Segregated Housing For Black Students At Cal State LA
This tweet was just so perfectly put:
@TheBlaze
Today, segregated housing. Tomorrow, our own seats at the back of the bus. Progress is slow but we're getting there!
The story, reported by Kate Scanlon at The Blaze:
California State University Los Angeles recently debuted segregated housing for black students, a move intended to protect them from "microaggressions," according to The College Fix.
From that piece at The College Fix by Jeremy Beaman:
The arrangement comes roughly nine months after the university's Black Student Union issued a set of demands in response to what its members contend are frequent "racist attacks" on campus, such as "racially insensitive remarks" and "microaggressions" by professors and students. One demand was for a "CSLA housing space delegated for Black students."
Okay -- because demands are made doesn't mean you need to give in to them.
The newly debuted Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community "focuses on academic excellence and learning experiences that are inclusive and non-discriminatory," Cal State LA spokesman Robert Lopez told The College Fix via email....Cal State LA joins UConn, UC Davis and Berkeley in offering segregated housing dedicated to black students. While these housing options are technically open to all students, they're billed and used as arrangements in which black students can live with one another.
...Young America's Foundation quoted from the Halisi housing application prior to university officials taking it offline. Rules students who seek to live in Halisi must agree to include "respect the differences of others that live in my community and look for positive thing to learn from them," "be an advocate for change if the tools and resources available are deemed inadequate," and "accept that I am still learning and need to be open to new ideas and experiences."
Welcome to the indoctrination station.
Martin Luther King, please report to the front desk. You're being brought to trial on charges of microaggressions for this "content of their character" microaggression.
Oh, and about this segregated dorms business, King had this dream of blacks and whites as people, working and living together. Twisted, huh? Here it is, from his Nobel acceptance speech:
The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama to Oslo bears witness to this truth. This is a road over which millions of Negroes are travelling to find a new sense of dignity. This same road has opened for all Americans a new era of progress and hope. It has led to a new Civil Rights Bill, and it will, I am convinced, be widened and lengthened into a super highway of justice as Negro and white men in increasing numbers create alliances to overcome their common problems.
> Okay -- because demands are made
> doesn't mean you need to give
> in to them.
I think you're being far too generous in your presumption that educators are principled people with the long-term interests of the students in mind. They're not. People don't rush into an industry in such numbers because they want to do good work. They want Federally guaranteed revenue, salaries and pensions.
Why wouldn't they give in to "demands"? What do the students have to do with anything? Sure, kid... You want your own dorm rooms? Why not? My nephew could us a job in the administration of that new building....
Crid at October 18, 2016 2:43 AM
And what, pray tell, will they do after college to protect themselves against microaggressions? Demand to live in segregated neighborhoods, and segregated workspaces?
The neighborhoods can be arranged, but I don't think they'll want to live in a black neighborhood. Notoriously high crime rates and vandalism.
Why can't think oversized infants simply use these soi-disant microaggressions as indicators of who they wish to associate with?
Also, is this to say that blacks don't commit microaggressions against whites? Surely not, but apparently, it's okay if you're a black person evincing racism against whites.
Patrick at October 18, 2016 2:51 AM
It will be interesting to compare the crime rates between the black housing and the white housing.
(And there are only 67 days until Christmas.)
Patrick at October 18, 2016 2:57 AM
Ha! They will demand the front of the bus. Unless someone convinces them with statistics that most bus crimes happen on the front.
Sixclaws at October 18, 2016 5:33 AM
Don't be silly Sixclaws. Everyone knows the cool kids sit in back. They will insist on the back of the bus.
And you couldn't be more right Crid. In no way are the administrators and the demonstrators on opposite sides.
Ben at October 18, 2016 6:02 AM
This reminds me of an episode of that Lifetime series Strong Medicine. The secretary at a medical clinic staged a "breastfeed-in" at the local library because the librarians had asked them not to breastfeed in public. The low-income women wanted to breastfeed there because it was near the buslines, and it had comfy chairs. The library of course caved, and then the secretary (a woman of color) demanded a separate lounge for breastfeeding, with comfy chairs, and bottled water for the mothers.
I remember saying to myself "Seriously? A Whoopi Goldberg produced show had an African American woman (Jennifer Lewis) demanding separate drinking water" At the time, I was amused at the tone-deafness. Life follows pop culture. This is not amusing.
Janie4 at October 18, 2016 6:39 AM
Countdown to this housing becoming a "no-go" zone for whites, cops, and Asians.
