Posted on 06/15/2016 5:29:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
What is with this school? The University of Missouri seems to be a breeding ground for unhinged progressives, who appear to have turned a vigil remembering the victims of the Orlando attack into some weird lecture about race. The College Fix had the details concerning what Mizzou graduate and activist Tiffany Melecio said before addressing the diverse crowd, namely how she was nervous getting up on stage because of all the white people in attendance.
“I was really nervous to get up here because there’s a lot of white people in the crowd, and that wasn’t a joke,” she said (via the Fix) [emphasis mine]:
TheCollegeFix.com: Mizzou race activist hijacks Orlando vigil
I wish this many people came out to our racial demonstrations and our Black Lives Matter movement,” Melecio told the crowd, which The Columbia Missourian estimated at more than 800.
Those are things you don’t consider when you are white or when you are an American,” said Melecio, a former staffer for the Missourian. She recalled fumbling over Spanish, her non-native language, when she came out as bisexual to her Spanish-speaking mother from Guatemala. Her family is Guatemalan and Puerto Rican.
“I’m tired of the black and white dichotomy we hear when we talk about race,” Melecio said. “We never take the time to talk about the shades [of skin] in between – like mine.”
Melecio implied that among white people, support for the Latino community was not as strong as it was for the LGBTQ community.
“As much as it is awesome that there’s so many people here today, but it’s, like, who are you really here for?” said Melecio.
That comment prompted strong reactions from those in the audience. “We’re here for everybody,” said an unidentified woman.
“I don’t want to stand up here and be angry because this isn’t for me, this isn’t for you, it’s for the people that we lost, the people that we may lose tomorrow, and the people we lost yesterday, but I thought I take the moment to just list out some facts that many of you probably don’t know because you’re white,” she added.
These people cannot help themselves. That arc of history must always be detailed, and they must always show that they’re supposedly on the right side of it. This was likely a terrorist attack. Yes, the vast majority of the victims were Hispanic since the killer, Omar Mateen, decided to attack during the Pulse nightclub’s Latin night. Was this racially motivated? Probably not—Mateen was scouting to launch a possible attack at Disney World, but what happened early Sunday morning certainly seems to be grounded in vicious homophobia. The killer himself reportedly could’ve been gay.
Yet, that’s beside the point, when terrorists attack the country—we unite. We unite in grief, anger, and hopefully we channel that into something constructive in increased awareness of our surroundings that helps the various agencies tasked with preventing terrorism do their jobs, heeding the words of FBI Director James Comey. We do not use these opportunities to whine about how attacks on the LGBT community get more attention, or how terrorist attacks get more attention, or the “black and white dichotomy” on race relations. What is this? People are dead. The nation has been attacked—and you’re irked because there are white people at a vigil for the victims of this attack, and that not as many showed up to past Black Lives Matter events? Grow up, kid.
If this is what we should expect from future Mizzou alums after the institution of mandatory “diversity intensive” courses, I’m sure we’ll see more drivel from these…snowflakes.
In all, this was just disgusting. Period.
1. Mizzou needs to die. It’s already on its way.
2. Mizzou grads, good luck finding a job. Snowflake University degrees are worth toilet paper. I will not hire any graduate from Snowflake University.
Mizzou always was a little piece of the Soviet Union.
Mizzou hasn’t been bankrupted yet?
Kind of a pathetic looking group of people.
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Tiffany darling, please take a long walk off a short pier.
They just want to lay down and surrender all their rights and freedom. It’s just too uncool for them to have any rights.
Boy, the left has sure done a number on this generation.
As an American and Freeper of color I truly believe there is going to be an enormous white backlash against Hillary and the Democrats in November. Enough is enough folks. The lefties are turning this nation into a pile of garbage. We can’t take any more of this. I predict you’ll see above average percentages of Blacks, Hispanics and Asians voting for Trump in November. Maybe I’m being overly positive here but whenever our country has had its backs to the wall, as it is today under leftist rule, we’ve always responded. If we put Hillary in the White House we’ll have the biggest traitor in American history as president. We’re toast as a nation if that happens. We won’t let it happen!
Tiffany Melecio is aware that White people openly peruse the photos on the Post Office wall, and might recognize her.
The sooner, the better
True, but the GOP isn't doing anything to stop it. We are now fighting two parties, not one.
I sure hope so. I am afraid though that the idiots who voted for that arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, will vote for Hillary Rotten Clinton.
Thanks for posting the article.
I tried to read it but my brain kept refusing the input.
If this was the first time w/ these nuts you would swear it was parody, but these idiots are for real. She’s crying over white people & others are there for their murdered family & friends. I hope the crowd gave her hell.
I thought I read that Mizzou’s applicants took a steep dive. Good, money talks!
I contend that the rank and file is the real Republican Party. The people leading it like the RNC, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and the GOPe are nothing more than neocon Democrats who have successfully infiltrated the GOP and brought it into line with the Uniparty. Yes friend, we are fighting one super party together.
It seems the whites in attendance were too cowed to walk away from the shrill little tart. Shame on them for elevating a nitwit’s status by accepting the berating.
Wow, another moronic, anti-Caucasian racist from Mizzou.
Democrats In Disguise
And now the people are figuring out what the Republican leadership DID.
Aren’t all colleges pretty much like this these days...?
Attention whore feigning shyness.
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