A group of protesters in a “safe space” at Claremont McKenna College shouted down an Asian woman for having the audacity to say that sometimes, “black people can be racist.”
While speaking in the designated “safe space,” an Asian woman told an audience about her experiences with racism.
“I came to this country five years ago, when I was fifteen, alone, to a boarding school in Pennsylvania,” she began. “And what I heard all day is, ‘If you don’t speak English, go home.’ ‘If you don’t speak English good enough, go home.’”
The woman then spoke about an experience with her high school friends.
“Suddenly, while we were walking, the green light was off, and when we were crossing the crosswalk, there was a car that just rushed through us, driven by an African American, shouting that ‘Go back to your home!’ ‘Go back from where you are from!’”
She discussed how a white woman approached her and her friends to ask if they needed help.
“The point I am making here is that we should not distinguish people by their race, or gender, or anything,” the woman declared as the crowd became agitated. “Black people can be racist.”
In response to the remark about racism, a person in the group shouted, “Oh, no…” in a patronizing tone while another woman in an “OBEY” shirt laughed.
A woman holding a sign reading, “IT IS TOO LATE TO SAY ‘SORRY’” approached the Asian woman to pressure her to stop speaking.
After a brief discussion, the Asian woman resumed speaking.
“I just mean we have to look at people individually,” she announced.
A person in the audience can be heard yelling, “Racism is prejudice plus power!”
Although the area was a designated “safe space” and the Asian woman explicitly detailed her experiences with being told that she does not speak English properly, she was pressured to apologized to the crowd by saying, “Sorry, maybe I don’t articulate myself good enough.”