It will also be interesting to see how that "rape culture" thingy plays out.
It's not like their rap music portrays women as "ho's, "bitch", and so on. You know, negatively, sexual conquest, non-person.
(Thank goodness it's okay 'cause it's from Black men. Hell, a white person can't even wear dreadlocks w/o it being a racist problem, not sure what would happen if whites came up w/these lyrics.)
No white tutors of course so the college will be paying for Black tutors (assuming it's okay for the students to "act white" and try to graduate by passing tests).
Oh, naturally there will be separate tests 'cause (can't type in the nonsense but ...).
Damn Obama did his people good in the past 8 years:
- more employment (esp. for YA's),
- more educational opportunity,
- doing away w/repressive drug laws that target Blacks (you know he had control of Congress for a little bit right?), and gosh I could on it's so impressive. Sarcasm voice.
LOL! It's sad though to see such hatred of others and a lack of respect for their own abilities to succeed. (Damn, you would think that having a Black President and a Black Supreme Court Justice would perk them up and inspire them, but ...)
Bob in Texas at October 18, 2016 6:56 AM
You know this would make really good reality TV.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/02/obama-defends-transgender-bathroom-policy-says-order-is-based-on-law.html
Bob in Texas at October 18, 2016 7:21 AM
Think this will be their doorbell chime?
[Hook: YG]
"Meet the motherfucking flockers
Make some noise if you've ever stole something in your life
Don't be ashamed, it's okay, baby
Make some noise if you've ever stole a dollar out your mama's purse"
Going OT but it is going to be interesting to see how the WH responds to this:
"An online petition calling for the banning of a controversial rap track - that critics say incites criminals to target Chinese American homes - has collected more than 100,000 signatures, and so must now receive an official response from the White House."
Of course in YG's defense, it's a cultural thing.
"YG - who has himself served time in prison for burglary - has not commented on the recent furore over "Meet The Flockers". However, in 2014 he told FM magazine in that he wrote the song in order to "share the experience (of breaking into houses) with the people, because that's a part of the culture. Especially where I'm from, in L.A., the west coast, that's a big part of the culture of a teenager or someone in their mid-20s, that's what they doin', they breaking into houses. That's what I did."
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37679618
Bob in Texas at October 18, 2016 7:51 AM
where I'm from, in L.A., the west coast, that's a big part of the culture of a teenager or someone in their mid-20s, that's what they doin', they breaking into houses. That's what I did.
Y'all try that out this way. Our culture in Texas involves shooting people who break into our houses. That's what we do, I expect Bob will agree.
YG is low life scum.
a_random_guy at October 18, 2016 8:28 AM
"inclusive"--you keep using word...
These micro-aggressions, please give an example. The only examples I ever hear are so vague that you can't tell what happened. Someone didn't "validate your experience"--what does that mean? What actually happened? Did someone mention a dead white male in a history class? I don't remember anyone in college ever patting me on the back and telling me I was doing great or even giving a sh*t that I was there. I was never "validated". Who told these kids there would be cookies and praise and puppies?
cc at October 18, 2016 9:44 AM
The culture in Georgia is similar.
Conan the Grammarian at October 18, 2016 9:45 AM
So join a black frat. Or attend a traditionally black college. Go to Howard and voila--you can have all the African-American roomies you want.
KateC at October 18, 2016 10:39 AM
A random guy: Our culture in Texas involves shooting people who break into our houses. That's what we do,
Conan: The culture in Georgia is similar.
Florida, too. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Patrick at October 18, 2016 11:09 AM
I'm sorry but we and our are binary pronouns that discriminate against nonbinary individuals, how dare The Blaze use such transphobic language
/sarc
lujlp at October 18, 2016 12:09 PM
> In no way are the administrators
> and the demonstrators on opposite
> sides.
Exactly... In neither case is the money they're spending their own. So if one of them decides something extravagant but useless is necessary, the other will not object.
Iowahawk was on to something when he said public schools should cosign their student's loans. Professors would use very different teaching methods if they were going to be held accountable for the education of their students.
Crid at October 18, 2016 12:25 PM
"Countdown to this housing becoming a 'no-go' zone for whites, cops, and Asians. "
Isn't it intended to be that way from the start? And as for the bus: They'll demand separate buses. There are already trains with women-only cars. Pretty soon the trains will all be micro-divided with things like black-Islamic-lesbian-women only cars.
