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The Evergreen State College Student Newspaper | November 1, 2017
NWDETENTIONCENTER
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OVERVIEW OF ITS HISTORY AND THE
LOWDOWN ON ITS LEGAL TROUBLE
FOLLOWING TITLE XI COMPLAINTS,
STUDENTS FILE SUIT OVER DISCRIMINATION
THE FORMAL REVIEW OF THE
CODE BEGINS WITH THE TRUSTEES
STAFF
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The Cooper Point Journal is produced by students at The Evergreen State College, with funding from student
fees and advertising from local businesses. The Journal is published for free every other Wednesday during the
school year and distributed throughout the Olympia area.
Our content is also available online at www.cooperpointjournal.com.
Our mission is to provide an outlet for student voices, and to inform and entertain the Evergreen community
and the Olympia-area more broadly, as well as to provide a platform for students to learn about operating a
news publication.
Our office is located on the third floor of the Campus Activities Building (CAB) at The Evergreen State
College in room 332 and we have open student meetings from 4 to 5 p.m every Wednesday.
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We accept submissions from any student at The Evergreen State College, and also from former students,
faculty, and staff. We also hire some students onto our staff, who write articles for each issue and receive a
learning stipend.
Have an exciting news topic? Know about some weird community happening? Enjoy that new hardcore
band? Come talk to us and write about it.
We will also consider submissions from non-Evergreen people, particularly if they have special knowledge on
the topic. We prioritize current student content first, followed by former students, faculty and staff, and then
general community submissions. Within that, we prioritize content related to Evergreen first, followed by
Olympia, the state of Washington, the Pacific Northwest, etc.
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL “IT’S NOT THAT BAD“
News
Evergreen’s woman’s basketball team in action. SHAUNA BITTLE.
COACH CASE HITS THE COURT
SCHOOL GETS HIT WITH LAWSUIT (FOR REAL THIS TIME)
by Georgie Hicks
As of October 13, two Evergreen students have filed a lawsuit for $1 million against the Evergreen State College, alleging that
former Geoduck women’s basketball coach Jennifer Schooler perpetuated racial and sexual harassment, discrimination and verbal
abuse against them while they were members of her team, the lawsuit states, “intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent
infliction of emotional distress and racial and sexual orientation discrimination”. The two students, both former members of the
Geoduck women’s basketball team that Schooler coached, are looking for $500,000 each.
This case follows complaints
filed against Schooler last year
of which she was found to be
more likely than not in violation
for several of the allegations. For
one student, these allegations
included intimidating hostile
and offensive learning environment including verbal harassment and racial discrimination,
and for the other student these
included sexual harassment and
non-discrimination
policies.
In late 2016 the Cooper
Point Journal broke the story
on Jennifer Schooler, who at the
time had several discrimination
complaint investigations against
her. The cases were one of many
issues that Evergreen students
felt were indicative of the administration’s lack of transparency and was an example of one
of the situations that lead to
the protests in May of this year.
Schooler was found by the College to be to be in violation of
Title IX for two of the four alle-
gations [leveled by one student].
Title IX is an amendment in
the Higher Education Amendments of 1972, which mandates
that schools that recieve federal
funding or financial aid money
must opperate without discrimination “on the basis of sex”.
Originally an extention of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title
IX also serves to protect students
from racial discrimination, and
was more recently expanded to
include protections for lesbian,
Schooler courtside during her tenor as Assistant Coach for the team, circa 2013. SHAUNA BITTLE.
gay, bisexual, and transgender
students. The two complaints
alledged, ‘racially offensive and
derogatory comments’ including
calling her team “ghetto” specifically saying ‘I will not coach a
team of ghetto players!’, the students were quoted as saying ‘the
Coach looked directly at them
as she yelled and as a result they
felt the derogatory and negative
statement was directed at them
and other students of color on
the team”. Schooler was also
found in violation for “negative,
intimidating and critical coaching methods, including publicly
berating and humiliating players,” which included “intimidating hostile and offensive learning
environment” and “constituted
discriminatory
harassment.”
several players, “expressed feeling intimidation from Coach
Schooler and specifically fear of
public humiliation if they shared
personal information or if they
asked questions about any of
her policies and expectations”
“Allegations of verbal harassment, intimidation and
meddling in the personal lives
of players were leveled against
Coach Schooler.”, which at one
point prompted a players parents to even contact the school
reporting that, “…inappropriate
things [were] being done by the
coach. She is crossing boundaries that should not be crossed…”
The other student faced sexual harassment when Schooler
introduced a prohibition on
same sex intra team dating that
she expected the students to
also enforce in effect placing
unfair regulations on same sex
relationships as an issue for the
team over other relationships.
