the first thought i thought of was "noose!" and then after that i thought of suicide.... then i thought of the movie "dancer in the dark"
if it was in a workplace i think it would put pressure on people like "if you don't work hard you'll get fired and die!" but not really die, but you know what i mean
in public? i would assume it just meant "we're all going to die soon....?"
My first thought was of suicide, but if I saw it in public, I would likely think it was a threat or the setup for a movie. The color of the noose is wrong in my head for some reason - is that weird? It just looks too happy to be a good noose.
Ahhh well, if I had to pick a mind to be like, yours is at the top of my list...
I'm interested in what brought on this post. I mean, I was brought up seeing pictures of Emmitt Till and various hate crimes against black people in the south. Stuff like this is one of the reasons why I have that phobia about "The South". I am pretty sure stuff like this no longer happens, but these images are etched in my head.
There was recently a situation near Memphis where some community theatre employees (apparently all white) tied some ropes backstage into nooses. A black employee came in the next day, saw them, and complained. The three employees were fired for what they're describing as a harmless, non-racial goof-off.
When my husband and I were discussing it, he saw it as a non-racial matter and thought the black employee was reading too much into it. I contended that if I saw a noose in my work area, my first thought would be something racial as well. So I posted it on here to see what people think. Based on the responses to this entry, I think it's something more like white people have the "luxury" of not associating nooses with lynching. It isn't something that we have to think about if we don't want to. I think that the noose is a pretty clear symbol to black people in the South (and across America).
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if it was in a workplace i think it would put pressure on people
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"if you don't work hard you'll get fired and die!"
but not really die, but you know what i mean
in public? i would assume it just meant "we're all going to die soon....?"
but i'm just guessing on both of those
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I'm interested in what brought on this post. I mean, I was brought up seeing pictures of Emmitt Till and various hate crimes against black people in the south. Stuff like this is one of the reasons why I have that phobia about "The South". I am pretty sure stuff like this no longer happens, but these images are etched in my head.
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When my husband and I were discussing it, he saw it as a non-racial matter and thought the black employee was reading too much into it. I contended that if I saw a noose in my work area, my first thought would be something racial as well. So I posted it on here to see what people think. Based on the responses to this entry, I think it's something more like white people have the "luxury" of not associating nooses with lynching. It isn't something that we have to think about if we don't want to. I think that the noose is a pretty clear symbol to black people in the South (and across America).
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I'd see it as a cry for help.
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