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hoodeyo

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Gotcha. Anger's certainly got a place and racism should be called out.


I don't agree with the current way of thinking about racism you see on campus, or the strategy of dividing people further to make progress, but those people have the right to express that. If they're into actually solving problems they would debate though.

Organized protesting that stops speech- of serious scholars like Murray and MacDonald though? Stopping the f'ing chief of police of NYC, a city of 8.5 million people he is charged with protecting, from speaking at Brown because he's inherently too racist to have a platform? Serious people were upset they couldn't debate 'stop and frisk' and such policies with him, because they are actually interested in working to address problems. You're too smart to just shrug your shoulders at that.

(In response to this post by SchmHoo)

Posted: 05/12/2017 at 3:01PM



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Pretty interesting piece from the Atlantic -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 09:05AM
  I think you're conflating PC with vulgarity -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 10:07AM
  No offense, but I'm so sick of these takes -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:09AM
  I am 54 years old, -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 11:20AM
  So racist, not partisan...nope. racist. -- hoothat 05/12/2017 11:19AM
  When you have no evidence of racism, you shouldn't call -- Hokieesith 05/12/2017 11:06AM
  I know you are joking and don't really mean that -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:18AM
  I am not so far removed that I wanted McCain in -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:22AM
  2008 McCain was a uphill battle from the beginning -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 10:11AM
  I think if Gore had won in 2000, McCain would have won in -- southdenverhoo 05/12/2017 1:30PM
  Me too. I voted for Bob Dole -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:36AM
  Agreed. ** -- hoothat 05/12/2017 09:32AM
  I believe the idiom is 'dyed-in-the-wool' :-) -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 09:22AM
  Haha. I'd like to blame autocorrect for that? ** -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:39AM
  Sounds like a bad Hokie date. ** -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:23AM

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