Cousin Dave at October 18, 2016 12:26 PM
Once college is "free for the middle class," as Hillary has promised, how much actual education do you think will happen at our taxpayer-funded post-secondary institutions? Students not paying for an education will demand expensive subsidies and perks; and administrators, happy to collect federal funds for doing nothing, will play along.
Conan the Grammarian at October 18, 2016 12:37 PM
Separate housing is a great idea. How about separate classes too. Then separate drinking fountains and separate public bathrooms. Just to show there was no discrimination intended we could come up with a new meme. Something like "separate but equal."
Mixing of the races is so passe. Modern man knows that "people of color" (that is such a cute expression) are not capable of living with whites.
Jay at October 18, 2016 1:48 PM
> how much actual education do
> you think will happen
Exactly, exactly. Spiral
Crid at October 18, 2016 1:52 PM
Once college is "free for the middle class," as Hillary has promised, how much actual education do you think will happen at our taxpayer-funded post-secondary institutions?
About as much as already occurs at our taxpayer-funded public and charter schools.
Kevin at October 18, 2016 3:36 PM
I'm sure this is satisfies a lot of job requirements. I can see why there's not a real need for tutors.
http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/africanastudies/
"The Africana Studies major is designed to provide students with a rich intellectual experience through the critical and systematic study of the life, thought and practice of African peoples, Continental and Diasporan, in their current and historical dimensions.
Africana Studies seeks to critically examine and understand the Africana initiative and experience from an Afrocentric or African-centered perspective, i.e., from a position internal to the culture of the people studied, while retaining a respect for and openness to the multicultural character and instructive value of the total human experience."
Bob in Texas at October 18, 2016 6:04 PM
Do you really think this will change for the better?
Radwaste at October 18, 2016 6:58 PM
"The Africana Studies major is designed to provide students with a rich intellectual experience through the critical and systematic study of the life, thought and practice of African peoples..."
NONE of whom populate the Americas today, statistically. I doubt that it will be mentioned - to a student body curiously unable to excel in the hard sciences - that North America was so hostile that the population forcibly relocated here found conditions so hostile that they multiplied by a factor of over 105.
Radwaste at October 19, 2016 2:23 AM
The grievance studies major is a useful major - to the professor teaching classes for it. The student represents a body for funding purposes. Once the student leaves the program, the student no longer has a quantifiable usefulness. A few graduates may find employment as political commentators or community activists, but majority will need to learn an actual skill or knowledge set in order to be useful to society at large.
Conan the Grammarian at October 19, 2016 7:17 AM
Radwaste, Fred has some harsh words.
"A young Salvadoran man will make his way up Central America, through Mexican police likely to beat him, ride the Train of Death to the US border, and sneak into a country whose language he does not understand to work construction and send money back to his family. A black in Chicago won’t buy a Greyhound ticket to the same job."
Ouch!
Bob in Texas at October 19, 2016 12:52 PM
Well, look at it this way...
Ferguson sucks, says its black residents. They have two choices: make it better or leave.
They won't leave, even though there ARE jobs all over the country. They aren't going to fix it themselves, are they?
No. It will be "someone else's" fault. It will be "someone else's" fault that businesses will not return, since they have been conclusively shown that being burned out is expected.
It's not just Ferguson. There is a powerful, apparently cultural urge to blame others. A couple of years ago, five "teens" invaded a Burger King on US1 in Aiken, SC. Police arrived immediately, as they were seen running into the restaurant with guns drawn. Fortunately for those in the restaurant, they fled. One of them killed himself in a field within shouting distance of the initial scene - and the next day, people arrived at the restaurant claiming that the police killed him.
Nope, wrong caliber pistol for that. It took awhile to calm those who had not been there at all, and were blankly ignorant of the action, but were righteously certain that their innocent teenager had been murdered.
An entire segment of the population has been rendered senseless by unconditional government largesse.
Radwaste at October 19, 2016 7:07 PM
And Raddy, I keep trying to make the point with the social-cons that if they were on the ball, the destructive effects of welfare would be their #1 issue. Instead, they keep pouring money into trying to obtain hair-splitting court decisions on abortion. I don't like abortion myself, but let's have some priorities. It does no good to go off looking for a theoretical disaster while ignoring a very real one that's right under our noses.
Cousin Dave at October 20, 2016 7:15 AM
"Ferguson sucks, says its black residents. They have two choices: make it better or leave."
Yep. Meanwhile, in Hazelwood, which is right next door to Ferguson, there's this. A tale of two cities, and the choices made by the residents of each.
Cousin Dave at October 20, 2016 7:22 AM
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