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University of Colorado tries to fight racism with racism

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A new program at the University of Colorado is spreading racist language on campus -- on purpose. The goal is to make it disappear.
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University of Colorado tries to fight racism with racism - CBS News

Fighting racism with racism is an interesting innovation in the sphere of political technologies. I believe it is not working though. It is mentioned in the article they want students to feel uncomfortable. Those who already despise racism will feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, there is no doubt. Racially prejudiced students won't. Simply because the latter feel this way and there is nothing new to them. The point of anti-racism initiatives is not to make tolerant people feel uncomfortable. It is to make racists feel uncomfortable and we don't see it here.
 
I do not see this ending well. Given that some have been torn down and the complaints, no real reason to assume their plan will eventually yield the conversation they want on the matter.
 
This guy >>>> Assistant Vice Chancellor Bronson Hilliard - thunked this one up.
 
humbolt said:
This guy >>>> Assistant Vice Chancellor Bronson Hilliard - thunked this one up.
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Then in my opinion he made a real mistake.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Then in my opinion he made a real mistake.
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Trying to think might have been his first one. Acting on it was his second mistake. Is there no one in the University of Colorado administration who could stop him from doing something this stupid?
 
Fighting racism with more racism is what affirmative action is about and has been going on for 45 years. Naturally it has failed miserably. Blacks have made no progress despite these decades of special treatment.
 
The headline is inaccurate. They are not "fighting racism with racism". They are "fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism"
 
NWA style anti racism.


They used the N word so much that it lost it's power, somewhat, at least fro black people.



Sadly, Niggas With Attitude is not at University of Colorado.
 
sangha said:
The headline is inaccurate. They are not "fighting racism with racism". They are "fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism"
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I agree, but how they are going about this is problematic. What they are trying to do is put in everyone's face what others have done in hopes more report it and it sparks "discussion." The backlash is unsurprising, as it missed the real point.

Bigotry is learned, it can be replaced with tolerance. Something that is also learned, even experienced. It seems this "discussion" effort missed that.
 

While I do question the effectiveness of this particular effort, research has shown that one of the most effective ways to convince people to not engage in certain specific behaviors is to demonstrate that those behaviors are socially unacceptable. If this program does convince some people that acts of racist behavior are socially unacceptable, it should have an effect.
 

In principle I agree, but something failed in this case. We have no choice but to evaluate why.
 
This kind of confrontational approach can work when done right, but without the proper context the point is lost and just comes across as crass. It's like a joke without the setup.

I think this is a far more clever confrontational approach that makes its point in a far more poignant way:



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sangha said:
The headline is inaccurate. They are not "fighting racism with racism". They are "fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism"
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What?? That's totally untrue.

Moreover, nowhere in that article does the phrase you've highlighted ("fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism") even exist.

The first 3 sentences in the article:
See too the posters/fliers they're distributing.

Then read the rationale the vice chancellor gave: Normally, I might jump at the opportunity to correct a "news agency" like CBS News - but in this case, their report is spot on.
 
TextDriversKill said:
That's the only way liberals know of to fight racism. By the govt-mandated persecution of white people.
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i.e. "commit reprehensible acts, to show people reprehensible acts are reprehensible, so people who might commit reprehensible acts won't act reprehensibly and... commit reprehensible acts."

A bit circular; a little dizzying in fact, but sure, why not?

Gotta love the merry-go-round of left wing "logic." :doh
 
Another clever way to communicate an important and difficult message. Psychologically it works on multiple levels.

 

Well, if a news article says so, it must be true!!! :roll:

Or, you could read the poster (there's a pic of one) and see what it says for yourself instead of letting CBS do your thinking for you
 

Stupid is as stupid does.
 
sangha said:
The headline is inaccurate. They are not "fighting racism with racism". They are "fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism"
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sangha said:
Well, if a news article says so, it must be true!!! :roll:
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Nooo, nooo, nooo. Not going to dodge your error on this one.

You asserted the headline is wrong. If you doubt it - see your quote above.
You also asserted the action is about "fighting racism by encouraging people to report acts of racism." You even couched the latter in quotes, as if that phrase was somewhere in the article. It isn't. You fabricated that, admit it.

sangha said:
Or, you could read the poster (there's a pic of one) and see what it says for yourself instead of letting CBS do your thinking for you
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Or, you could read it (as you should have before asserting what you did) - it says "Your mom must be the janitor, 'cause that's the only job for dirty Mexicans." It then says "Be Boulder, report it."

Now admit it, you were wrong.

I'll wait....
 

As you note, the request to report acts of racism is explicitly stated on the poster. Encouraging people to report racist acts is the purpose of the posters. The posters are not racist in any way.

It is nonsense to claim that describing an act of racism is racist.
 
Give it up already.

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