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| "Dreadlocked, body-pierced granola-crunchers" demand "anti-oppression training" |
| 2008-04-01 |
| Jules Crittenden This is entirely charming. The dreadlocked, body-pierced granola-crunchers with sprouts stuck between their teeth at Hampshire College want “anti-oppression training” for all staff. The article sadly doesn’t detail the nature of the administration’s failure to be insufficiently committed to fighting racism. It’s hard to imagine, if you know anything about Hampshire College. But what’s fascinating is that while the alternativistas earnestly claim they want to boost diversity at their 1,350-student ultra-liberal arts college in western Massachusetts’ Happy Valley, one of their demands is for residence halls exclusively for students of color and for “queer-identified” students. That doesn’t sound very diverse. Sounds … kind of oppressive. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #12 residence halls exclusively for students of color Um, don't we already have these in most major cities, they're called ghettos. I guess Massachusetts deserves one too. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-01 18:55 |
| #11 ...dreadlocked, body-pierced granola-crunchers with sprouts stuck between their teeth MORONS. MORONS running the college too. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-01 14:37 |
| #10 An Epic example. of how it once was - and still is to a lesser extent. You are all equally worthless |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-01 12:02 |
| #9 I also agree with OS. Drill sergeants treat everyone equally ... like shit. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-01 10:15 |
| #8 The new left IS the old fascism. This ideology needs to be put down like the rabid dog it is. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-01 10:14 |
| #7 Yeah, but now they've got dreadlocks, too! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-04-01 10:14 |
| #6 The funniest part of this is that they actually are much like the 17th Century inhabitants, who considered themselves far superior to others, were bitterly superstitious and conformist, and filled to the brim with hate against those they did not understand. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-01 10:13 |
| #5 The agendists confuse toleration with submission. Long past to point out the difference between the two. If they are unwilling to accommodate the majority, its time the majority stop accommodating them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-01 09:21 |
| #4 Forgot to add: This is a great example of Liberal Fascism. I want all the queers in that dorm only, I want all the people of color in that other dorm only. Sounds a little like how they ran Auschwitz. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-01 09:20 |
| #3 I sugest the staff send the children for REAL Anti-Opression training: United States Basic Military Training - AKA Boot Camp. Its the only training that has eliminated oppression up-close and personal, for hundreds of years, regardless of source: slavery, Nazis, Communism, dictators, islamofascism, and many others. Funny how the military truly treats everyone the same, and liberals are always dividing people. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-01 09:18 |
| #2 Good to hear that things haven't changed in the Pioneer Valley, The Land That Time Forgot... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-01 09:14 |
| #1 Bluto: My advice to you is start drinking heavily. |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-04-01 06:48 |