The Tunnel of Oppression -- an event to raise awareness about oppression in America -- was showcased in the University of Washington's student union building (HUB). Posted on 02/08/2006 10:15:10 AM PST by Patriot62
The Tunnel of Oppression -- an event to raise awareness about oppression in America -- was showcased in the University of Washington's student union building (HUB).
Sponsored by Housing and Food Services, the project was put together by resident advisors, resident directors and other student leaders dedicated to making oppression a known issue.
"I hope it opens up people's minds to realizing that these things do exist," said senior Kelly Ronan, project chair and resident advisor (RA).
RAs were in charge of putting together the nine rooms that exhibited various types of oppression, including educational disparities and disabilities.
Many of them felt strongly about raising awareness within the community.
"I hope that people start wanting to talk about it and think about it," said RA Kali Jensen, a junior. "I think that's the most important thing, even if we don't change their opinions."
Exhibits displayed posters with comments often heard by the oppressed group.
Large signs with statements, such as "No tears for queers" and "Thank God for AIDS," were featured in the homophobia display while "Welcome to America, now speak English" was written on the wall of the linguistics oppression room.
Other exhibits incorporated multimedia presentations including the white privilege room, which played the 2005 film Crash.
"I like how they integrated media," said Laura Knudsen, a junior. "It made it more interactive."
Others expressed their hope for change through the project.
"I think everyone should walk through the Tunnel of Oppression and maybe there will be some changes in the community and around school," said freshman Erinn Unger. "Hopefully someday there won't be a need for a Tunnel of Oppression."
The project takes place at campuses across the country, but this is its fourth year at the UW.
Though the exhibit only stands for one day, those involved said the day was an important step in changing perspectives of oppression.
"Having one day to catch a glimpse of lives of those different than us is better than not understanding difference at all," said Sarah Auditore, a junior who helped with the disabilities display.
Nein, nein, LOL! Das ist nicht wahr. Ich habe viele Deutsch errineren(sp?), aber also habe Ich viele Deutche vergessen.
That's what gets me about these articles. The authors quote mere teenagers as if they are wise old sages. And so many fall for it! "Senior Kelly Ronan, project chair and resident advisor" says that blah, blah, blah...SHE'S IN COLLEGE for goodness sakes, she knows NOTHING about the real world! Rant over, carry on.
Doch, doch, Sie schrieben gut. Sie haben viel Deutsch sich erinnern an.
Aber, danke and guten tag, mein freund!
Wasn't this on "South Park"?
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Oh for crying out loud. What a bunch of maroons.
"Welcome to America, now speak English" was written on the wall of the linguistics oppression room
LOL! I've admitted on these boards to being a former hippie - at Michigan during the VietNam war no less. I love it when these kids come up to me and ask do I know about some cause or another or do I understand some political action they want to take. I have to tell them I was marching and taking over university president's offices before they were even born.
These new fangled college kids can't even demonstrate right. : )
That depends on whether you refer to the homos having the quality of provoking nausea, which would be homonauseous, or the feeling that the person has, which would be homonauseated.
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I have some things down to no accent, but within a minute of the conversation I get the "du bist Amerikaner" (not the cakes) and they switch to English.
So, of course they're going to do stuff like this. Especially if it's a public school.
I'm currently a college student in WI, and at the university I previously attended, they had drag shows and "tolerance classes" in addition to something similar on campus.
As for Housing and Food Services, it's another common name--besides Residence Life or Student Services.
"I get to attend another sexual harassment meeting at work"
Hey,beats working!
Interesting background,radiohead.You are a self descibed middle aged black woman and ex-hippie.
I noticed back then that the hippie crowd had this really weird condescending attitude toward the few blacks in the far out clique.Kind of like,"were having a party tonight,I'll bring the guitar,you bring the Negro"
I will never forget driving through rural Maine in the Summer of 1970 and seeing this black woman hanging out on this porch with about half a dozen long haired white hippies.I always wondered what life circumstances brought her there.
She was the only black person I saw while traveling the state!
where would we be without hate? these folks might have to actually WORK !
You aren't far from right. Looking back at old movies and thinking about my friends on campus, I can see a whole lot of condescention going on. Moving from the hippie phase to the women's movement, those bra-burners were notoriously elitist and non-inclusive. I wanna laugh in the face of some young white feminists on campus cause I know what the movement was like at the beginning.
I had a different background compared to the other blacks I met at Michigan in the early 70s. I went to a private, almost all white prep school, my father was a lawyer and my mother had a degree, eventually getting a masters. I was from DC and exposed to a lot of culture. Most of the blacks I met back then were from Detroit, were poor, and had very little in common with your typical middle class Michigan student.
I was in the Honors College for 2 years and was never in class w/another black until the last term of my senior year. I had a lot more in common w/the white kids and hippiedom was not an uncomfortable place for me. Even married a white guy - a Nam vet who schooled me on the real world. : )
So where is the tunnel section for the ideological oppression conducted by universities? Or is the rest of the school considered that tunnel?
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