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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: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @03:26PM
Wow. What a great idea.
I suggest that we start by implementing this in public transportation. Coloured people will sit at the back of the bus, and white people will sit at the front of the bus.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 29 2016, @03:41PM
And separate drinking fountains, and separate entrances to buildings.
Also note: Fix the summary. UCLA is not UC Berkeley, although the entire UC system is pozzed with AIDS and ridden with chinks. [postimg.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @06:08PM
Apartheid was not just things like separate train cars and beaches (although that happened, and things like that were called "petty apartheid").
Apartheid, literally translated, means separation. The entire society was to be segregated by race from the top down. Different governing structures, different areas of land, different school structures, different everything.
Drinking fountains were, at best, a footnote. Apartheid wasn't what happened in the deep south, it was a lot more like nazism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:40PM
So what you are saying is that we should create a "safe space" for colored people at the back of the bus. So progressive!
But let's not stop there... The next step should be to create additional "safe spaces" for colored people by reserving drinking fountains for their exclusive use too!