6th Rejection "My Phone Call to A Hate Group."
- Jan 6, 2017
- 2 min read
So this rejection was something I was less than proud of and hadn't the slightest clue of what was going to happen in it. So, we had some time one afternoon during school to work on our Rejection Therapy or Personal Project during class in Critical Thinking and me and a friend of mine, Scott, who had filmed me, decided to call the KKK. I know it seems like something that's really pushing the envelope, but I had called them before, not seriously because on their website I had seen something about them reading to children in library and thought it would be entertaining to do ask them about that, despite my appearance. However, this time, I had wanted to call them and ask them or at least attempt to have a discussion about their views and why they feel as they feel but it really didn't go the way I had planned. Firstly, they didn't answer my call and after listening to the voicemail they left, I really didn't feel comfortable calling them back again.
WARNING: Explicit and offensive language.
After the call, I really felt surprised. We don't learn about these groups in school and don't really see them in media anymore. Sure, recently during the election, the KKK and All Right groups came up but their stances are only summed up to be as racist and murderers and things of that nature. Were brought up to avoid them and never question as to WHY you should. As an individual, I always feel that discussions are the only way to learn about things, tat taking from the word of mouth and accepting as it is 'just because' could prove to be incorrect or biased or just faulty. I don't think this happens in all situations but in many. My hope in doing this wasn't just to mess around but to ACTUALLY talk to someone who GENUINELY feels this way, get their opinion on it and maybe express my opinion on it but listening over it, I just feel kid of disgusted and just find the voicemail upsetting, regardless of whether it was real or not.
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