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Nikki Giovanni - We Are Virginia Tech

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[voodoou20two]

great speech...passionate

[jsherlock95]

Great speech

[451ianDragonist]

@AthleticPoet82 I'm not saying Giovanni is racist or anything. But since she's written some pretty angry stuff, what place does she have to judge Cho's writing as inappropriate?

[AthleticPoet82]

@451ianDragonistshe wrote that poem. in her very first book when she was 26 years old. growing up in a era of racial injustice.that poem "nigger..." bt place that poem inside of the context, & then decipher its meaning, b/c it is not as surface as the title would suggest. she hated homosexuals for most of her life, but now feels differently about that. & i will say just because you write something now doesnt mean youre gonna believe it later. minds change bt we deal with the now not the later

[451ianDragonist]

@dreameratw1 How am I bigoted? No, Cho was clearly in the wrong to kill people. But there's something disturbing to me about Giovanni's attitude towards him, more confrontational than compassionate. In her own words, she saw him as a bully. She also said he wasn't crazy, he was just mean and evil. After reading that I can't have any respect for Giovanni or her poetry. She seemed to see Cho (a lone individual) as someone to be faced and fought rather than reached out to as a human.

[dreameratw1]

@451ianDragonist took it to the university. she wasn't trying to get him in trouble, she was just trying to get him removed from her class because he was truly disruptive...persecute and remove from class and very different in meaning...and how can you possibly expect teachers who deal with 800+ students a semester to reach out to every student about their every problem? teachers are expected to teach period

his parents and friends and family etc should have reached out to him, that ass

[dreameratw1]

@451ianDragonist don't blame her you bigoted person. students are unruly in class and get kicked out all the time, in 99.9% of cases they don't go berserk. everyone is persecuted in their own way, that kid was just very unstable and was allowed to purchase guns due to too lax gun laws

and without know anything about prof giovanni, she did reach out to him several times before his rudeness interrupted the learning of those around him in class...after he did this in several classes she

[kntspl]

@hokie4heisman

First, I'm so sorry for your pain and the loss you must feel.

As a teacher myself one of my most important responsibilities is to keep my classrooom safe both physically and emotionally. From all I read she did all that she could to do the right and professional thing. Most remarkable is her dedication to your school as she focused on others and not on herself. She could have been bitter but she does not appear to be in anyway. She has my respect!

[kntspl]

This was an amazing presentation written and presented from the heart. What many people may not know is that Prof. Giovanni actually taught the very disturbed massacre killer. She fought to have him removed from the classroom and tried so hard to protect the students.

Intead of talking about herself and her efforts she demonstrated her leadership by giving honor to the community of Virgina Tech as they grieved together.

[Frakanisourimoneslie]

did the negroes dieded?

[fullnelson9999]

do a bit of research bud...youre wrong.

[451ianDragonist]

Not as a black person so much as a poet, she should have had sympathy for someone different. Instead she persecuted him for his writing. What makes it even more ironic is that she's written some pretty violent stuff... look up "nigger can you kill"