cy ([info]cychan) wrote,
@ 2008-09-26 18:21:00
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What year is this?
From this TIME article:
"As a new freshman [at the University of Mississippi] last September, Jeremiah Taylor accompanied his white roommate to a fraternity party where he was the only African-American in attendance. He says a partygoer, noticing him, commented, "Oh my God, I can't believe there's a nigger here." When Taylor turned to go, one student threw a beer can at him and some others pushed him down the stairs. In the ensuing weeks, he says many students suggested that by going to "their party" — meaning one for whites only — he had been looking for trouble."
I wonder why there isn't more community outrage that this was even possible at a state university. All I can say is I'm truly happy not be living in Mississippi.

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[info]ratatosksv
2008-09-27 01:48 pm UTC (link)
On Weekend Edition this morning, one commentator talked about Oxford, Mississippi and the integration of Ole Miss. While I am sure there are people attending Ole Miss who are extremely racist, he pointed out that many parts of the city of Oxford are much much more integrated than neighborhoods in big cities, where different ethnic communities remain segregated.

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[info]cychan
2008-09-27 05:59 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I know what you mean, and I'm honestly not familiar enough with the situation to make a fair judgment. But there's something about this happening at a major state university that really bugs me. Ethnic groups choose to self segregate all over country, but this was overt physical racism followed by a (seemingly) blase reaction from the community at a place of higher education. The offenders got a slap on the wrist, and the message to the black community was essentially, "It's still too soon to go to white parties on campus. Please keep to yourselves."

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