I’m saddened by the ignorant, misinformed and heartless comment written by Kelly Emerton.
Firstly, these young girls are not being forced into thinking about women’s rights – this campaign gives them the freedom to express how they feel about it and to have a say by making personal posters with a meaning.
Some girls in my daughter’s school actually have sisters in Nigeria and it’s been heartbreaking.
What kind of an attack was “What can these young, rich, predominantly white, Christian girls understand what these Nigerian girls are going through”?
I’ll tell you: sisters are sisters. It’s not about rich or poor, it’s about the fact that Islamic militants don’t want woman to have a right to education.
The majority of the girls kidnapped were Christian anyway, so our girls would definitely be able to feel what it would be like to be forced to read scripture not of your faith.
The whole world was a month behind the kidnappings, and yes, now it’s news and will stay that way.
It’s not about “oh look at us, aren’t we good”.
I most certainly hope that her attack was not personally directed to Parktown Girls’ High School, as their campaign news just so happened to be on page 11 of the same edition.
They have a solid reputation for sound cultural, religious, and ethnic relationships and this distasteful letter could really hurt some young learners.
