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Post by sayanij on Aug 27, 2023 21:34:46 GMT -5
I think if Audre Lorde was still alive today she would reflect on her childhood experience as her first eye opener to racial injustice and discrimination in the U.S. I think she would also talk about how being sheltered by her parents and not being aware of the real life problems going on at the time kind of made her first incident worse. She didn’t get slowly educated or introduced to the problems in the U.S. I don’t think the election of President Obama would’ve changed how she looked back on her trip to Washington D.C but I think it would’ve made her realize the importance of the struggles of that time period. It was never right then but it ultimately was the foundation for taking steps to where we are today. I think she would feel happy for the election of President Obama and maybe even relieved.
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Post by rubydrzick on Aug 30, 2023 21:37:26 GMT -5
i feel like if audre lorde was still alive she would say that her childhood was very eye opening and was a very intresting but helpful experience. lorde may feel that since she was exposed to racism and discrimination at such a young age that she knew ways to manage it as it progressively got worse as she grew up. i think her reaction to Barack Obama election as well as becoming president would she would be shocked. she probably would be happy for what seems like change and progression but she may also be nervous about what may happen or the backlash it could cause. lorde may be worried that something bad could really happen to obama given that he is not the stereotypical president and after all the trauma that she had experienced as a little kid she probably feels like there might be something more going on than just a new president. i am sure that she would be excited but she would also want to not get her hopes up.
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Post by JaNyiah Lawler on Sept 1, 2023 11:20:19 GMT -5
I think that if Audre Lord were alive today, she would be telling this story with new comparisons to the present. Racism was much more prevalent and manifested in much more extreme ways more often in her time, but we still see it often today. I think she might draw similarities between her experience and how black people are still made to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable in public establishments today, even if legally they cannot be kicked out based on race. In light of this I believe her reaction to Barack Obama’s election would be bittersweet. Of course, I think she would feel a sense of victory that we’d finally had a black president who would understand black struggles, like many did, but she would also recognize that a black president would not change the racist foundation of the country. The increase in racial violence immediately following Obama’s election would support this. I don’t think she would see it as a reason to stop fighting, but as a reason to stop expecting all of the people in America to one day be accepting.
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Post by Josi on Sept 1, 2023 19:59:10 GMT -5
lorde would be impressed by progress but disappointed on the process to get here. Through the violence and systemic prejudice of the past we have made significant progress but not without reoccurring issues. Between frequent shootings and attacks that are racially motivated we are still pushing for progress. Seeing the capitol would give mixed feeling considering the insurrection but also the election of our first president of color and female vice president. Considering Lordes negative experience there along with the history of racism the capitol holds it will never have an overwhelming positive impact on her as it doesn’t for many minorities.
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Post by zanderligman on Sept 1, 2023 22:57:30 GMT -5
I think that Audre Lorde would look back on it not fondly, but happy about how far we've come and how much progress the US has made towards civil rights and equality. She would look back and remember how bad it was back then, and then look at what it's like in the present. Even now it's not perfect but it is definitely a lot better than it was back then. Barrack Obama getting elected sort of pays homage to how far we've come as a country. Way back then people of color weren't even allowed to get ice cream at some shops, and in the modern age there's a person of color who ran the whole country. Obviously she won't look back on it with happy memories, but it definitely won't seem as bad since there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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