567227004822376045..comments2023-09-28T12:22:52.355-04:00Comments on Eco.Soul.Intellectual: Too Black and Not Black Enough, Classism and the Untold Tale of Two Black CitiesEco.Soul.Intellectualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14079039372629465441noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-19237125153842197332009-08-01T00:24:13.818-04:002009-08-01T00:24:13.818-04:00Nice analysis.
I think Chanequa was a victim of ...Nice analysis. <br /><br />I think Chanequa was a victim of the 'Jackie Robinson/Rosa Parks' role model syndrom. <br /><br />I know class and gender played a part, but there seems to be this meme that you have to act a certain way in order to deserve certain protection. <br /><br />I know that people came out in droves to protest the Jenna 6, but months later when some of the black boys were still getting in trouble - but this time race and overly harsh penalties weren't involved - some commented what a waste of an effort it had been if the boys were still getting into trouble. Same thing with Rodney King. <br /><br />Gates was an easy rallying point because he easily fit into the "good" negro done wrong by the white man role. No possible stains to his character to possibly embarrass our race there. There's a relief in being able to say without a doubt that you are the faultless victim. Much easier stance to defend.Kjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852089868893688025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-64761997434042776152009-07-24T17:05:32.048-04:002009-07-24T17:05:32.048-04:00Great blog, and insightful analysis. We really ne...Great blog, and insightful analysis. We really need to deal with the class issue in the Black community.DALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202456579844317543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-49269471964748681762009-07-24T11:39:38.551-04:002009-07-24T11:39:38.551-04:00I'd like to through a wrench in the machine an...I'd like to through a wrench in the machine and discuss the role that sexism plays in this situation. <br /><br />If Ms. Campbell were Antwan Campbell, wouldn't we see Harvard's Black faculty, staff, students and alumni mobilize on his behalf? Wouldn't this story be plastered all over CNN and MSNBC? Wouldn't we see the National Urban League and the NAACP and other "usual suspects" decry racism in Mr. Campbell's dismissal from Harvard? And the truth is we would. This situation reaffirms the idea that Black women aren't worth protecting or defending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-5752816759353709162009-07-23T16:19:25.101-04:002009-07-23T16:19:25.101-04:00Great Article. I am appalled at some of the commen...Great Article. I am appalled at some of the comments above. So what if she loved the hood life, she did not murder anyone. If it's guilt by association, then why did girlfriend graduate? You're right there is more to the story and maybe class discrimination might be the very fish that you are smelling.<br /><br />It always amazes me how people say the boldest things when they are anonymous.ayankhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355716145608590295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-37563421140067458992009-07-23T14:10:56.347-04:002009-07-23T14:10:56.347-04:00Just dropped in from the Field.
Bottom line, whet...Just dropped in from the Field.<br /><br />Bottom line, whether it passes the smell test or not, her girlfriend had a hoodlum boyfriend, not her! She may have been booted for some reason other than her association, but if not, then this is wrong.<br /><br />I will read the Newsweek article.<br /><br />Thanks for the post, very interesting. <br /><br />White's are just as elitist with their own folks. I went to a very elite school on a scholarship and believe me, no one consorted with me either. <br /><br />At the time I cared, but now I don't because it taught me to treat everyone with respect and equality until they prove otherwise. I have homeless people in my "friends" circle.Whitney B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404590578854398426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-68676109543225575072009-07-23T11:49:03.280-04:002009-07-23T11:49:03.280-04:001 CommentClose this window Jump to comment form
...1 CommentClose this window Jump to comment form <br /> Eco.Soul.Intellectual said... <br />i think we forget that college is a time where many children of all socio-economic backgrounds are introduced to different people from around the world. it is perhaps one of the best times to grow and grow up. in college, you can save a life, and you can save your own by stepping outside of your boundaries and getting to know the humanity of a person in stead of casting hierarchal dispersions.<br /><br />dismissing someone because they are "ghetto" is as irrelevant as dismissing someone because the are "bourgeois". they both are a bunch of bullshit. just like DuBois would find out after nine decades, the RACE problem was the problem of the 20th century in America, and seems to be the problem today, if we do not consciously deal with how interwoven it is in everyone's psyche.Eco.Soul.Intellectualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14079039372629465441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-28324666389899363152009-07-23T06:08:04.488-04:002009-07-23T06:08:04.488-04:00This intelligent black girl took pride in hanging ...This intelligent black girl took pride in hanging on to thugs and "ghetto life" life there is something great about living in the hood and consorting with hood rats.<br /><br />The students did not support her because they know the deal. And so does she.<br /><br />Not every black person deserves support and she is one of them.GiGinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-13824991712779455542009-07-23T03:25:13.740-04:002009-07-23T03:25:13.740-04:00Turns out that a lot of black students at Harvard ...Turns out that a lot of black students at Harvard thought she was <a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/why-black-harvard-won%E2%80%99t-speak-up-for-chanequa/" rel="nofollow">involved with drugs</a>, and declined to support her.<br /><br />Black students at Harvard aren't exactly shy about speaking up, so if they didn't support her I think it says something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-21341146536621651062009-07-23T03:17:32.163-04:002009-07-23T03:17:32.163-04:00Very deep post. I came over from Field Negro'...Very deep post. I came over from Field Negro's blog.<br /><br />I agree class is something we really don't talk about. If Ms. Campbell was from "the Gold Coast" of DC and looked like Thandie Newton I doubt she would have been kicked to the curb so quickly.<br /><br />I know she's want to move over here to Italy. Good for her. Every country has its issues but I'm much happier since I left the States.nyc/caribbean ragazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094663386200958544.post-24639548281564302372009-07-23T02:37:07.006-04:002009-07-23T02:37:07.006-04:00She was kicked out of her dorm, and not allowed to...She was kicked out of her dorm, and not allowed to graduate, for no reason other than because she associated with a murder suspect's girlfriend? But the girlfriend was allowed to graduate?<br /><br />Come on, that doesn't pass the smell test. There must be more to the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com