A lady was left traumatized after her lecturer lined them up from the lightest–skinned to the darkest unfortunately she was the only black person in the room.
Brianna Baker, Counseling Psychology PhD Student in Colombia went to her social media handle to lament that she could not flee because her one absence in class was already utilized, she however advised lecturers to avoid using such activities in teaching because it ends up traumatizing the students.
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“My professor just had us line up from lightest to darkest in the classroom, I was the only dark-skinned and only black person in the room and I felt unnecessarily humiliated. But I’ve already used my one absence and can’t flee,” she lamented.
She added, “Please never use this activity as a tool for teaching. The amount of childhood trauma that just came rushing back to me is overwhelming and I still have 2 hours left in this class.”
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She however applauded her classmates for standing up with her in condemning the act.
This did not also go well with her social media followers as most of them came up very furious to condemn the act saying colourism, like racism, is real and wrong and should be condemned.
“I recall well a woman staring at me as a child and saying ‘you were such a handsome little boy, but you were lighter then.’ As a professor, I teach civil rights while hoping to unteach, and undo trauma. I am so sorry this happened to you,” Rev. Prof. Cornell William Brooks said.
Derrick Helton gave his experience saying he can’t relate on a race scale but disability wise he went through the same in every class, every minute, in front, in my ‘disabled’ section of the class.
“Sorry you had to do that and the trauma was relieved. I say this in no way trying to lessen your event, merely to point to flaws in the system,” Derrick shared.
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“Speak up! I mean I can tell you throughout my college career I was the only one that spoke up about things and everyone else was always so shocked that I did. I mean c’mon when you speak up it doesn’t mean it will go bad. Every time I did it went incredibly well. Go for it,” Writer In Vegas.
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