Is this the racial hysteria that is triumphing on campus? Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler People have such low bars for hysteria of their own. some student yells at a professor and it's the most "toxic socio-political" brew in America. Here, let me borrow a page from that book. Where students are actually talking (and where nobody is listening), there are threats of mass shootings, violence and killing all black people--not that those would have any credibility with actual mass shootings happening essentially every day (hey, maybe that's a bit toxic too, someone should examine that). People might understand more if they actually engaged on campus or knew what the f**k they were even talking about. Privilege doesn't stop you from being raped or killed or knowing that you're unwelcome. The amount of income is irrelevant to feeling hatred. You might think students are overreacting, but if you buy into this whole schtick of "oh it's because they're wrapped into these codelled little packages" you're doing yourself a disservice. The least you could do is REALLY understand what students are "overreacting" to. A dismissal of their arguments based on ridiculing students as a group--based on two pieces of anecdotal evidence--puts you in exactly the same position as you currently think of students (uncritical thinkers who want to shout down "logical" ideas with flimsy bull****)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-missouri-protests-20151110-story.html That's the definition of a toxic socio-political brew. I guess the problems only begin when somebody acts on it, though.
Being threatened with murder/rape, actually being raped in some instances (possibily leading to a suicide on campus), being called the N-word "too many times to count", and being spat on. plus/minus add being harshly treated by campus police due to their skin tone. so you know, a normal Sunday evening stroll.
so basically a few instances of verbal abuse? Which likely can't even be proven? First time I've heard of any raping.
Tell me Texxx, and try to shed your troll instincts for one second (lol). Have you ever been threatened with rape or death for being who you were? Called a racial slur? Spat on for being who you are? Do you even have one iota of feeling for what that would feel like?
I'm asking the question. I wasn't aware of the 4 year old rape case or what that has to do with the university or racism. It feels like people are digging things up to justify their actions. And yes, I've been called racial slurs many times -- I've never let it bother me. I've been spat on several times during basketball and football games (not sure if that qualifies for your "being who you are" comment).
So a professor appeared on CNN and got a few hate filled emails from that appearance. This justifies the president to resign? I guess I miss the relevance of random trolls to racism on campus. So far there has been zero proof and the only thing we really know is the class president spins lies about the KKK.
The 4 year old rape case has to do with a black woman whose rape was never passed onto investigators. I know it's become a trope that "all rape is false" but this wasn't even passed onto the authorities or even looked into until ESPN went sniffing. Congrats on your resolve--no death or rape threats though? They're fairly routine for a certain category of people, I'm sure you could shake them off too. and she was fired too, so just deserts: the mob claims vicitims on both sides it seems. And this is more of what I meant: People expend so much mental effort into examining why students are "overreacting" without even exploring what they're reacting to in the first place. Protests are seldom about what has just happened. That may just be the last straw.
No, the emails were to show that this woman wasn't lying and had no reason to lie about 18 years of racial slurs. She'll probably be more careful about wiretapping her colleagues next time to catch their epithets.
Huh? I was saying there must be a record of at least one of the several instances she claims that faculty members called her the N word. People yelling stuff from cars or posting stupid racist crap on the Internet wouldn't surprise anyone. This is a pretty serious allegation at a major university and should be investigated.
no, but accepting that everybody needs to live in a campus filled with racial slurs isn't the solution, either.
Mizzou didn't do anything about a rape allegation for a year and a half until somebody killed themselves (this is a documented fact). I wouldn't be surprised if this was a culture where nobody felt they were being heard, no matter the sin. And you can kinda see why: a group of minorities come forward talking about their experiences, and they're treated like liars first, right off the bat. Their claims can't be "credible". Their experiences have to be discounted by the fact that they are more likely to lie. I do hope this will be throughly investigated now, like I hope this examination of an "overreaction" actually looks to the root causes of what prompted such a reaction in the first place. (yes, yes kids are being sheltered through murder and rape threats)
If there is a record of her reporting a faculty member calling her the N word and nothing was done about it (and by that I mean anything less than firing), then that would be a smoking gun that is about 1000000 times more damning to the university than the alleged incidents leading up to the protests. I think this story would go a whole other direction if that is the case. This will almost certainly be investigated by the media now that she has put it out there.
