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I didn't mean from college itself, I meant from the multi-cultural area.
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We don’t ban people from college for saying stupid things. Otherwise no one would graduate. This is more about how stupid social media is and not how stupid college students are. It’s been established how stupid college students are since college started.
Well, a space with no white people could still be multicultural.
What reason would that be? How much power do white racists really have?
It's not really a matter of college kids saying stupid things, more so that the education system probably helped steer her in this direction.
Well, a space with no white people could still be multicultural. It's not like Ethiopians and Trinidadians and Afro-Brazilians or whoever are all from the same culture just because they're all black by the widest definition of the term.
But it was still dumb. If the multicultural center is really meant only for non-white people, then they should probably make that clear ('they' meaning the school, not this girl). Otherwise it seems like she's projecting her own prejudices onto the purpose of the space, which I would have a hard time believing is what the school really wants to see happening with the multicultural center.
I went to college....and it wasn't like this.Believe it or not....I can't recall any incidents of racial tension at all. I'm not saying they didn't happen....but they certainly weren't visible. Nobody ever excluded anyone from anywhere based on skin color.These days race relations seem to have taken a big step backwards.
I'm curious about the reaction to this because I recall a story about a white teen getting denied entry into Harvard because of jokes he made when younger...
This is an adult student being blatantly racist on campus. Should she be expelled? Should anything punishment be involved? Thoughts?
What is the purpose?
Again, I'm not seeing your point....
You're conflating "groups" with "spaces"....she didn't say "hey this is supposed to be a meeting of the black students group" she said whites aren't allowed in this space.
I highlighted the racist part for you. Clearly white people are allowed there.
Would you appreciate your peers telling you how to think and speak on campus?
It's unfortunate. I think she should undergo some sensitivity training at least. (White people have feelings too!)
Nobody likes to be told they aren't welcome. What's ironic is she probably alienated those most likely to be tolerant, it's not like the "nazis" go to the multi-cultural lounge. Though she probably isn't a deep thinker or would be be more compassionate towards those who are different from her.
Are you not familiar with the concept of safe spaces?
Being familiar with the whole ideological background of what she's saying, I think there are underlying concerns there that are somewhat valid.
I think there are also elements of entitlement and racism, but I don't really think outrage and vindictiveness is a good response to that.
This is the sort of statement that would have been more appropriate in a newspaper article, but if people are uncomfortable, I would rather know why than jump straight to accusing them of racism. It's used too much as a smokescreen to shut down conversation as it is.
when the majority Race systematically enslaves, subjugates, murders, rapes, and abuses a minority group for hundreds of years it Rightfully changes the severity and sensitivity of the culture to racism from the majority race as opposed to the historically subjugated race.What reason would that be? How much power do white racists really have?
It's not really a matter of college kids saying stupid things, more so that the education system probably helped steer her in this direction.
How do we know that those allegedly "white students" didn't self-identify as "students of color"?She's specifically making the claim that there are too many white students in a multicultural center. She argues that this was envisioned as a place for students of color, and that having too many white students detracts from its purpose.
I think that's a somewhat valid concern...
How do we know that those allegedly "white students" didn't self-identify as "students of color"?
when the majority Race systematically enslaves, subjugates, murders, rapes, and abuses a minority group for hundreds of years it Rightfully changes the severity and sensitivity of the culture to racism from the majority race as opposed to the historically subjugated race.
when the majority Race systematically enslaves, subjugates, murders, rapes, and abuses a minority group for hundreds of years it Rightfully changes the severity and sensitivity of the culture to racism from the majority race as opposed to the historically subjugated race.
The ever popular “get over it blacks” mentality, seems counter productiveYeah, and we've made racism from whites abhorrent for decades now.
We are not living in the 1950s anymore.
You don't see a threat to racial harmony from a group of people who's racist actions are often infantilized and given less accountability?
The ever popular “get over it blacks” mentality, seems counter productive
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