Posted on 05/25/2015 1:06:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last week The Ryersonian reported on an incident that involved two first-year journalism students who were turned away from an event organized by Racialized Students' Collective because they are white. Since then there has been a lot of commentary on the piece and a lot of debate -- a lot of the criticism is valid.
There are two sides to the story: 1) the media has a right to attend public events and report on matters that are in the public interest. The student media needs to cover initiatives that are happening on campus so that we draw attention to them and in turn create awareness (The Ryersonian reported that one student said he was covering the meeting for an assignment). 2) Marginalized groups have a right to claim spaces in the public realm where they can share stories about the discrimination they have faced without judgment and intrusion from anyone else.
I am a person of colour and a journalist and so there are two conflicting voices inside my head. But in this case one voice, that of a person of colour, is louder and my conscience does not allow me to be impartial. I have to take a side.
The organizers of the event, the Racialized Students' Collective, should have done a better job of labelling this event as a safe space on the Ryerson Students' Union online calendar. They should label safe spaces clearly and maybe even host events that educate the public on what they mean. Doing so will help the public and the media have a better understanding of the purpose and value of these spaces.
However, the point to note is not that two white students were asked to leave the event...
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Lol, they are proposing “separate but equal”.
What idiots.
>> Safe Spaces Without White People
Cute.
i detest this nonsensical phrase. it's idiotic on multiple levels.
Safe spaces = segregation = racism
I wish it had been edited a few more times. I tried to read this before but it is about one step above goobedly gook. She just keeps rambling on with the same SJW jargon paragraph after paragraph.
I mean, can we have a safe space for white people?
Detroit, Zimbabwe, etc. Lots of spaces with little or no white people. Safe? Not so much.
They’ve just Jim Crowed themselves again?
I....I’m at a loss.
It seems so.
I don’t know what to make of it.
Probably more than two.
If they could make themselves safe from MEDDLING WHITE LIBERALS they might have a chance, though.
Considering all the lowly white trash we have in this country, I thought that was so unbelievable that I requested a link to check it out. It checked out.
So the question has to be safe from which white people? Or safe from what?
if I was going to school at one of theses schools that are having black only meeting I would be tempted to put up a sign advertising the meeting of black clan
Technically any student could live there, but preference was given to black students.
And why did the black students prefer that particular dorm? Because of the African theme? Because it was a safe zone away from oppressive whites? No.
The reason they preferred that dorm was because it had more single rooms than any other on campus. Single rooms are gold to college students.
This is the "money statement" of the entire article, the "heart" of his argument: Certain "groups" (in this case: races) have more rights than others.
It also begs the question: What constitutes a "marginalized group?" Who "marginalized" them? Does it matter that, e.g., I am not responsible for their "marginalization?" Who determines who "gets to" claim membership in a "marginalized group?" Etc.
Regards,
If they want their own space, they are welcome to go back to their home country.
[VOICE ONE] “Is this about Race?”
[VOICE TWO] “No, but we can make it about Race.”
That was my immediate thought also. GMTA
Certainly the most accurate description of this so-called “journalist” I have encountered on the thread.
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