When a teachers lesson plan asked “What is Racism” I am not sure he bargained to be schooled by one of his student!
But in this viral video a student does just that and the class erupts into applause.
She says:
“You’re trying to say that it’s just race. No. Racism is based on the systematic oppression of people. White people have never suffered that,” the student said in the clip, highlighting the ways racism is also reflected through various social and political institutions.
And goes onto say:
“It’s kind of like you, as a white man, saying what is and what is not racist. And that’s what’s been happening throughout this century,”
Watch the video below:
Funny enough, the student is wrong on all regards, and to say that “white people have never suffered it” is to be blind to instances that have happened outside American history, or to be foolish into believing that it only goes one way at all. No wonder the video got deleted.