This was the origin story at Cornell.
Even now, 1969 is framed as an armed takeover of a building. Although technically true, it began with a cross burning in front of a co-op for Black women, followed by a white frat attacking an *unarmed* protest.
Did I mention it was parents weekend?
Even now, 1969 is framed as an armed takeover of a building. Although technically true, it began with a cross burning in front of a co-op for Black women, followed by a white frat attacking an *unarmed* protest.
Did I mention it was parents weekend?
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The personal anecdote that follows is of course *not* part of any origin story (except maybe my own).
Among the guests were my mom’s parents, poor Jewish socialists who rarely ventured far from Brooklyn.
A second surprise came when my grandmother recognized one of the members of AAS. He lived on the same block in Brooklyn. He recognized her, too.
He shushed her.
She told him his mother would be upset with him.
Not for the takeover.
Bc he didn’t say hello earlier.
They wanted to go home without getting killed.
(and for anyone else, unfamiliar with the incident, the guns were *not* loaded when the AAS members exited the building.
And same with me - Columbia for law school.