Players also reported feeling
anxiety of the expectation that
players inform on each other
to schooler. This was especially difficult for several players
who lived together at the time.
The students have had a
lawyer since the Evergreen
cases with Schooler were
opened but did not file a tort
claim until summer of 2017.
In June, the students lawyer
Ada Wong with AKW Law
of Mountlake Terrace, filed a
tort claim and as of October
13 the two students filed with
U.S District Court’s Western
Washington district in Tacoma
as reported by the Olympian.
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News
THE FUTURE OF THE NORTH
WEST DETENTION CENTER
The protesters operate under
the name NWDC Resistance, coordinating grassroot
support for immigrants and
their families, continuing to
hold events outside the facility, always following the
leadership of those detained.
Their steadfast activism finally achieved a response
from Washington State officials on September 20.
In a lawsuit released that
Last September, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit against day, Attorney General Bob
the private corporation that owns and operates the Tacoma immigration prison known as Ferguson filed claims against
the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC), aimed at the “$1/day” work program wherein GEO twofold: that the corporation was illegally unpeople detained were made to work under harsh conditions cleaning and maintaining the derpaying those detained, or
facility. This suit is the first major move by the state after years of pressure from activ- its “workers” as the suit calls
violating minimum
ists and multiple hunger strikes within the facility focused on violation of human rights. them,
wage laws, and that the center purposefully gained profit
Located just outside the per day across the country. done to maintain the facility in solidarity, and the strike by the aforementioned ilindustrial-sludge-filled area
Inside the facility, those is conducted by the prison- there resulted in retaliation legal exploitation. Therein,
known as the Tacoma Tar detained come from all walks ers, including “preparing and to strikers like solitary con- the lawsuit asks the court to
Pits, the facility spreads across of life, most with jobs and serving food, running the finement and denied visita- make GEO pay minimum
an inlet of the Tide Flats in families nearby and many laundry services, perform- tion. After more than fifty wage to those who work, and
dismal white and gray, sur- with children born in the ing facility maintenance, and days, the hunger strike in Ta- give up those profits made
rounded by barb wire. The United States. Some folks cleaning common areas and coma came to an end, and in from the “$1/day” program
NWDC has operated since come from other detention restrooms”. All the work nec- a statement released in May to the state, who suggest
2004 through contracts with centers, or from other pris- essary to keep the business 2014 strikers cited similar they would use the money to
Immigration Customs and ons, or simply from their running is done for little to punishment to striker at the support people detained at
Enforcement (ICE) and the local neighborhood, cuffed no payment under the guise Texas facility. Some people NWDC and the surroundprivate corporation GEO and clothed and brought all of volunteer work, yet when were held in solitary con- ing community, though no
Group (GEO). Although the together for the fact of their no one volunteers guards finement for as long as 30 clear-cut plans for how this
Department of Justice an- country of origin. Each de- take it upon themselves to days, the statement claims, to would be achieved have been
nounced last year they would tained person is given color- pick out detainees to do the weaken the collective power laid out. NWSC Resistance
begin to phase out private coded uniforms based on jobs. Though it’s being called the detainees had gained, sees this as one victory in
contracts for prisons ICE the categories of their crimi- the “$1/day” work program and still the strikers said an ongoing fight, and in
has made no such claims, nal record, and they are as- there are times people are not GEO’s “immoral and inde- their most recent statement
and in 2015 they signed a ten signed minimum, medium, even compensated that small cent” campaign against them member Maru Mora Villalyear renewal contract with or maximum-security areas amount and instead are paid “cannot contain a just strug- pando said “The people most
GEO for the Tacoma facil- accordingly. Those detained in snack foods or not at all. gle that uses peaceful meth- affected by the Northwest
ity to continue to beowned can anticipate a number of Activists have rallied from ods to make itself heard.” Detention Center–those deand
operated
privately. legal proceedings that can around the world and within
By April of 2017, after tained– have been leading
The for-profit detention keep them there for months, the NWDC for years to de- conditions had only wors- the resistance against it, We
center has expanded capac- sometimes for long peri- mand dignity and an end to ened and there was still no are glad to see the Attorney
ity over the years to expand ods without even knowing the unjust conditions in place. action by the GEO or fed- General stepping up to join
profit, from 500 beds at its what they are charged with,
The first hunger strike by eral officials to make chang- their fight.” For now, activopening, to now holding up awaiting bond hearings, tri- NWDC detainees was in es, another intense strike ists wait for trial procedures
to 1,575 people awaiting de- als, and eventual deporta- March 2014, and they ini- began and at its peak had to begin and support themportation procedures. GEO tions. Operating outside tially demanded better food 750 participants. Inside, de- selves as they always have.
