{"id":13107,"date":"2017-03-22T07:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=13107"},"modified":"2017-03-22T07:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:37:05","slug":"from-yellow-stars-and-pink-triangles-to-white-puzzle-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/03\/22\/from-yellow-stars-and-pink-triangles-to-white-puzzle-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"From Yellow Stars and Pink Triangles to White Puzzle Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

     The College Democrats of Elizabethtown College have decided the best way to deal with a certain problematic <\/em>racial group is to have them where a distinctively shaped and colored symbol<\/a> to remind them of who they are and to teach to know their place…<\/p>\n

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‘The Elizabethtown College Democrats are launching a project Saturday in which they will ask students and others to wear a white puzzle piece pin every day to encourage them to think deeply about how racial identity affects their life, directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

“The project was borrowed and adapted from a Lutheran pastor\u2019s similar effort in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

“Aileen Ida, president of the College Democrats, said she believes the conversation on white privilege<\/p>\n

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“‘This project will encourage people to have conversations about race and how their inherent white privilege has a part in the systematic oppression of minorities \u2014 whether or not they purposefully participate in the system,’ she said.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Take a quick glimpse of what our campaign will involve! pic.twitter.com\/bH2EC1lILl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Etown College Dems (@EtownCollegeDem) February 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n