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Lauren Berrizbeitia
Member since Jun 25, 2015
Recent Comments
Re: “'Rebels' Supporters Win Round in Fight for Vote on Name Change”
Yet if the name sounds and feels racist to students of any race why keep it? Is it really grandstanding to try to eliminate racism, racist team names, racist attitudes from a school district? This is a ridiculous claim. Leave this history behind and get over it. Black students should feel welcome in all vermont schools.
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 12/17/2017 at 7:40 AM
Re: “South Burlington Student's Post on 'White Fragility' Goes Viral”
Isaac, stay clear and strong. That some white people can't even handle a conversation about this is an example of the anxious fragility The article discusses whether you agree or disagree he with the authors series shouldn't make it so hard to read that you have to attack the author or the poster.. I am white and it seems in my experience but trying to discuss rest of them often brings up anxiety and other white people and makes them feel like someone is trying said they are racist but repulses them and I don't want to be part of that. And then I get stuck there I never got to think about the articles talking about. Sad but too true.
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 06/03/2017 at 6:29 AM
Re: “In Vermont, a Somali Bantu Youth Finds His Voice”
Aden, we are so proud of you! You are an amazing guy.
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 05/21/2017 at 12:27 PM
Re: “Independent Ali Dieng to Run for Open Burlington City Council Seat”
Go Ali! You would be a great council member!
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 04/20/2017 at 5:43 AM
Re: “Fear on the Farm: Trump's Immigration Crackdown Threatens Vermont's Dairy Industry”
What is wrong with our priorities? The money spent in trying to catch people here working hard to do jobs that no one else can do should be spent on creating a long-term guest worker program. This would eliminate the concern about workers being undocumented and keep our much needed workers here , hopefully with some protections.
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 02/15/2017 at 5:26 AM
Re: “Scott Keeps Rebecca Holcombe as Education Secretary”
A bit of bipartisanship is welcome!
Posted by
Lauren Berrizbeitia
on 02/14/2017 at 5:45 AM
Re: “Muslim Teen Poets Invited to Elks Club — Which Called the Cops”
Is Decelles really thinking he would have called the police if 4 blond white girls were giggling and making a bit too much noise outside the club? Or perhaps he might have just explained that their noise was making it hard to hear inside? Of course this is racial!