has said that at its max, the of the justice system, ICE and better wages before soon tainees refused meals and NWDC Resistance will
center and its detainees can does not have to guarantee adding their voices to the voted among themselves on hold a Dia de los Muertos
create revenue up to $57 mil- a speedy trial, or an explana- Not1More anti-detention how to continue, and within event outside the institulion annually. Indeed, there tion of rights, as other law organization and its activism, a few days outside activists tion later this week, and will
is incentive by investors and enforcement organizations calling for an end to their de- had created an encampment continue their advocation in
law enforcement to get as are legally bound to provide. tention and release until their in front of the immigration the future. If you are interclose to maximum capacity
According to testimony cases could be dealt with. The prison. More strikes carried ested in getting involved. and
as possible– the U.S. Con- from those detained and from strike gained international on throughout the spring there are upcoming comgress enforces “detention a statement by the Washing- attention, inspiring folks at and summer, and again par- munity meetings, with dates
bed mandates” that require ton State Attorney General’s another GEO owned facil- ticipants faced forced feed- and volunteer information
ICE to detain 34,000 people Office, nearly all the work ity in Texas to refuse to eat ing and solitary confinement. available on their website.
DEEP IN THE BELLY OF TACOMA’S INDUSTRIAL
WASTELAND, THE FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER
IS THE CENTER OF A CONTENTIOUS COURT CASE
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Community
Vintage Board of Trustees Meeting, circa 1990. EVERGREEN PHOTOS.
THE NEWEST EVOLUTION OF THE
STUDENT CONDUCT CODE
by Jasmine Kozak Gilroy
On October 27 the Evergreen State College held a supplementary meeting of the college’s Board of Trustees in order
to present the new student code of conduct, now titled “Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities” to the board, and so
that President George Bridges could ask the board to move forward with the plan to present the new code to students following the mandatory filing period that the Code is now in, which may last up to a month. Board members were provided
with an executive summary of the new code in advance and were asked to bring their questions and comments to the meeting.
The Board’s commentary was
framed by an explanation of the
process of “rule making” at a public
college and a presentation given by
Vice President of Student Affairs
Wendy Endress, Assistant Attorney
General Rick Brady, and Title XI
Administrator Kelly Schrader on the
key changes made to the language of
the document, with special attention
given to the sections on disruption,
sexual misconduct, and the conduct
code violation appeal proceedings.
The Board of Trustees ultimately
agreed to let the forum move forward
as planned by Bridges, with the condition that it would be made clear to
students that the version provided to
them would still be a draft and that
ultimately, the Board would have final say in the documents future. Their
conditional agreement to move forward included warnings voiced by several Board members that they would
not vote to officially enact the Code
into formal rule until a comparative
study was put together by the College
examining Evergreen’s new Code of
Student Rights and Responsibilities
in relationship to the conduct codes
at other public, four year colleges and
universities. This stipulation came
following a discussion during which
David Nicandri addressed Endress
saying, “Wendy, you must be conversing with other Colleges [regarding
their codes],” to which she replied,
“I would not make that assumption.”
Recordings of the meetings are not easily accessible to
the public, and meeting minutes
posted online tend to be sparse, so
although a future article detailing
points of interest in the new code
is in the works, this article serves to
detail what seemed to be the main
points of contention for the Board.
