FemenEmma

So I was watching an episode of True Life where a white girl from Ann Arbor Michigan who was a victim of bullying wanted to be Made into a rapper. Due to her experiences with bullying she wanted to spread her message to others that if they had experienced bullying or currently experience bullying than they too can get over it just as she did. However, as I watched I realized that she was not completely over her experience with bullying. Emma who desired to become a rapper had been hearing that an African American Humanities class had been discussing appropriation and her ignorance towards West African culture. The teacher felt that it was necessary for Emma to study and be familiar with West African culture prior to pursuing any rap dreams. Which I feel is unnecessary for the goal that Emma had. She wasn't trying to be made into a history teacher, rather she wanted to become a rapper. Thus she studied the roots and origin of rap music. Which she was very knowledgeable about. The teacher was very abrasive and inappropriate. She was an angry black women who wanted to displace her deep rooted anger onto Emma. She seemed as though she wanted to blame centuries of bigotry and racism on one white girl who was simply trying to become a rapper. Thus she allowed Emma to come into a class and discuss her desires to become a rapper. Instead, when Emma arrived the class had prepared questions for Emma to answer. Emma was blind sided as she said and I agree. She did not sign up to go to class and answer questions she signed up to tell the class why she wanted to pursue rapping. I felt for Emma because she was misunderstood and bombarded with questions that she didn't necessarily have the answers to. Thus she was nervous and broke down into tears. I support education and enlightening the ignorant, but that was not the way to do it. As a grown women, the teacher should not have gone about it the way she did. The teacher had some underlying issues that needed to be corrected within herself. Emma did not deserve the grief and attack from her peers and her teacher. Emma did say that she did not believe there was a difference between black feminism and white feminism. I did not agree with her but she just simply needed to be educated properly. Not in the matter of a few minutes by a whole slew of angry teens and one overbearing teacher.

By the end of the episode, Emma proved her peers wrong and gave a great performance at her school's talent show. Her lyrics and flow were on point and she represented for the feminists with her lyrics. You know I love me some feminists. Me being the modern day Rosie the Riveter and all that lol.