Posted on 05/04/2015 1:43:33 PM PDT by rightistight
A University of Michigan student was removed from the school’s Residence Staff for asking what an acronym meant and was called “racist” for laughing at a subsequent joke.
The student, identified by the school’s newspaper only as “Chris,” was having a text conversation with other Resident Staff members over the internet. At one point he noticed that one member, who happened to be an African American woman, changed her handle to “Markley’s BBW.”
Mary Markley Hall is a residence hall at the university.
Chris subsequently asked, “What does BBW stand for?” to which another staff member responded, “bad baby walrus,” which Chris laughed at.
He has now been removed from the staff and called “racist” for the incident in question. The college claimed they removed him because of a “class requirement technicality,” but the problem had been resolved over a month before the disciplinary action.
Further, despite the college’s claim that it was because of a technicality, they specifically referenced the incident in question, and advised the student that he needs to know “how to better manage your involvements and to hold yourself accountable for your actions.”
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How would be even know to look the word up in an urban dictionary? A person would have to know the meaning to look up the meaning. Stupid.
Big Black Woman
Big Beautiful Woman. Think back if you are old enough to the 1970s “My mind is a Pearl Campaign.” Same difference. Now, that’s racist!
True, there is no way out of the mad house other than not to play at all and that is, undoubtedly, an offense as well.
I like the Wookie version better. More contemporary.... :0)
So, I guess it's racist to not know that, and then ask innocently what it means.
Alas. Direck from the horse’s mouth. So true.
So, the kid who laughed at the “bad baby walrus” joke explanation is in trouble, but the one who typed it isn’t? Okay then.
No the Urban Dictionary is weird the 3 letters would have worked, go check it out yourself...
People paying for their kids to be subjected to these schools should be tried for mental abuse. Seriously.
“You must have kids.”
Two in college.
America’s colleges and universities have been quietly converted into full time psychiatric out-patient facilities.
Indeed. Makes total sense. . .not be racist means you are racist.
Nah, they were quite open about it. Parents are simply to concerned with the football game on the new big screen to care about their kids.
How is BBW racist?...the acronym BBW normally is used for overweight women and the stands for a Big Beautiful Woman
It ain’t over till the BBW sings.
I am curious why one person was disciplined when it was another who made the joke
Or perhaps a more Sir Mixalot interpretation.
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