The Question of ‘Unreasonability’
The Board stumbled on the framing of punishable disruptions as
“unreasonable”, concerned with the
subjectivity of the word. Board Chair
Fred Goldberg began the discussion
of the section on disruption by stating, “I am not comfortable with the
use of the word unreasonable.” Nicandri, in a later discussion on objectivity saying, “It is perfectly reasonable
to assume that there may be faculty
who may assume that nearly any
amount of disruption is reasonable.”
Their concerns seemed to follow feelings of uncertainty regarding how
rules against “unreasonable” disruptions could be enforced consistently,
and worries that the language “unreasonable disruption’ opens up more
uncertainty for students regarding
what is acceptable, instead of providing a clear path to clean behavior.
The College Serving As Court
The Board of Trustees expressed
concerns that the College, through
newer, more extensive definitions of
what is punishable by the school and
the broadening of the responsibilities of the college detailed in the new
Code, would be opening themselves
up to great liability and great expense.
The question of scope was brought up,
with Trustees wondering where the
pseudo-judiciary realm of the Code
violation hearings ended and the territory of Washington state and City of
Olympia law enforcement and courts
began. They also questioned whether
it was, or should be, Evergreen’s responsibility to try students in cases
of sexual misconduct, with Endress,
Schrader, and Bridges pushing back
to explain that it is what is expected
from a contemporary four year institution, and Schrader in particular
establishing it as a question of equity
saying, “We are steadfast in our commitment to equity,” continuing on to
declare, “I am outstanding. I am here
to provide a great service to our students,” in contrast to simply providing ‘good’ or ‘good enough’ services.
Goldberg also seemingly pushed back
against the critique of scope, saying
of sexual misconduct that, “Trustees have been very clear that this is
an issue within our responsibility.”
Lack of Objectivity and Consistency
for Review Board
Board members had several questions and concerns about the appeals
process for students following a code
of conduct case violation. Most of
their questions centered around how
the appeal board was assembled
and, upon finding out that the appeal board varries basd on availibility
and willingness to participate, Board
members expressed concerns about
lack of consistancy and onjectivity of
participants, requesting that formal
appeaal board members be identified and even going so far as to suggest that the appeal boards, which
are currently made up by one faculty
member, one staff member, and one
student recruited by the Office of
Student Affairs by consistently staffed
by the faculty, staff, and student representatives on the Board of trustees
so that the Board would know that
they had been ‘vetted’. Nicandri explained that he wanted to insure
that, “the system is not being rigged.”
Concerns About Clarity of Language
Throughout the presentation
there lingered questions about the
clarity of the language and how
it was to be interpreted by students. Board Secretary Anne Proffit stated, “I do not know what you
would have to do to be expelled.”
Look out in the upcoming weeks for more
coverage regaurding the new code. Send any
thoughts to cooperpointjournal@gmail.com
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Arts & Culture
N A N T Z
MCMILLEN
Artist Interview by Sally Linn
The bartender said, “I can’t find the pumpkin butter!” And so Nantz couldn’t get
their pumpkin spiced booze at Obsidian and had to settle for some other hot spicedrink. Well you know what they say: you can’t choke a fly. I always drink a vodka with
grapefruit. Speaking with Nantz, it’s almost like they only speak in aphoristic phrases.
Nantz taught me some things during our conversation. It turns out wolf packs are a
family unit. The alpha/beta distinction is bullshit! And aquatic mammals have huge
nose cavities that help diffuse the cold air across a larger surface. And how observation is the foundation of change. I’ve been mulling over this last point and wondering
about how I look at the world and all that I don’t see through the blinders of privilege,
location, time, etc.
