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It is easy to criticize this from your bubble of white privilege.
Walk a mile in a person of color's shoes for a day and then try and tell them they're being a bunch of spoiled brats.
Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests | KING5.com
Here, a student of color explains the protests.
It is easy to criticize this from your bubble of white privilege. Walk a mile in a person of color's shoes for a day and then try and tell them they're being a bunch of spoiled brats.
Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests | KING5.com
Here, a student of color explains the protests.
From what I understand Day of Absence has been a long standing tradition of the school it was based on a play from 1968 where black actors would where white face to celebrate diversity etc...
it turns out there is a huge campus event. For some reason this year the people went stupid and demanded that white people leave which is the complete opposite of what the event is supposed to be.
The 'complete opposite' in that originally the day involved black people leaving:
Day of Absence & Day of Presence | The Evergreen State College
In the play, a town wakes up to find all of its African American citizens have disappeared, leaving those left to reflect on the meaning of their community without these essential members. The Day of Absence, as it was originally known, began in the 1970s when Faculty member Maxine Mimms, inspired by the play, approached administrator Stone Thomas about the idea of joining with other faculty and staff of color in spending a work day away from campus as a grassroots collective action.
Perhaps the ongoing tradition of holding off-campus events tailored towards (though not exclusive to) specific groups is stupid? Maybe, maybe not. But with that tradition in place, is there any particular reason why the off-campus events should forever remain tailored towards people of colour? What makes it so "stupid" to suggest a reversal of the tradition?
According to the student newspaper:
Protests on Evergreen Campus Students Challenge Racism and Anti-Blackness | Cooper Point Journal
Weinstein had been the focus of student attention for months after he sent an email that called the reversal of the day of absence “a show of force and an act of oppression in and of itself”. For this year’s event, as opposed to previous years, a small amount of white students, 200, were invited to hold caucus and workshop off campus and PoC were invited to be present on the campus they often don’t feel welcome on for their own workshops. Weinstein opposed this change, saying he would not support the reversal and that “you may assume I will be on campus on the day of absence” and encouraged others to do the same. Weinstein, and evolutionary biologist, then offered to have “a discussion of race on campus through a scientific/evolutionary lens.”
1. leaving was purely voluntary no one had to do it. they chose to do it.
2. what they wanted wasn't voluntary.
given your slant we know why you don't get why these kids are in the wrong.
sorry they cannot deny access to an institution being paid for by other people.
if they choose to go to class then they have every right to do so.
nothing these student can do can legally stop them.
The only thing I've ever heard about Evergreen University is that if you want to be able to use LOTS of drugs all the time, that's the place to go.
And your evidence for that would be...? Because it feels like something you want to be true? As I quoted from the college's own student newspaper, "a small amount of white students, 200, were invited to hold caucus and workshop off campus." For reasons best known to its staff the Washington Times apparently chose to hype that up more than a little, but does not contradict it: "[Weinstein's] email took issue with a “Day of Absence & Day of Presence” demonstration, for which white students, faculty and staff were asked to leave campus for one day." To me it doesn't seem like a particularly good idea either way, but since they have their tradition I really don't see why you think it is so "stupid" for them to try a little role reversal one year. And the very fact that Weinstein decided not to participate in that shows that it was voluntary, for crying out loud! :roll:
You obviously believe that this is some kind of partisan political issue. Perhaps one day you will deign to share with us how you reached that conclusion.
For my part I don't particularly feel compelled to take some kind of 'stance' on it. Why would I? Why would anyone? As far as I can tell no-one has been killed. No-one has been physically harmed. No property has been damaged. Apparently on the 14th, on the basis of allegations about their interactions earlier in the day, a couple of black students were woken up after 11pm and taken for questioning by campus police 'til 2am and denied access to toilet facilities during that time, though it was found they'd done nothing wrong. Apparently both Mr. Weinstein and some students of colour have said that they've been victims of harassment or threats.
Is that stuff worthy of local news? Maybe. But worthy of Fox news? (Apparently Mr. Weinstein seems to think so :lol: ) Or a major political issue? I'm just not seeing it.
It seems that at least once a month we've got a thread on this forum about some 'terrible' incident at a college causing fits of poutrage amongst certain of our members. There have been two threads about this particular incident already, that I've seen. What's driving this obsession? There are over 2400 four-year colleges in the United States, with some 13 million students, so frankly I'm amazed that those with this 'college kids do something dumb' obsession can't manage two or three posts a day!
From all the complaining we see from some people about America's "liberal education system," I guess I can understand the political angle in that. Maybe that is why certain media outlets choose to hype these things up? Maybe that is why you believe that disagreements between and amongst faculty and students at this particular college is somehow a partisan 'issue.'
Nope the way they reacted to the professor saying that he should be fired for refusing to leave. Yep asked to leave that doesn't sound voluntary to me.
They made it one by calling for a teacher to be fired because he said that he wasn't leaving school and would be there and they verbally they assaulted him
in the hall way. maybe you can actually see that what these kids were doing is dangerous.
evidently you do feel you need to take a stance because you seem to be defending their behavior.
Is it too much to ask for people of color to have just one day without feeling marginalized by non-physical racial violence? White people get that every day on a college campus, but PoC can't even have it for a single day?
theolympian.com/news/local/article173710596.htmlThe Evergreen State College professor at the center of campus protests this spring will receive $500,000 in a settlement that was announced Friday.
Bret Weinstein and his wife, Heather Heying, resigned from their faculty positions effective Friday. The couple filed a $3.85 million tort claim in July alleging the college failed to “protect its employees from repeated provocative and corrosive verbal and written hostility based on race, as well as threats of physical violence,” according to the claim.
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In an email to faculty and staff sent Friday about 6:40 p.m., Evergreen officials wrote that the college will pay $450,000 to the couple and $50,000 toward the couple’s attorney fees.
“In making this agreement, the college admits no liability, and rejects the allegations made in the tort claim. The educational activities of Day of Absence/Day of Presence were not discriminatory. The college took reasonable and appropriate steps to engage with protesters during spring quarter, de-escalate conflict, and keep the campus safe,” according to the email.
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