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December 27, 2006
"The Conversation"
This past Boxing Day, I went for a jog in Christie Pitts only to find a racist and ignorant message scrawled across the door of the rest room. At first I felt pissed-off and assaulted. Then I thought to myself, "F*ck that!!! Children play in this park. Elderly Korean men and women play croquet in this park. Latin youth play pick-up volleyball in this park. White and Black kids play basketball in this park. Decades ago there were race-riots in this park. My family played in this park. This is our park."
So...I decided to respond to this message.
Posted by Jason at December 27, 2006 7:08 PM
Comments
nice work, jason. thanks for adding your voice to the dialog...racist slogans always ring with an ominous tone, given that hateful acts usually spring from hateful words and beliefs.
Posted by: robert at December 28, 2006 11:11 AM
I think this is so brilliant, J, that I keep coming back to see if you have another video conversation without words. It is powerful stuff.
Posted by: Mary at December 30, 2006 12:00 PM
I'm glad that you spoke up about peace, love, tolerance, and respect. Perhaps you should be a tagger of your own and spread the positive vibes.
Peace.
Posted by: joe at January 9, 2007 11:21 PM