Author: Avenel Rolfsen
Are you listening?: Where are the allies?
Society taught me not to voice my opinion, not to create controversy. As a female, I was taught my place is not to speak up or to be loud. I have been quiet. I have kept my opinions to myself. Nevertheless, by keeping my opinions to myself, by being quiet about things that I believe are wrong I have been complicit in oppression. As a white straight able-bodied female, I have quietly allowed myself...