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U of Michigan Student Called Racist, Removed from Staff for Asking what Acronym Meant
Pundit Press ^ | 5/4/15 | Aurelius

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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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: annarbor; badbabywalrus; bbw; college; education; michigan; quotas; racism; uofmichigan
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1 posted on 05/04/2015 1:43:34 PM PDT by rightistight
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To: rightistight

Big Bone Wookie?


2 posted on 05/04/2015 1:45:57 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: rightistight

My brain wants to ask my eyes if it’s feeding it some some BS as a joke just to screw with it.

THATS how beyond insane this is.


3 posted on 05/04/2015 1:46:00 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: rightistight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbULBAjstBA


4 posted on 05/04/2015 1:46:58 PM PDT by repentant_pundit (Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten brat.)
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To: rightistight

Wha?
I don’t get it.


5 posted on 05/04/2015 1:47:12 PM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: subterfuge

“Wha?
I don’t get it.”

RACIST!!!!!


6 posted on 05/04/2015 1:48:08 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: rightistight

Black Woman Butt


7 posted on 05/04/2015 1:48:19 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Paladin2

In before the picture of MOBama.


8 posted on 05/04/2015 1:48:27 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: subterfuge

Agree. Huh?


9 posted on 05/04/2015 1:48:38 PM PDT by lysie
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To: rightistight

This story sounds like something that would happen in the early days of communist china, or during the khmer rouge takeover of Cambodia. Laughing at a joke?... off to the killing fields with you. The left are psychopathic. They’d send ‘straights’ and conservatives to their deaths in a heartbeat.


10 posted on 05/04/2015 1:50:48 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: rightistight

so what does BBW stand for ???


11 posted on 05/04/2015 1:51:04 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Big Boned Wookies outraged!

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12 posted on 05/04/2015 1:51:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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Chris subsequently asked, “What does BBW stand for?” to which another staff member responded, “bad baby walrus,” which Chris laughed at.

Makes no sense at all. Does this have some deeper meaning only Michigan students are supposed to know? Silly name that has nothing to do with race, at least not on the surface.

13 posted on 05/04/2015 1:51:52 PM PDT by Will88
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To: SpaceBar

Big Beautiful Woman.


14 posted on 05/04/2015 1:52:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (two if by van, one if by broom)
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To: rightistight

Knowing what BBW means is TMI.


15 posted on 05/04/2015 1:52:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: rightistight
But, but, what?

Big, big wuz?

Big, big, waffle?

Big, black, wolf?

What????

16 posted on 05/04/2015 1:52:22 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: rightistight

So what the hell does BBW mean? Its not even in the article???

So is it racist now if you don’t conduct your life with keeping up with their little petty getto language crap?


17 posted on 05/04/2015 1:52:29 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: rightistight
PC has gotten so esoteric and theoretical that it no longer needs even a pretense of the empirical to be offended.
18 posted on 05/04/2015 1:52:35 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: rightistight
At least he didn't ask what Acroyear meant.

19 posted on 05/04/2015 1:53:06 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("When you have to shoot, SHOOT! Don't talk." --Tuco)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Is that it, really?

And if so, why is it “racist”? There are large women of all races.


20 posted on 05/04/2015 1:53:40 PM PDT by Tax-chick (We're all mad here.)
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