Last evening, I saw videos of
some UTG students in front of the Police Headquarters welcoming the release of
Dr. Ceesay, also demanding immediate apology for his arrest, detention, or
whatever it was. To be honest, ndeysaan, it was touching. Just that the decorum
at it, like: "amut nix, laygi lanj sohla apology bi" - wasn't so
evincive of that level of academia to me.
I mean the bravado was kinda juvenile.
It reminds of those kid in "Lean On Me." Remember that fact-based film where
Morgan Freeman played the ex-teacher (Joe Clark), took over as principal of a
performance declining East Side High, but his method of getting East High to
its glory didn't appeal to some of the school Board members. So he was set up
and detained, and the kids had to demonstrate for his release?
Well, I guess that's what
watching too much civil rights inspired movies does. You're so young, so full
of verve you want to be like Malcolm or Rosa Parks, and even where your reality
isn't Montgomery 1955, you simulate the same instances of injustice to resist,
usually causing storm in a teacup. I'm so glad that this one's now over, and
mine is just an opinion.
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