Aristotle a Greek philosopher 384-322 B.C. said "men who are themselves dishonored. And see others , obtaining honors rise in rebellion." You might ask how these words from antiquity can apply to the struggles employees face on the DCF Plantation. Let us look at the words of Aristotle individually.
1. Men> can be translated people ( DCF Plantation employees) that are dishonored. And we find on the DCF Plantation there are plenty of people (employees) suffering injustice due to endemic bias within a state agency.
2. Others> can be viewed as the DCF administrators or their minions in positions of power. Aristotle mentions how people see corrupt officials obtaining honors, possibly in the form of unearned DCF promotions, maybe some DCF officials received federal assistance after storm Irene using false documentation, at the DCF site (Connecticut Juvenile Training School) maybe management has started a witch hunt against employees considered problematic (using policy and procedure of course to justify their actions).
3. Dishonored> might be viewed as employees being rejected due to standing up for egalitarian-workers- rights, or maybe people with different sexual orientations are seen as persona non grata, could mean embrassing employees publicly with draconian penalties for minor infractions while some-management favorites- get away with outrageous policy infractions ("can the weather be this bad" for example).
4.Rise> might be considered as employees of DCF Plantation developing a social consciousness, it can mean standing up to DCF administrators at CJTS as they go after certain employees with harsh penalties- in order to cow others into submission.
5. Rebellion> means exposing how the DCF Plantation is biased and run by whites for 30 years,this word rebellion also means letting management know via protests-lawsuits- petitions-media interviews that employees are fighting their oppression.
Yes, the words of Aristotle can be applied to DCF Plantation struggle.
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