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Arts & Culture
&
UP
COMING
WED. NOV 1
The Writing Center
2700 Evergreen Pkwy NW. 4 p.m.
Grad School Application Workshop
THUR. NOV 2
A Dorm
2700 Evergreen Pkwy NW. 4 p.m.
The Great Pumpkin Toss
FRI. NOV 3
NW Detention Center
107 Capitol Way N, 5 p.m.
Dios De Los Muertos Outside the
Detention Center
SAT. NOV 4
Browser’s Bookstore
1623 E J St, Tacoma, WA, 5 p.m.
Pressed Against the Mirror: Art
Opening for the Work of Alum China
Faith Star
SUN. NOV 5
And the bartender said, “I can’t
find the pumpkin butter!” So Nantz
couldn’t get their pumpkin spiced
booze at Obsidian and had to settle for
some other hot spice-drink. Well you
know what they say: you can’t choke a
fly. I always drink a vodka with grapefruit. Speaking with Nantz, it’s almost like they only speak in aphoristic
phrases. Nantz taught me some things
during our conversation. It turns out
wolf packs are a family unit. The alpha / beta distinction is bullshit! And
aquatic mammals have huge nose cavities that help diffuse the cold air across
a larger surface. And how observation
is the foundation of change. I’ve been
mulling over this last point and wondering about how I look at the world
and all that I don’t see through the
blinders of privilege, location, time, etc.
Why is Nantz our feature in this issue? They’re an artist who’s been making science illustrations and animations
since they could hold a crayon. Well, the
animations started in 2015 when they
came to Evergreen but the rest is history. A science illustration can be defined
as a detailed and sometimes technical
drawing of an organism that shows a
specific part or action of that organism.
It’s often something that photography
can’t capture. Photos are just two-dimensional images and sometimes the
thing that makes an organism special is
hidden behind feathers or fur. A lot of
science illustration fodder come from
behavioral observations of an organism.
I began writing up the results
of our interview but soon realized
the clarity and coherency of Nantz’
words. I’ve decided to leave much of
what they said intact and let the artist speak for themself. What follows
is their brief art-life story, relationship to the natural world and sharing
it with others, and a reflection on the
effects of humanism and capitalism.
“I’ve been drawing since I was a
kid. I’m just drawing the things I love.
Honestly it’s the only thing that keeps
my mental health okay. I grew up in a
household that wanted to go outside
and go camping. I know I was lucky and
that it’s a privilege a lot of people don’t
have and I understand why people are
so estranged from the natural world.”
I’ll just be walking around outside
and be like, ‘Wow [I’m] an insignificant person. It doesn’t matter; but look
how beautiful everything is. I think
I’m trying to use my art to show other
people how beautiful the world is—
how beautiful the tiny things are that
people don’t pay attention to. The way
people change their mind isn’t by guilting or shaming them into caring. It’s
through [personal] observation. Once
you notice something, it completely
changes the way you think about it
and you start seeing it more and more.”
“What I make is really indicative of what makes me really happy.
If you ever walk around in the woods
with me and I’m screaming at everything I think is neat—’oh my god
look at that mushroom! oh my god
look at that thing! aggh it’s a bird!’—
obviously I’m enthusiastic about the
same thing that I’m making and I try
to share that enthusiasm with other
people. It’s okay to care about that
beetle. You don’t have to kick it. Maybe
look at the ground a little bit more.”
Obsidian
414 4th Ave E. 7 pm.
Ora Cogan, Tispur, the Washboard
Abs, Pools
MON. NOV 6
New Moon
113 4th Ave W. 9 p.m.
R.ariel, 30Spice//Simply Damon, and
locals
TUES. NOV 12
Le Vouyer
404 4th Ave E, 10 p.m, 21+
Ada Babar, B|_ank, Lashes, the
Washboard Abs
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Arts & Culture
37th Annual Autunm Sensations Hit the
Harvest Festival Evergreen Farm Again
Photography and Article by Tari Gunstone
This year’s 37th Harvest Fest landed on a day that could not have felt more quintessentially Autumn. Saturday’s foggy sun shone through the mossy columns of big leaf Maples in their orange and yellow glory and
the sound of mandolins and banjos carried through the pathway as Evergreen students and Olympia community members walked through the woods to the Organic Farm to celebrate the Fall festivities. This year
the student organizers from Evergreen’s community gardens and Demeter’s garden permaculture club rallied
together a rich assortment of activities and offerings. The traditional pumpkin carving station was set up with
adults and kids alike creating ghoulish and silly faces. Free tea was served from an eclectically decorated trailer
converted to into the Jasmine Dragon Tea Lounge and cups of fresh pressed cider were passed out in the
hundreds from the farm’s orchard apples. The Natural Building Club helped people get good and messy with
their hands as they taught them how to build miniature forts and statues with natural cob materials. Festival
goers could pick up a batch of vegan donuts named after zodiac signs from the Flaming Eggplant and go sit
on the hay bales to watch live music at the outdoor stage. A darling witch in a black raincoat sold fresh farm
produce including braided onion garlands adorned with colorful straw flowers and miniature “popping corn”
corn on the cobs. Groups of friends strolled around the farm grounds and gardens, admiring all that’s left of
the growing season while stopping to pet the farm’s attention loving cat, Butch. The Herbal Medicine Club
hosted a fire cider workshop to teach the community a simple yet zesty folk remedy to kick winter colds and
flus (recipe given below). A student shared his secret to perfectly fermented sauerkraut and a recent graduate helped participants bake pumpkin pie from scratch at her baking workshop. Cinderella pranced by me
with her golden oyster trophy from winning the oyster shucking competition put on by the Shellfish Club.
