Quote:
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat
I assume that you ignoring the rest of their issues means that you find nothing wrong with the rest.
|
I can't speak to a lot of it. I simply relayed a story as to the neo-nazi's because i was literally right smack in the middle of that one.
The 2004 article I know nothing about at all. I can only assume they're referring to some article in The Maneater and let me tell you, the Maneater is pretty much an internet comments section on both sides of the aisle. The Civil Rights initiative was a proposed Missouri State Law (really just a ballot initiative) that black students protested - so? Again, what's that have to do with the University (and the language of the initiative was far more benign that being suggested here).
The cotton ball incident led to two students being arrested and suspended until they had a sit-down with black campus leaders (facilitated by the University) who forgave them. The University had a town hall meeting in response and the chancellor at the time spoke out very strongly in condemning it. I don't know anything about the spray paint incident but again, I very much doubt the University simply ignored it.
When you overplay your hand for stupid shit (like they did by citing the nazi rally or the ballot initiative) it undermines your ability to speak to truly heinous actions (as Mike Brown blunted the effectiveness of what should have been legitimate outrage over the Garner incident). The incidents cited are either being overblown or the University response is being undersold or flat out ignored in favor of pushing a narrative of systematic racism at the University of Missouri.
That's just not the case. There are racist actors here in Columbia, yes. And racial tensions may well be up here but they're up
nationwide. And I'm not going to pull punches here - there's a whole shitload of racism fatigue that has to do with that. A lot of people are sick and tired of dissent being couched as racism. So when the 'good' white people simply sit on the sidelines, the irrational actors - the true racists - start to get a lot of free reign.