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Originally Posted by Reaper16
You have to understand the substance to properly disagree with it (and your use of the word "cisgender" here means either that you don't understand THAT separate issue or you're being snarky). The general, uncritical assumption that what protesters are asking for is "batty" and "fringe" is pretty classically racist. I use that word unemotionally, not in the sense of the everlasting damnation of character that many white people think it is. Racism is whatever holds up, reinforces, or creates imbalances & inequalities of power. The idea that Concerned Student 1950's demands are seen as "fanatical" certainly reinforces the very imbalances that the students are protesting in the first place.
It is BASIC for a leader to admit that certain privileges were creating blind spots, allowing for the campus environment becoming what it is. It is an easy, common sense thing to do. It is not at all batty. That's maybe the least controversial demand on their list of demands.
Like, if this movement's demands are batty then what would a more reasonable change look like to legitimately improve the campus experiences of persons of color?
That's a rhetorical question.
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It's still quite unclear that the campus experiences of persons of color need to be improved (any more so than the general proposition that the university should strive to improve all experiences at all times).