This sounds plausible

Mar 04, 2010 10:26

Student apologizes for UC San Diego noose incident, claims no racist intentThe UC San Diego student reportedly responsible for last week’s controversial noose episode issued a public, but anonymous, apology Monday and said she'd had no racist intent when she hung the rope from a bookcase in the campus' main library. The discovery of the noose set ( Read more... )

nice try, racism

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thexphial March 4 2010, 19:56:18 UTC
Gosh yes, I know that when I am in a place with lots of racial tension I like to mimic hanging myself with a noose, always gets a laugh! What do you mean racial insensitivity? Nooses are good clean fun!

Ugh

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merchimerch March 5 2010, 05:12:34 UTC
OMG really? "I'm a minority too?"

When discussing appropriation today, I had to remind my students that being oppressed in the past or in some way does not render one unable to act violently, cruelly, or oppressively.

I wish the UC was doing more to really address the issue. One of our faculty members suggested adding race and ethnic bias to the sexual harassment training that we all have to take. Now that I think about it, I can't believe that it isn't there already. -sigh-

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