Fellows and Fellow Travelers:
I wanted to share this with you... Love and Solidarity, Peter
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Hi Peter,
I just wanted to give you a heads up that I got interviewed by the Mac
Weekly about the Critical Race Theory tutorial that we did the Spring
before last (2006). I have heard through friends and comrades that there
is some kind of hostile editorial coming out, so I tried to give a
measured response in light of the possible scandal that is going to
ensue. My basic tack was that I felt that I could have joined the other
POC seminar if I had wanted to (which I feel was true), but that the
idea of creating safe space made sense to me, and I felt that me and my
classmates needed a better grounding in the basics of race and critical
theory before we would be ready to attend the other seminar. Sort of
like how someone who doesn't speak French wouldn't be ready to attend a
high level course on French culture. I also said that the tutorial
didn't go very well because students didn't take it very seriously, and
that there is a need for a lower-level class on race theory.
Anyway, it seems likely to me that they are going to twist my words, but
I wanted to let you know that I did my best and hope things work out.
solidarity,
Erik
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