For the hungry there were tamales from Tamale Fusion and pumpkin bisque from Evergreen’s food services.
Local herbalist Sean Croke of Understory Apothecary sold tinctures and wild medicinal mushrooms and
an open air art studio showcased local artisan goods. The crowds walked away with jack-o-lanterns tucked
under their arms, handcrafted goodies, full bellies, and newfound knowledge, having fully celebrated the
things we love so much about this season in our lives– sharing, food, and a little bit of spookiness and play.
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Folk Fire Cider Recipe
A traditional folk remedy to boost the immune system. Drink
a tablespoon or two of this spirited libation a few times a
day when you are feeling sickness coming on. Fire Cider is
an anti-inflammatory, it boosts your immune system, it is
antibacterial and antiviral, it works as a digestive aid, and
it is both antioxidant-rich and energizing. It’s a lifesaver!
Ingredients
+ 1/2 cup fresh grated/
chopped organic ginger root
+ 1 large organic onion,
chopped
+ 10 cloves of organic garlic,
crushed or chopped
+ 2 organic jalapeno peppers,
chopped (with seeds)
+ organic apple cider vinegar
+ honey to taste
If you’d like, you could also
add grated fresh horseradish, turmeric, cayenne, lemon,
peppercorn, rosemary or other
kitchen herbs, echinacea root.
You can get as spicy or creative
with fire cider as you want!
Instructions
1. Put all chopped ingredients
in a quart-sized glass jar.
2. Pour the apple cider vinegar
in the jar until all of the ingredients are covered and the
vinegar reaches the jar’s top.
3. Use a piece of natural
parchment paper under the
lid to keep the vinegar from
touching the metal (it will
rust), or use a plastic lid if you
have one. Shake well.
4. Label with date and store
in a dark, cool place for two
weeks to a month. Shake your
jar daily with good intentions.
5. Once it’s ready, use cheesecloth to strain out the pulp,
pouring the vinegar into a
clean jar. Be sure to squeeze as
much of the liquidy goodness
as you can from the pulp while
straining. Add honey for taste.
6. Store in refrigerator and
drink as needed.
CRASH COURSE IN
Letters & Opinions
SOCIAL JUSTICE SLANG
BY POC TALK
Hey y'all, we are going to be doing a series on terms you should know!
Because these terms cover complex issues the explanations given here do
not and cannot cover the entirety of the concepts they describe. These are
not complete definitions but more like a crash course for an entry into the
conversations that surround them. There are many more terms and ideas
we should be interrogating, and hopefully this is a good start.
Racism
The definition of racism that this writer finds
the most useful is prejudice + power. This is why
you hear people say things like Black people can’t
be racist⎯ it is not to say people of color cannot
have prejudices, but in most cases we lack the
institutional privilege or power for those prejudices to negatively affect White people outside
of hurt feelings. A Black person’s prejudice cannot impede on a white person’s standing in society, whereas racism is institutional and historical,
affecting people’s income job opportunities and
overall ability to just exist in society without being discriminated against. People of color are
inherently disadvantaged by racism, and though
that racism is impacted by people’s personal
(racist) opinions it is an overall insidious system that functions without most (white) people’s knowledge or conscious encouragement.
