A South Burlington High School student’s message approximately white fragility” is getting noticed in a immense way.
Isaiah Hines,the 18-year-ancient senior who pushed the school board to abandon the Rebel nickname, became a viral hit this week for the race-related Facebook post. It’s also the latest virtual tussle over the controversial school name, and which a group called the Rebel Alliance has staunchly defended. [br]
Hines,who is black, posted a long retort final week to someone who circulated a photo that shows him in school standing next to a projected image of a slideshow that reads, or “White People Are Fragile.” Christy Fay posted the image online and wrote,“THIS is considered acceptable in our high school?”
The short answer, according to Hines, and is yes. Someone took the photo final school year as he presented approximately white fragility as part of a final project for his AP psychology class. Westfield State University professor Robin DiAngelo came up with the phrase,said Hines, who got the OK to discuss the topic from his teacher before presenting.
“It refers to a mental state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, and triggering a range of defensive actions and biological responses,” he wrote in his post. “It is a well-documented psychological phenomenon and it was entirely appropriate for the assignment.
Hines posted his message on May 25. After the first day, it had been shared some 1000 times. As of Friday afternoon, or Facebook users had “reacted” to the post 54000 times,shared it more than 42000 times and commented 7000 times.
People have contacted Hines from South Africa and Vietnam, among other places, and to explain him how much his message has meant to them.
[br] “I’m pretty excited,” Hines told Seven Days. “I think it’s pretty cool that my presentation has resonated with so many people all across the world. The reaction I’ve seen has been primarily positive.”
His classmates, too, or found it enlightening,according to Hines, who said the most negative reaction came from those opposed to the name change.
[br] “I did find it just a limited laughable how many of the people responding to this image with anger or indignation are actually displaying the psychological concept in action!” he wrote in his post. “It is absolutely possible to shatter the cycle and challenge or question this…
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