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Posted on 12/08/2021 12:31:23 PM PST by Red Badger
We are at a time and place in late 2021 where it literally has become acceptable to ponder the exclusion of a specific race of people from a college party.
That is, if the race is white.
A student at Swarthmore College last week penned an entire op-ed on this topic as a situation arose which — allegedly — warranted the ejection of Caucasians at the small, private institution near Philadelphia.
In The Phoenix, economics major Sameer Halepoto points to a pre-Thanksgiving party hosted by the Swarthmore Queer Union, Swarthmore African Student Association, Swarthmore ENLACE, and the Swarthmore African-American Student Society which had filled up rather quickly.
Halepoto says “typical [Swarthmore] parties include an outsized number of white students (many of whom are athletes), making it harder for marginalized groups to feel welcome.”
As a result, party organizers blared a repeating electronic message through speakers which warned that white people had to leave.
“To be fair” to the organizers, Halepoto writes, they were in a “lose-lose situation.” Apparently they attempted to create a “safe space” for marginalized groups and to make a “concerted effort to include affinity groups within settings occupied by non-marginalized people.”
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But keep in mind white people can be queer and/or Latinx. Halepoto wonders how many whites who remained after the “get out” warning actually were either: Did the announcement create “an incentive for students to falsely identify with a marginalized identity”?
Halepoto also (ridiculously tactfully) says it’s “fair to question” whether telling whites to leave was “the optimal solution to creating a more inclusive party” considering it violates college rules for official student groups. In addition, it “sow[s] further division on campus at a time when such issues are especially salient.”
From the op-ed:
When it comes to including marginalized groups — like those represented by the hosts at Paces on Saturday night — students’ approaches are often at odds with each other. We want safe spaces that are exclusively occupied by a given marginalized group. At the same time, we want to do more to center marginalized groups in settings occupied by white people, which would necessitate interaction between marginalized groups and white people. Racial exclusion, however, does not contribute to either and goes against the type of community we strive to cultivate at [Swarthmore].
Racial exclusion and trying to achieve the equilibrium ratio of white:BIPOC at a party only creates an illusion of equality. It creates a temporary feeling of control for some and resentment for others when we could be using such events to create spaces that center marginalized groups and welcome allies simultaneously.
According to his Linkedin page, Halepoto “create[s] a welcoming and inclusive environment for new students” as a Swarthmore teaching assistant, and also works as a private consultant for “socially conscious firms.”
The Swarthmore student paper has a history of somewhat inane editorials; in 2016 it apologized for an op-ed (in an editorial titled “We Fucked Up”) which told students to “stop whining” about their affluent peers. And a year ago, the paper advocated for a critical race theory graduation requirement.
And most all, if not all, mixed race couples are a black male and a white female...
do it.....just do it....
I feel sorry for the white queer students. Oh wait, no I don’t.
I have YouTubeTV. You would think you were in Africa watching the commercials, mostly Black actors. Many ads show beautiful White women fawning over Black men.
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...economics major Sameer Halepoto points to a pre-Thanksgiving party hosted by the Swarthmore Queer Union, Swarthmore African Student Association, Swarthmore ENLACE, and the Swarthmore African-American Student Society which had filled up rather quickly.
Halepoto says “typical [Swarthmore] parties include an outsized number of white students (many of whom are athletes), making it harder for marginalized groups to feel welcome.”
As a result, party organizers blared a repeating electronic message through speakers which warned that white people had to leave.
“To be fair” to the organizers, Halepoto writes, they were in a “lose-lose situation.” Apparently they attempted to create a “safe space” for marginalized groups and to make a “concerted effort to include affinity groups within settings occupied by non-marginalized people.”
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College parties sure are different in the 21st Century. We just use to get a keg of beer, some chips, put on a party mix-tape and invite the chicks over from the neighboring sorority.
Aren’t the Obamas part-owners or invested in Netflix in some manner?
” We want safe spaces that are exclusively occupied by a given marginalized group.”
So they want segregation? Liberalism really is a mental illness.
Sounds like the black guys wanted the white athletes out of way at parties. I can’t imagine why.
“When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
Standin’ on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
Take me to New York right away
McGuinn and McGuire couldn’t get no higher
But that’s what they were aimin’ at
And no one’s gettin’ fat except Mama Cass”
- John Phillips
Oh, grow up, Snowflake. The real world is going to force you to interact with White people.
Every time I hear something about Swarthmore, I think of that song.
Netflix is publicly traded on the Nasdaq so it’s possible they own some of it.
Caliph Baraq and Mooch do have a propaganda outfit “Higher Ground” that has a deal with Netflix to deliver seven shows.
I'm ok with that.
It may not be very nice, but I can't see using federal bayonets to force a mixing quota.
Let freedom ring.
Now THAT sounds like a party to avoid at all costs, i can’t imagine a more annoying/boring group of people congregating in one place at the same time.
West coast cities and Swarthmore, PA would be aflame.
These people are insane, dangerously insane.
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A family member lives close to Swarthmore. He and folks Associated with the school think their schiff don’t stink.
I just KNEW someone would post that!.................
At these prissy, hippy private schools out East that’s what they for the most part are. Whites only.
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