My post was sarcastic...
I in no way support the football players. I think the coach should be fired for supporting such a boycott.
This is only the beginning... we will see this again. It's part of the radical playbook now.
A campus group, Concerned Student 1950, which refers to the year the first black student was admitted to the university, has held multiple demonstrations this fall protesting what Missouri graduate student Jonathan L. Butler described as a “slew of racist, sexist, homophobic” incidents on the university’s Columbia, Mo., campus, and Wolfe’s response to them.
A group of black students were rehearsing a skit in early October when a white student climbed onto stage and shouted racial slurs. Protesters blocked the president’s car during the homecoming parade a few days later; he looked detached and did not engage with them as they shouted. Later that month they issued a list of eight demands, including Wolfe’s removal as president.
The group also accused Wolfe of allowing his driver to hit one of the protesters, and of not intervening when the local police department “used excessive force” to deal with the demonstration. Unless Wolfe “acknowledge[s] his white male privilege, recognize that systems of oppression exist, and provide a verbal commitment to fulfilling Concerned Students 1-9-5-0 demands,” the group insisted that he resign.
Apparently, not engaging shouting demonstrators who block traffic is a firing offense in Missouri. Who knew?
Toast, good post, and it's sad that some want to ignore and play down that there has been a problem, just because they hadn't heard about it. Sometimes it takes a brave stand to bring attention. Medgar Evers, The Little Rock Five, Rosa Parks, etc. kudos to Gary Pinkel and his support of his players.
To others who doubt, dig into this, it's a culture, and nothing was being done to change that culture that was the problem.
The definition of radical gets less and less radical as time goes on. Addressing racism on campus and making minority groups feel welcome and supported is now radical. Cool.
A group of black student athletes feel strongly enough that their university doesn't provide them with the support they feel is warranted that they're willing to take a huge risk by boycotting a game. And you, based on 25 minutes of reading, and no time spent on the campus of the university in question, dismiss their claims as "radical" and call for the firing of anybody who supported said claims.
That's the definition of white privilege. You can't see it, so it must not be a problem worth addressing.
Last Edited: 11/10/2015 9:49:40 AM by Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame