Real strength created from discussing real issues, fighting real battles
Self reflection atn b* »ilangerou*
thin* (OPT Feb n 1 wonder.
Keith. if your intention was to
m*k» lb* University • mot* ho*
pitabl* campus for woman or to fust
repeat lb* maw intellectual raping" of
which you ncuw lb* Gonomitalnr
in crur 45 minute interview. did you
not hear any of my t ommmti mad*
about pro-active ways up* could address
lb* (kunmvntatar pint? Instead you
look (as tho Commentator does on ocot
sion) lb* stance that because I did not
agree with your ideas, ibis somehow
mad« nw spineless " You craat* ih*
vary oppressive atmosphere you My you
want to fight
Mow ironic that you should choose to
cell names and divert attention away
from th* ran) issues Issue* such as the
fact that we live in a world where men
think it's OK to writ* the Cornell list in
th* first plat*, a world where a woman
COMM! MIARY
Is r»jxxi every nt minutes. « wutld
where • woman U wbt on the «lmi
than in Hot home Taking • pro-active
stance no *RmI Ihum* u not *pin»U-*«
it*a prod«Rt
As « woman and an African Amen
can, I have span! mv liiv being called
names Bui I am on tn your gam#
Your tactic la to engage in a rhetoric
that gives you strength over me by the
vary fact that I respond to your com
tnants This tactic makes m* angry, and t
have better uses for my time Mow sad
that you stoop to a tactic that is so clear
to someone who Has been oppressed,
but seem* to escape your notice
This Is how dominant male culture
asserts itself
My real strength Is knowing how to
tv.H Set the and mirror* divert the
Women's CmW and mrall from our
real work, including halting women
navigate the bureaucracy of the Uniter
*tty. Wiping women gain knowledge
and voice around neslst issue* and «du
eating the tetuptu and community on
contributions made by women
The Cornell Us!1* definitely tome
thing to gar angry about Its blatant dis
regard for women is evident The
Women's Center took its action by *•
mailing the source and asking tW
administration of Cornell to take this
very seriously and to take action.
But today. I am more angry with the
time 1 had to spend writing this opinion
I caution you. Keith, not cm your nwti
ration, hut on your tactics Will we get
everyone up in arms only to find that
muen of w hat was written in the Ian 19
(Urntmenlalor is protected under free
speech’
Y«*. the Commentator had it* funding
pulled in the DMt, but It was reinstated
the twit day We may not lib the opin
ion of our popart, but w* have to protect
their right to publish
At a journalist I thought you would
know this t «*t the bait
let * ute our energy and voice to bring
up the itauet. not fust respond to them
We need to challenge the political
rhetoric that would tdenc* women‘a
voices in a variety of wav* li t an elec
tion year, atk yourself what you can do
to be helpful
I fear that if you continue with your
lone and tactics, one day you may find
yourself on the wrong tide of the (amout
quote by Malcolm X "If you ate not part
of the solution, you are pan of the prob
lecn "
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