A derogatory for a person of African or African American
decent. However, it could also mean a generally lazy person. This term came to be
when you think of African Americans sitting on their porch chatting it up.
The DCF Plantation has received a number of emails at dcfplantation@gmail.com about a term uttered about black residents at Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, CT. Several sources claim a white female Youth Service Officer in building # 5 called black & brown residents "porch monkeys." For purposes of clarification the definition of this derogatory term is posted above for readers viewing. Forgive me for going back to the main issue- this; racial animus flowing freely on the CJTS site is just the latest in a long list of actrocities. People of color complained for years to tone deaf CJTS management with no results. As a result of being in denial of racial incidents at CJTS, this kind of putrid negativity continued. Now a white female YSO is said to have used "porch monkey." Will employees of color complain about these comments?
A larger issue for this website writer centers around how management allowed a climate to exist where white employees feel it is okay to say such things. Not long ago people of color complained about how a white male YSO harassed employees of color with racially charged missives. It took an Act of Congress for CJTS to reluctantly deal with that situation. It is no longer reasonable for management coming forth with plausible denial claims; in other words the cat has long been out of the bag, racial ill will exists. In the past management tried to cast any racial discourse as work of a few black trouble makers ( concept of the bad negro); yet those voices that were rejected as extreme and hateful are now being validated ( by actions of a few & empirical data). Will employees of color make official complaints with Human Resources or NAACP?
John the Baptist proclaimed a messiah was coming to earth with a fresh viewpoint for mankind to follow. Historians called him " a voice crying in the wilderness" that no one listened to. Then the truth became flesh as the Bible reads. In a similar vein voices, at CJTS, have cried out about racial animus from white employees. Their words fell on a wilderness of mental indifference from management. John the Baptist lived to hear or see his truth in the flesh ( Jesus). Hell, employees at CJTS have yet to see any real progress in addressing white angst against employees of color. Guess black & brown truth must wait for another voice(s) to make their words into something corporeal ( justice for people treated negatively).
Who said the truth will set you free?
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