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The Clarion \ February 19, 2020
'Don't call us White Trash'
By Caroline Hoy
staff Writer
On February 13, Joshua Wilkey, Director of
Institutional Effectiveness, gave a speech. The
speech was called, “Don't call us White Trash.”
All English 112 students were required to go to
learn more about personal narrative.
Wilkey told the audience about his story
first. Wilkey was raised in the mountains of
Appalachia. He told the audience that no one
told him he was poor, but he knew it when he
was picked up in a trailer park compared to the
other kids. He wanted to go to college, but his
grandmother told him that they weren’t that
kind of people, so instead he went straight into
working. Unfortunately, when the recession
happened, Wilkey couldn’t keep his business
afloat. He then decided to enroll in community
college.
Within some time Wilkey had gone to college
and started to teach here. He shared a deep
personal narrative, and he was not ashamed to
tell his story.
Then, he told us about what people think
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“white trash” is according to memes and the
truth behind it all. Those two people in the meme
could be the two friendly neighbors from down
the street who would help you when your car
is dead. He told us the people in the memes are
not white trash.
His last story was telling us about his mother
who, when she died, had 56 cents in the bank.
Wilkey told the audience that his mom was the
type of person who, if you asked her for 50 of
that 50 cents to buy a soda, she would give you
the 50 cents.
To close everything out was a question portion.
One person asked Wilkey to further explain
something he said earlier. When Wilkey was
telling his story in passing he mentioned meeting
his wife on Tinder. A few more questions were
asked to wrap up the night.
If you ever want to know about Wilkey’s story,
he would be willing to tell you about it. You can
find him in his office in McLarty-Goodson. His
speech, though, was very inspirational.
BC
security
report
The most recent security reports for
Brevard College have been released as of
Monday, Feb. 17 at 12:27 p.m., according
to Brevard College Campus Security.
The sign for the parking spot for the hall
director of Jones Hall has been removed.
Please do not vandalize college property and
please respect it in a responsible manner.
Candles were found burning in a resident
hall with the smoke detector covered.
Please be reminded that this is a fire safety
violation, and can result in arrest and
punitive sanctions.
It has also been reported of an individual
practicing fraudulent use of a students ID
number to obtain access to Myers Dining
Hall. Individuals involved in this act will be
subject to municipal fraud violation.
Everyone is requested to contact Campus
Security at (828)-577-9590 if wrongful or
suspicious activity is observed on campus.
— Zach Dickerson
Bernie
Sanders
holds rally
in Durham
By Lande Simpson
staff Writer
Friday, Feb. 14, Bernie Sanders held a rally
in Durham, NC at the Durham Convention
Center. Nearly 3,100 people came and supported
Sanders during Valentine’s Day.
Days after winning the New Hampshire
primary, with nearly 26 percent of the votes,
Sanders was on a well deserved high of
accomplishment.
Early voting has started in the state of North
Carolina and the common theme of Sanders’s
speech was to get out and vote. North Carolina
is expected to be a state that could go red or blue
this year, once again.
Sanders has high hopes of winning North
Carolina this year. There is no telling which way
the state is going to lean. It is truly, anyone's
game.
Sanders made promising points on his
universal health care plan and explained that
health care for all is a “human right, not a
privilege.” He also expressed that he has future
plans of changing the government and economy
so it represents everyone and not just the one
percent.
I was amazed to see as many people show up
from the community that did. There were fire
marshalls regulating people in and out of the
convention center and had to end up sending
folks into another room since there was so much
over flow and it was becoming a safety hazard.
Sanders fortunately was able to give a short
speech to the overflow room as well, hitting his
key points again on how important it is to vote
early in North Carolina, health care for all and
his hopeful plan to change the economy and
government to represent everyone.
Since North Carolina is considered a
“battleground state,” it is extremely important
to go out to early voting in the primary, or if
you are still unsure on who to vote for, do some
research to prepare for the primary on March 3.