{"id":759,"date":"2019-10-28T00:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T03:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=759"},"modified":"2019-10-28T00:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T03:09:35","slug":"can-life-transitions-teach-us-how-to-let-go-of-the-pain-to-move-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/28\/can-life-transitions-teach-us-how-to-let-go-of-the-pain-to-move-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Can life transitions teach us how to let go of the pain to move on?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bambi would like to quickly comment on the following CBC\narticle about Ms. Masuma Khan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/masuma-khan-dalhousie-university-apology-1.5335599<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bravo & congratulations to Ms. Masuma Khan for graduating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Dalhousie University too because Ms. Masuma Khan graduated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalhousie University should have NOT disciplined her for what she has written on her Facebook or twitter accounts. Clearly, this was against freedom of speech!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi says this, even if at the time she found this former student\u2019s comments shockingly vulgar (with her famous \u201cwhite fragility can kiss my ass<\/em>\u201d). It was not only vulgar but also disrespectful to a whole community… and country on its 150th birthday celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Bambi understands Ms. Khan\u2019s over-zealous activism for indigenous rights whilst recognizing her noble intentions\u2026 BUT without endorsing her radicalism. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This being said, Bambi thinks that Ms. Khan should not\nforget that a university administrator was fired in the process\u2026 whilst she stayed.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only she stayed\u2026 She became an untouchable icon in the Canadian society (we can guess why). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university has now expressed its apparently sincere\nregrets, even if on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is about time for Ms. Khan to begin to learn to forgive\nin order to let go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi wishes that this vocal, and surely talented, young\nlady will learn to wisely turn the page to focus on her new position and personal\nlife (outside of academia). She wishes her all the best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, when Ms. Khan came to Sackville a while ago,\nBambi was unable to attend her talk. She heard that she was a great speaker.\nBambi had a burning question for her then\u2026 she still has it now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Khan, how would you react if someone tells you: \u201cMuslim fragility can kiss my ass\u201d? Would you accept it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi is (still) curious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, and regardless of Ms. Khan\u2019s answer to such question, our words are not innocent. They have weight. Why don\u2019t we use them wisely?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bambi would like to quickly comment on the following CBC article about Ms. Masuma Khan: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/masuma-khan-dalhousie-university-apology-1.5335599 Bravo & congratulations to Ms. Masuma Khan for graduating. Congratulations to Dalhousie University too because Ms. Masuma Khan graduated. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}