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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) by janrinok on Sunday October 30 2016, @09:58AM
I disagree with your assertion. Just because we don't all agree with your particular viewpoint doesn't mean that we are ignorant of the topic under discussion.
Anyone who uses race as an argument to receive special treatment is being racist. Equal treatment I can accept, but special treatment is unacceptable. So tell my why these groups need to have 'safe areas' where others with whom they disagree are not permitted? If a white person suggested a 'Whites Only' washroom, or special seating for non-whites at sporting venues they would - quite rightly - be accused of racism. But if a non-white makes a similar suggestion then it is perfectly acceptable? Do you understand what equality means? Why should I be held responsible for something that might have happened a hundred years before I was born? And, if you insist that such a thing is justified, then you have to accept that it has to apply to all people of all races - otherwise you are simply being racist yourself. And of course you are not racially ignorant despite you frequenting this site, you just believe that everyone else is. There may be problems that we still need to overcome, but enforcing segregation is not the solution.
However, if you find this site so offensive, you don't need anyone's permission to leave. Or you can try to argue your case calmly and logically rather than making broad-brush accusations about other members of our community.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @10:26AM
Being racist against whites is fine because they are privileged in some ways. Actually, you can't even be racist against whites, because we've created our own definition of "racism" where that simply isn't possible and ignore all other definitions of "racism". You might say that this is dishonest sophistry--and you'd be right--but since you're racist it doesn't matter what you say.