Letter to Prof. Joanne St. Lewis from Kilamanjaro Black Student Association President: “A Travesty of Justice” (link)
Professor Joanne St. Lewis Maintains Demand for Legal Fees from Student (link)Thursday, April 5, 2012
Two recent posts about the open court matter in the St. Lewis v. Rancourt litigation
Two elected members of the Senate of the University of Ottawa have sent open letters posted at the Student's-Eye-View blog:
Letter to Prof. Joanne St. Lewis from Kilamanjaro Black Student Association President: “A Travesty of Justice” (link)
Professor Joanne St. Lewis Maintains Demand for Legal Fees from Student (link)
Letter to Prof. Joanne St. Lewis from Kilamanjaro Black Student Association President: “A Travesty of Justice” (link)Professor Joanne St. Lewis Maintains Demand for Legal Fees from Student (link)
I, as a social justice practitioner and critical pedagogist question St. Lewis's brand of social justice. When I read the following blog entry from the U of O Student Appeal Centre about the St. Lewis report and how intimately Rock was connected to the resultant St. Lewis report that dismissed racism. I find this brand of apparent co-opted (with elite authorities)social justice troubling. The blog entry is here from 2011:
ReplyDeletehttp://uofoappeals.blogspot.ca/2011/02/freedom-of-information-documents-show.html
After reading the above, I don't believe social justice can come from within elite institutions, but directly from community organizing and advocacy. The obvious power differential between Rock and St. Lewis gives a strong appearance of manipulaiton (and likely a very real opportunity for abuse). I may not have had paid positions of a St. Lewis, but have a depth of experience of working with marginalized groups directly for over 20 years. Status is not my focus; helping make a direct voluntary social change is.