re: Look at what Hugh Freeze has done to Oxford

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Guest column: Mahoghany Jordan responds to Ed Meek

Posted on Sep 20 2018 - 12:57pm 
by Mahoghany Jordan

My Saturday night started off the same way it would for most of my peers. I spent time calculating my ensemble, making sure that my makeup and hair would complement the look, and figuring out plans to ensure that I would hold true to the idea that we never lose a party.

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As for Ed Meek: one should never use the physical appearance of a person as a measurement of their morality. As you documented in your civil rights book, “Riot: Witness to Anger and Change,” suits were worn by both the affirming and opposing side during the university’s integration process.

I don’t need your apology. In fact I don’t need anything from the reciprocal guilt you feel after being called out for what you are. The two things that automatically put me at a disadvantage in our society, you’ll never completely understand.

In closing, I relinquish being over-sexualized, scapegoated and invalidated by anyone. I deserve to feel secure in my skin on this campus and in this town just as my counterparts do and I will continue to carry on as such.

Hotty Toddy,

Mahoghany Jordan

Mahoghany Jordan is a senior general studies major from Memphis.

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