University of Michigan Students Demand ‘Non-Whites Only’ Space for social justice work - Polidicks

[t]https://www.michigandaily.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/170223/jam.NEW_.AfternoonDiagSitInProtest.2.9.17.077_0.jpg?itok=drzaRLbS[/t] [quote]Student activists at the University of Michigan are demanding that school officials provide them with a designated campus space solely “for Black students and students of color to organize and do social justice work.” The off-putting demand is one of several lodged by UM activist group Students4Justice, which has ramped up demonstrations over the past month in an effort to make school officials meet their demands, The College Fix reported. In a newly launched petition, the student group also took aim at university President Mark Schlissel, attacking his less-than-perfect leadership and failure to address concerns over diversity and inclusion on campus. “Your lackluster leadership has continued for too long,” the petition reads. “When students marched to your house in the middle of the night following an attack and hate crime that threatened to kill members of our campus community, we expected you to lead us with strength. … You have not put in the necessary work and effort into improving our campus, and until you do, it is a disservice to students to hear you say, ‘I feel helpless.’ ” “If we as an institution are truly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, where is your creativity for making the things you say you value a reality?” it continued. The student organization’s request for a nonhites-only space to organize social justice efforts comes amid the university’s plans to construct a $10-million multicultural center geared toward African-Americans and other nonwhite students. While the center will be open to students of all backgrounds, it was built at the request of student group “Being Black at the University of Michigan,” which argued that Black students were being marginalized because the original multicultural center they used was located on the far perimeter of campus, according to The Campus Fix. In their demand letter, Students4Justice members asserted that the new student center just wasn’t enough “because we want a space solely dedicated to community organizing and social justice work specifically for people of color.” The student activists’ request for a nonwhite-only safe space has ruffled a few feathers, however. The Michigan Review newspaper, which first reported the controversial demand, blasted the student group for wanting their own separate space and likened it to “de-facto segregation.” “The same organization that criticizes the University for failing to create ‘an environment that engages in diversity, equity and inclusion,’ is calling upon the University to undermine these ideals by facilitating a sort of de facto segregation?” the Review wrote. “One where space and resources are designated for students based solely on the color of their skin?” “To advocate for the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion, while simultaneously calling upon the University to sanction these spaces on campus is both unprincipled and laughably regressive,” the article continued. [/quote] [url]http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/24/university-michigan-students-demand-non-whites-space-social-justice-work-organizing/[/url] [url]http://www.michiganreview.com/u-ms-students4justice-demanding-segregated-space-campus/[/url] [url]https://www.michigandaily.com/section/campus-life/university-responds-students4justice-demands[/url] Link to the Change.org page; [url]https://www.change.org/p/presoff-umich-edu-letter-to-president-schlissel-schlisselwya?recruiter=133580555&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-no_msg[/url]

Sounds like they should organize off campus if they don't want to represent the studentbody fairly.

People should stop catering to these special snowflakes and bring them back to reality.

I thought a lot of people worked really hard for the exact opposite of this..like the civil rights movement?

Yeah fuck off

literally fucking segregation. when people say that sjws are so backwards that they are actually racist, this is an example why

Why do they even need a space to do social justice work? Why do they even need to do social justice work at their university at all?

Imagine being so anti-racist you loop back around and suddenly find yourself advocating apartheid.

[QUOTE=Zergeant;51871103]Imagine being so anti-racist you loop back around and suddenly find yourself advocating apartheid.[/QUOTE] That happens to a lot of liberal social movements. They become so progressive they do a full circle and go back to discrimination

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Man I'm all for progressiveism but this is the wrong way to do it. Open up dialogue if you care so much about social justice.

What a bunch of racist assholes. If it was a bunch of white students demanding "a place only for white students, to organize social justice work" everyone would think they were having a Klan meeting and each and every student would get expelled.

[QUOTE=Cureless;51871195]What a bunch of racist assholes. [B]If it was a bunch of white students[/B] demanding "a place only for white students, to organize social justice work" everyone would think they were having a Klan meeting and each and every student would get expelled.[/QUOTE] Let's not pretend that they're getting special treatment just because you want to feel like a victim, all right? The university is refusing to listen to them because they're racist idiots. Just like you'd see if it *was* Klan. Same degeneracy. Different side of the political spectrum.

Good thing it's a change.org petition

[QUOTE=archangel125;51871202]Let's not pretend that they're getting special treatment just because you want to feel like a victim, all right?[/QUOTE] What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't include myself in this at all and I have nothing to do with this, but it's a realistic fact that if the races were swapped in this scenario there'd be a helluva lot of backlash against those students instead of being casually ignored.

Lets fight racism by being racist, what could go wrong!

This is how you drive white people away from social justice. This is how you strengthen the alt right. Good job guys.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;51871147]I've seen this theory a lot, is there any other instance in history where this has happened?[/QUOTE] English Civil War was very much similar to this. In an effort to curb the possibility of the Catholic Monarchy attempting to set up an Inquisitional program to hunt down Protestant supporters and leaders, the Protestant Roundheads began their own program to find, imprison, and either covert or execute Catholic leaders.

I don't think this is quite as bad as segregration

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51871325]I don't think this is quite as bad as segregration[/QUOTE] It's actually advocating for segregation though???

These people are fucking morons and were it not for Hanlon's Razor I'd presume that their true purpose was to embolden and given ammunition to the right wing. I honestly just wish that university faculty and student bodies just got together to make a point of telling these people to fuck right off.

They should kick these students out, send a message that no form of racism is acceptable. Also universities need to start being tougher on SJW politics as is.

[QUOTE=Keyblockor1;51871390]It's actually advocating for segregation though???[/QUOTE] I don't see it as any different as LGBT alliance places at my school. Or sororities, or fraternities.

[QUOTE=L'Citizen;51871315]English Civil War was very much similar to this. In an effort to curb the possibility of the Catholic Monarchy attempting to set up an Inquisitional program to hunt down Protestant supporters and leaders, the Protestant Roundheads began their own program to find, imprison, and either covert or execute Catholic leaders.[/QUOTE] There's also the October revolution. The Bolsheviks overthrew the tyrannical, incompetent monarchy of Imperial Russia so they could replace it with the tyrannical, incompetent dictatorship of the Soviet Union. (yes, I'm massively over-simplifying it)

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51871430]I don't see it as any different as LGBT alliance places at my school. Or sororities, or fraternities.[/QUOTE] LGBT alliance's usually will happily invite straight people to events and meetings to promote understanding and tolerance though

How about teaching the kids what they actually need for their future careers instead?

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51871430]I don't see it as any different as LGBT alliance places at my school. Or sororities, or fraternities.[/QUOTE] I know it's anecdotal, but all of the Greek Letter associations in my city (which has 4ish Universities/colleges from which they get pledges) are expressly [I]not[/I] allowed to operate on campus for this very reason.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;51871531]I know it's anecdotal, but all of the Greek Letter associations in my city (which has 4ish Universities/colleges from which they get pledges) are expressly [I]not[/I] allowed to operate on campus for this very reason.[/QUOTE] This just makes me wonder if UoM does the same. [editline]24th February 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;51871514]How about teaching the kids what they actually need for their future careers instead?[/QUOTE] What does that have to do with anything?

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51871554]This just makes me wonder if UoM does the same. [/QUOTE] For what it's worth, I pledged for a rather large fraternity in my first year, and was told that the Frat life is drastically different in the states as compared to Canada. Typically they're a lot more involved in the campus-culture then here. No idea if this applies to UoM though

Oh, kind of like this, right? [IMG]http://americablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/colored-only-drinking-fountain1.jpg[/IMG]