Last week, I experienced racial insensitivity at its finest. What began as a scroll through my Facebook Newsfeed quickly twisted into an episode of mockery and racial discrimination. The newsfeed contained an article published by DailyWire.com about an alleged “UCSB White Student Union” and the group’s recently published list of demands. These demands include calls for segregation in dorms, as well as expulsion and arrest for any person caught using offensive terms toward people of European descent. Astonished by the article, I shared the link on my Facebook page and added a few sentences to explain my feelings about the post.
I wanted to express my experience at UCSB as a Mexican-American student in my post in order to offer some insight for the Union. Mine was a deeply personal and an honest writing. Never did I imagine that my words would be subject to the ridicule and insensitivity that came next. The UCSB White Student Union blatantly stole my post and switched the races; they turned themselves into the victims.
When I questioned the discrepancy of the Union not wanting to be offended for their race yet being willing to mock my feelings about mine, one of their sympathizers said what I had written was stupid.