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posted by martyb on Saturday October 29 2016, @02:53PM   Printer-friendly
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.]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @08:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @08:29PM (#420238)

    So if there are institutions that practice racism in the dictionary-defined sense, why not just point the light and finger at them directly? Trying to muscle your way into running your own racist racket is a really bad idea when (presumably) you are in the minority.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @08:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @08:54PM (#420251)

    > why not just point the light and finger at them directly?

    If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:14PM (#420285)

      If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

      Yeah, best to beat that neutral bystanding human to death - THAT'LL learn the elephant not to step on the tails of mice!

      Your misdirection was noted, but too tantilizing to let pass without retort. My primary point remains unchallenged: "expose and mock the existing racists; don't try to 'fight racism' by creating still more racism."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:45PM (#420308)

      You're either with us or you're against us, huh? Are you fond of Bush, by chance?

      And there are ways of opposing genuine oppressors that don't involve engaging in the same type of behavior they engage in.

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @11:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @11:43PM (#420349)

        > You're either with us or you're against us, huh? Are you fond of Bush, by chance?

        Nope. Bishop Desmond Tutu.

        > And there are ways of opposing genuine oppressors that don't involve engaging in the same type of behavior they engage in.

        A section of the white population, perceiving black pressure for change, misconstrues it as a demand for privileges rather than as a desperate quest for existence.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @10:17AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @10:17AM (#421198)

          Nope. Bishop Desmond Tutu.

          That doesn't make 'with us or against us' any more valid, and certainly not with how you're applying it. It's just a false dichotomy.

          rather than as a desperate quest for existence.

          Enough with the bullshit hyperbole. You're nuts. I can't believe garbage like this gets modded as insightful.