Institutional Racism
Sociological resources define institutional racism as “Ia pattern of social institutions — such
as governmental organizations, schools, banks,
and courts of law — giving negative treatment
to a group of people based on their race. Institutional racism leads to inequality; sociologists
use the concept to explain why some people face
unequal treatment or occupy unequal statuses.”
Examples of this could be the insidious nature
of business asking employees to be “tidy”, prohibiting dreads or other hairstyles attributed to
African Americans, which perpetuates upholding
of European beauty standards. Another example
is generational wealth held by white people that
has roots in centuries of economic oppression. Red
lining, denial of G.I bill rights to Black military
that historically prevented families of color from
owning housing in places where there was any possibility of value growth, and other racist tactics left
little to be passed onto future generations. Therefore, it is less likely today for students of color to
be enrolled in a “good” public school making it less
likely that students of color will be able to achieve
equal status with their white peers. The wealth gap
in this country shows the effects of generations
of wealth discrimination, as the average white
american family has $134,000 in wealth when
the average African american family has $11,000,
as reported by the Survey of Consumer Finance
Combined Extract Data, 2013. In addition, institutional racism need not include intentional discrimination or personal biases, but can stem from
insidious racism that has been built in and normalized through centuries of white supremacy. These
issues of injustice are often extremely difficult if
not impossible for unaware white people to recognize and were made as such to ensure the continuation of the cycle of discrimination. This is why
racism and prejudice are not the same: one involves
privilege and institutional power and the other an
intentional bias against people which is less likely
to actually affect someone’s existence. This Is also
why whether or not you specifically do things
that are “racist” does not mean that you aren’t upholding and benefiting racist systems in society.
Coded Language
This is language that implies more than what it
says directly, often veiling racist or otherwise oppressive intention. Examples of coded language include:
Good hair/school equals European hair/majority white school. It implies curly or textured hair
is bad, and in the case of schools it tends to be a
comment on the assumed superior economic and/
or cultural status of a school that is majority white.
Urban and intercity equated to Black
or just overall POC people and culture
Mainstream is to say dominant narratives,
usually white/ heteronormative/ patriarchal
Objective really means unemotional, outside,
and in most cases white male perspective. This is
because male and white tend to be viewed as “neutral”, especially with regard to issues that emotionally and subjectively affect oppressed people.
Civil meaning unemotional, similar to objective, claiming that anger or emotional response
invalidates one’s argument. “Civil” debates and discussions benefit those least affected by the issue and
often civil is literally meant to mean silent or non
existent as is the case with the Kaepernick protest.
Ghetto/Rachet
means
Black,
associating
the
entirety
of
Blackness
with
impoverishment
and
cheapness.
Thug is code for Black, associating Black style
and culture with criminality, perpetuating overpolicing and villainization of black communities.
Target/ Agent Identity
Target and Agent are terms used to differentiate between identities that are catered to by
dominant culture and those that are not. A target
identity is an identity which makes one a target for
discrimination, whereas an agent identity implies
power and the ability to reap the benefits of target
identities’ marginalization. Groups that make up
agent identities have the agency to define reality, i.e.
what is normal and accepted by dominant culture.
Woke
Being woke means that you are consciously
continuing to educate and search for opportunities to educate yourself (and others) on the
varying oppressions faced by oppressed peoples.
Woke is the 2k17 version of its 90’s equivalent,
saying you were “conscious.” This word is an example of AAVE (African American vernacular english), originating in Black communities,
then appropriated by mainstream (white) society.
POC
POC is an acronym for People of Color. This
is why you look silly when you message POC
Talk about how there were Irish slaves (false)
or how vikings had dreads (also false) because,
like, the operative word here is color of which
vikings and Irish people fall under the contemporary definition of the construct of whiteness.
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RUBY THOMPSON.
by April Davidson
ARIES 3/21 - 4/19
Issues surrounding intimacy, power and control are your main focus currently. You’ll soon
be finding yourself in significant situations that require an awareness of your personal
boundaries, as well as a willingness to inquire about and accept the boundaries of others.
Greet any anger or frustration you receive with patience and acceptance. Tap into your
nurturing energy, allow yourself to be moved by another’s pain. Find joy in communion.
