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DCG posted: " Martinsville councilwoman offended by quilt students
presented as gift to city council WBDJ7: MARTINSVILLE, Va.— A city
councilwoman says a quilt made by a group of students should not be allowed
to hang in the Martinsville City administration building" Respond to
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Martinsville councilwoman offended by quilt students presented as gift to
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MARTINSVILLE, Va.— A city councilwoman says a quilt made by a group of
students should not be allowed to hang in the Martinsville City
administration building. *She says the quilt is offensive to African
Americans. *But the students who made it say it showcases what they learned
working on a special project.
It was supposed to be a nice gesture from students at the Piedmont
Governor's School in Martinsville. Each student made a quilt square.
*But one representing their journey learning about the area with a black
stick figure offended councilwoman Sharon
Brooks-Hodge<http://www.sharonbrookshodge.com/>
.*
Here's what happened:
"We got to walk across the Philpott Dam and *the small black person
represents us before we learned all the information and then the bigger
gold person is how he feels after he's been enriched with all the different
knowledge*,” a student said as she showed the quilt to council members.
The student started explaining another quilt square when Councilwoman Hodge
had a comment. "Excuse me. *Um, why is the small black person the negative
image?*" Hodge said.
*"It's not negative. It's just showing how much we increased,"* was the
student’s response, to which Hodge replied: *"I take offense to that." *"I
didn't mean to make it offensive," another student said.
"Whoever reviewed that to make a small black person the before and the gold
which you are afterwards, considering you only talked to 10 percent of
black people in a city that's 45 percent African-American, I take offense
to that and I hope that you do not display that," Hodge said.
*One student started crying and a teacher explained the black figure had
nothing to do with race.*
Councilman Danny Turner was sitting just a few feet away. "These children
are two generations away from that and black, white, green, or blue they're
not, *they don't see those things*," Turner said.
WDBJ received a statement the Martinsville chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People gave select members of
city council. It reads quote:
"*This young man had not received training on how offensive depictions like
this were to people of color.* If he had, this incident could have been
avoided. The city already has issues with the Black community; this does
not help matters at all."
Turner said he visited the Governor's school yesterday and apologized for
what happened.
He says students are still upset. The students still gave the quilt to the
city. We’re told it will stay in an office until city council makes a
decision whether or not to hang it up.
If it does get approved, *it will have a disclaimer describing the quilt
square*.
Why did this councilwoman make a big deal over this - is it really racist?
Seems to me she made a big deal out of nothing, instead of graciously
accepting this quilt made by the students.
DCG
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