In case you don't know the definition of the word "deface," it means to mark or spoil the appearance or surface of, disfigure (The American Heritage College Dictionary 3rd Edition). I personally think some of the guys on my floor defaced my door. I mean let's face it, "I'm racist against white people" as one resident told me last week in a drunken stupor. I will not say any names, but I will say, "the first male on Earth" and you take it from there.
On my door, the first thing I put it is a beautiful Great Kings & Queens of Africa poster. It has many leaders on it; I'd had it in three different resident halls and nothing had been done to it. I move into a different building with mostly freshmen (I have nothing against freshmen, just some of the choices they make) and it gets defaced.
There was a piece of gum stuck between Khama III, Cleopatra VII, Menelek, and Affonso I. In order to get in that spot, you have to bend down to do it. I figured this out when I looked at it and tried to re-enact what might have happened. So I closed the door and tried to touch the gum on the door. I was walking past the door but I couldn't touch it. I'm only 5'5" and I couldn't touch it. I had to bend down to touch it and many of the guys on my floor are taller than me.
Instead of taking the gum off, I left a note on my message board that read: "Who Did It?!?! Leave The Gum On the Poster! I want all the people to see it: Racism or even worse, stupidity?" Just to make sure nobody would take it off, I used a battery box to enclose the gum.
Onto the other scenario, I awoke early on a Saturday to take a shower before I went to work (I'm a Multicultural Ambassador). In a smaller sense I'm a tour guide for the campus. I also go to classes to talk about multiculturalism, etc.
I opened my door to find both of my door decorations on the floor about two doors down and all balled up. I didn't see anybody's but mine on the floor. Hmmmm ... I know I took a few moments to analyze the situation and to think. So, I did the only reasonable thing I could think of, I unballed both of them and taped them back to my door.
I challenge those who defaced my door to step up to me. I live in Woody/Shales or you can e-mail me. Trust me, I'll reply to it.
Write to Moses at moses_41@hotmail.com
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