TAURUS 4/20 - 5/20
You’ve been making the comfort and pleasure of others your primary concern but soon
you’ll become aware of intensifying personal needs. Chances are, you’re going to want a
commitment or to claim what you think is yours. Your job is to communicate your desires
as a way of being respectful to both yourself and those involved. Keep it simple– determine which of your thoughts is most essential and approach the situation directly.
GEMINI 5/21 - 6/20
Lately you are on a quest to get to the truth and you have been fearless in exploring the
depths. Due to this, you may uncover some information that disturbs or overwhelms you.
Know that the truth you find outside yourself is never complete. The issues you’re facing
have their origins from deep within your being. In order to stay adaptable and balanced,
spend some quality time alone with yourselves.
CANCER 6/21 - 7/22
When a loved one is going through a crisis you are always there for them without fail, but
what happens when you need support? Seek out a sturdy group to shelter you while you
sort some things out. With all the love and nourishment you’ve given, there are plenty of
people willing to return the favor. If you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, these
like-minded people can help protect you as you struggle to navigate your thoughts.
LEO 7/23 - 8/22
You’re a professional attention wrangler and soon the limelight will be all yours. Prestige
and authority will require that you put extra work to make a favorable impression, you
will be asked to perform at a much higher level. You may get a glimpse into what it really
means to have power, which is a bit more sinister than mere popularity. Ask yourself, is
being liked by others more important than standing your ground on what you believe in?
VIRGO 8/23 - 9/22
There seems to be many obstacles in your course and you’re getting frustrated by what you
perceive as a crisis in lacking. You’re feeling pressured to perform, to rush to heal wounds
and alleviate suffering. Instead of fixating on material loss or inadequacy, allow yourself
time to play or have an adventure. While you are having fun, or following a dream, that
you’ll be able to stay open to receiving the download you need to keep believing.
LIBRA 9/23 - 10/22
Extravagant lifestyle choices, any kind of sensual overindulgences to satisfying your refined tastes, are about to catch up with you. If you’ve a more conservative Libra that has no
debt (financial or otherwise) then you’ll be the one people will look to for support. Either
way, you’ll be forced into acknowledging material realities you’d rather ignore. When the
adrenaline kicks in, don’t run; have the courage to show up and acknowledge needs and
boundaries.
SCORPIO 10/23 - 11/21
Optimism, luck and abundance are all yours currently! With Jupiter making their way
through Scorpio for the next year, people will be particularly fascinated with things you
love but that most signs avoid or misunderstand. These things include introspection, mysteries, taboos and transformations amongst other esoteric interests. You have powerful
creative forces on your side that should be put to good use but for now, just enjoy your
supernatural season!
SAGITTARIUS 11/22 - 12/21
Things have been pretty turbulent. You’re being confronted with some complex and uncomfortable truths about your habits, health or work. Through all your emotions about
your situation, try not to blame others and know that this energy can be used to initiate
positive change. Find some stillness, play a game with yourself to see how long you can
stay in one place. Your prescription for what ails you is solitude in a place where you feel
secure.
CAPRICORN 12/22 - 1/19
You are now invited to seek out fun and be unpredictable. Figuring out how to do this is
part of the greater destiny of the material world, don’t try to comprehend just go for it. Be
as romantic, playful and self-expressive as you want. You will have an abundance of opportunities to indulge, but there’s a catch. All these pleasures will be fleeting, mere illusions.
These fantasies won’t last but they could be fuel for future productivity.
AQUARIUS 1/20 - 2/18
What does it mean to have a home? Right now, whether it seems like it or not, is the correct moment for you to consider this question. Your personal homelife could probably use
some attention too, so while you’re attending to your household chores and tasks, why not
do a little philosophising about privacy, family and property to balance out all the work
you’ve been doing for your public persona.
PISCES 2/19 - 3/20
Does it feel like errands, phone calls and documents are taking over your life? Are you
receiving messages from beyond about the past or the future that are overwhelming you?
There is an uncomfortable, deep down feeling that something is missing. Things aren’t
falling into place like you wish they would, but the imperfections you perceive are most
likely a result of unrealistic expectations. Try counting your blessings instead.
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