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>Does anyone have any good stories about how >you confronted bigotry and stood up to bigots i>n your life? Whether that be racism, >homophobia, transphobia or any other kind of >bigotry.
>I did this just yesterday. I am a teaching >assistant at a high school in a state with a >Republican governor, and the local school >board ended its mask mandate and allowed >students to go unmasked in the classroom. I >am glad to know that, at least in the history >class where I teach, most students seem to >hold progressive views or reject bigotry. But I >look at any maskless student with suspicion. >My suspicion was confirmed about one girl >(white of course) who stopped wearing a mask >after the mandate ended but was always quiet >about her views until yesterday, and who also >had relatives with Confederate flags on their >Facebook profiles. We have a transgirl in the >class, who is beautiful and wonderful and >blesses our class. Well this other girl >deliberately referred to the transgirl as "he". I >made it clear that using the wrong pronouns >was not okay and told her to apologize, but >she still refused to use the correct pronouns >and insisted she would keep saying "he", even >as the transgirl started to look visibly f>rightened. The bigot girl was like "I don't care >what y'all think, I will stand by my beliefs! I >won't lie because you want me!" until she l>ooked like she was on the verge of tears.
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