- I spoke at a high school the other day. Talked about white privilege & increasing racist attacks, also law enforcement power under Trump...
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798886668824616961
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 13:53:19 - There was a vocal minority of Trump supporters in one of my talks. They cheered my examples of racist & sexist attacks. I called them out...
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798887041366978561
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 13:54:47 - TIL that so many students & teachers were angry about discussing racism that the superintendent wrote a letter apologizing for what I said.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798887687054823425
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 13:57:21 - I'm astonished but also not. This is our world. White students cheer swastikas, and the offensive one is the one who calls that racist.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798888038248120325
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 13:58:45 - that was terrifying, btw. a vocal minority of wealthy white teen boys cheering for racist imagery & yelling even louder when called out.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798888773673172993
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:01:40 - to clarify, I began by talking about white nationalism and its effects. a later comment on white privilege offended many of the white kids. https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798886668824616961 โฆ
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798895348718702592
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:27:48 - @flexlibris Not sure what you're on about. Pretty sure they started laughing when you mentioned "trolls", and then when you pointed them out
https://twitter.com/Vlad_Stepanov21/status/798896158634557440
— Vlad Stepanov (@Vlad_Stepanov21)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:31:01 - @Vlad_Stepanov21 I was talking about racist and sexist trolls going after people, and they laughed. that's astonishing and horrible.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798896885750763521
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:33:55 - @flexlibris They laughed when you mentioned the word "trolls". It's not astonishing.
https://twitter.com/Vlad_Stepanov21/status/798898194910420993
— Vlad Stepanov (@Vlad_Stepanov21)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:39:07 - @Vlad_Stepanov21 the Reichstag is burning and y'all are laughing at some unrelated bullshit. that's sickening.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798898791747227652
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 14:41:29 - @flexlibris as a student of PHS, nobody asked you to talk about that, you were supposed to address safety on social media.
https://twitter.com/NickDelaney7/status/798927144281919488
— Nick Delaney (@NickDelaney7)Wed, Nov 16 2016 16:34:09 - @flexlibris very inappropriate to bring up at a high school, nobody should be learning how to avoid cops
https://twitter.com/NickDelaney7/status/798928210708877312
— Nick Delaney (@NickDelaney7)Wed, Nov 16 2016 16:38:23 - @flexlibris @Vlad_Stepanov21 It's adorable how you reply to then block an account to get the last word. Also, less Molotovs will help :) -VS
https://twitter.com/JavaSwiftDev/status/798945899481219072
— Gabe Nydick (@JavaSwiftDev)Wed, Nov 16 2016 17:48:40 - now the students are saying they only laughed bc I said "trolls". I was talking about racist & sexist trolling & they laughed. so, hmm.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798931414901227520
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 16:51:07 - they're also upset that I talked abt racism & knowing your rights. they've been told that politics don't belong in school. this is a tragedy
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798931828937625600
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 16:52:46 - a teacher got angry that I talked 2 students abt the NSA. "they don't need to know that". many of the kids are undocumented. are u for real?
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798933531846066177
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 16:59:32 - @flexlibris then you went off about racism out off no where. Why don't you actually stay in topic?
https://twitter.com/Matt_Sanchez17/status/798982634852401152
— Matthew Sanchez (@Matt_Sanchez17)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:14:39 - @Matt_Sanchez17 online safety is a political issue because marginalized people are most at risk. everything I said was on topic.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798983701673676800
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:18:53 - @flexlibris and to not let your emotions get the better of you
https://twitter.com/Matt_Sanchez17/status/798989056449228800
— Matthew Sanchez (@Matt_Sanchez17)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:40:10 - @Matt_Sanchez17 thank you for respectful dialogue. I respectfully disagree. Racism and sexism are issues people should get emotional about.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798989535644291072
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:42:04 - @flexlibris damn you got me on that last part
https://twitter.com/Matt_Sanchez17/status/798989741676904452
— Matthew Sanchez (@Matt_Sanchez17)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:42:53 - @Matt_Sanchez17 it's good advice to be humble. But how should one respond when confronted with something they think is despicable and wrong?
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798990017469157376
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:43:59 - @Matt_Sanchez17 I feel angry when people treat racism and sexism as unimportant. These things are life and death matters.
https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/798990223615070208
— local resistance ๐ฅ (@flexlibris)Wed, Nov 16 2016 20:44:48
Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
11/14/16 Assembly gone awry - Most (not all, because I do have a life) of the tweets that transpired. I had a bunch of questions about what happened, those questions can be found at this FB post: https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer.lea.cohan/posts/10155469945424097
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