"I've decided to abandon any hope of being a college-level instructor because I do not want to trade in my blue-collar poverty for a poverty with airs of white-collar sensibilities."So as I get ready to write something about May Day, and how this day of labor involves adjunct faculty, I also want to take stock of what this writer implies. It has haunted me for quite some time now.
I have wanted to get all my dispersed thoughts together, a not-so-easy task.
I began writing this particular piece after the City Hall meeting in Grapevine, Texas, concerning evidence of the fact that police will not release a video of them shooting an unarmed man on February 20, 2015, Rubén Garcia. Seeing all the brown on one side looking up at the white — sitting in their pedestals above — made me think there would never be any justice here in Texas.
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| The stark difference of the all-white "judges" sitting above listening gave a somber note to proceedings... © Ana M. Fores Tamayo |
And sure enough, it is already May, and nothing yet is closer to releasing the official video.
There is an unofficial passersby video released that directly conflicts with what the police are saying, but officers still hold fast to their own story...
So why do some folks want to taint the man?
