"On Protest, Dialogue, and Social Change"

"Speaking exclusively of the Princeton context, my frustration is exacerbated by the fact that the group unequivocally condemning the protestors’ tactics and substance seems to bear a striking overlap with the group who would not shut up for a solid four years about the indignity of one-ply toilet paper. Sit with that for a minute. I say this comically, but also seriously.

How do we engage in debates of entitlement when black students seek protection from marginalization – as if that’s unreasonable and presumptuous to ask – yet we do not have the same scrutiny for creature comforts like toilet paper and waffle fries?

More importantly, as a student who dedicated the majority of my time at Princeton (and since) to the betterment of the student experience, I take issue with the suggestion that any student does not deserve to fight for their own educational experience; that we do not have a responsibility to shape our community for the better, rather than simply shape ourselves to fit the imaginary standards of that community; that anyone should simply be grateful to be in the room. That is not an education, and that is not Princeton."

https://easopfables.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/on-protest-dialogue-and-social-change/

Written by my friend Bruce, former President of the Undergraduate Student Body, current awesome person.

Important things are happening at my alma mater right now.