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from the whatever-happened-to-DEsegregation? dept.
The Washington Times reports a story about protesters on the UC Berkeley campus physically blocking white students from accessing a bridge while police stand by and watch:
Students at the University of California, Berkeley held a day of protest on Friday to demand the creation of additional “safe spaces” for transgender and nonwhite students, during which a human chain was formed on a main campus artery to prevent white students from getting to class.
The demonstrators were caught on video blocking Berkeley’s Sather Gate, holding large banners advocating the creation of physical spaces segregated by race and gender identity, including one that read “Fight 4 Spaces of Color.”
Protesters can be heard shouting “Go around!” to white students who attempt to go through the blockade, while students of color are greeted with calls of “Let him through!”
Students turned away by the mob are later shown filing through trees and ducking under branches in order to cross Strawberry Creek, which runs underneath the bridge.
The protests were a response to a Safe Space being moved from the fifth floor of a building down to the basement.
[Original version of this story had "UCLA"; corrected to: "UC Berkeley" -Ed.]
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @06:36PM
The desire to have a safe place where one is not under constant threat of attack is a universal human yearning.
Let's not kid ourselves that this is afforded to everyone equally. If you are some white supremacist trying form a safe place like Leith, North Dakota (and especially with your own damn money), you will be hounded and derided. And before anyone suggests that the rest of the country is a safe place for these people, let's not forget how reviled these folk are even among other whites.
And it goes on from men only establishments being called oppressive and sexist to insular Muslims refusing to integrate.
You can't decry tribalistic tendencies of one being oppression while placing your own "whites only" signs. That shit ain't gonna fly.
And regardless, there are certain courtesies afforded to everyone in a public space that keep the social lubricant flowing and keep us from each others' throats. The surest test is if the roles were reversed, what is standing?
Can't shake the devil's hand and say you were only kidding.