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01 Jun 2017 13:12 #342966
by The Captain
College melts down over plan for white people-free day on campus
After protesters at a Washington state college called for a day without white people, a biology professor says he no longer feels safe on campus — and student activists complain they’re being vilified by conservative media.
Evergreen State College students said racial tensions have been simmering in recent weeks, but reached a boiling point when a faculty member disagreed with their plans to protest what they say is institutional racism at the Olympia campus, according to The Olympian.
Students were particularly incensed by an email that surfaced on Twitter on May 25 between Professor Bret Weinstein and Rashida Love, director of First Peoples Multicultural Advising Services. Weinstein, who is white, allegedly condemned the “Day of Absence†event that asked white people to leave campus for the day.
He called the day “an act of oppression in and of itself†and said he would visit campus in spite of the demonstration, according to USA Today.
“If there was interest in a public presentation and discussion of race through a scientific/revolutionary lens, I would be quite willing to organize such an event,†Weinstein wrote.
In a YouTube video posted on May 27, a group of students is heard calling for Weinstein to be fired. Demonstrations have involved as many as 200 students pouring into classrooms and the school president’s office.
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02 Jun 2017 19:20 #343097
by Zero
Well i just don't see can this have any advantages, i feel that it will only increase the tension.
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