<p>TWTP doesn’t only address issues regarding people of color. The -isms that they go over are racism, imperialism, sexism, homophobism, and classism. I might be forgetting some… Either way, from the -isms that I did list, most can be applied to white people as well. As long as someone strongly identifies with one of the -isms, I think he/she has a duty to go and be heard, or at least experience a safe place.</p>
<p>The truth is many students who attend TWTP have been affected by one of the -isms, and this is one of the few times where they find themselves with others with the same experience. Although I do agree that at times there was a lot of negative energy towards “the white man,” I can assure you, at least on my part, that there was no ill intent.</p>
<p>I can personally say that I have been affected in one way or another to varying degrees, and this was the first time I was able to discuss them openly without feeling stupid (for lack of a better way of putting it). I personally feel it helped me become a more candid person.</p>
<p>In regards to the people changing their way of speech depending on their environment, everyone does it. Do you talk to a group of children the same way you talk to your parents? Do you talk to strangers or people of authority the same way you talk to friends?</p>
<p>This post is kind of all over the place. Sorry.</p>