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Racially Charged Incident At UConn Triggers Concerns About Campus Atmosphere
The Hartford Courant ^ | 11/18/14 | Gregory B. Hladky

Posted on 11/20/2014 10:53:09 AM PST by armydawg505

A university of Connecticut investigation into a confrontation between white fraternity students and women belonging to a black sorority is regaining momentum after new allegations about the incidents were raised at a recent student community meeting.

The September incident involving a rock-painting dispute has already resulted in a one-month suspension and continuing probation for the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity for "intimidation and bullying," according to UConn officials.

But at a Nov. 10 meeting at the university's African-American Cultural Center, the adviser to the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority made new allegations that fraternity members used racial and sexist slurs during the September confrontation. Members of Pi Kappa Alpha (known as PIKE) have denied making any racial comments.

UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said the comments made at that meeting prompted administration officials to "ask for more information from the various parties" involved in the original incident. Reitz said the university has been told that AKA plans to file an appeal of the administration's decisions concerning sanctions against the PIKE fraternity. According to Reitz, the deadline for appeals by parties involved in the dispute has been extended until Nov. 21.

(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: connecticut; education; typical
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Of course the benefit of the doubt goes to the black women. After all, there are no documented cases of out of control black women, right. Its the privileged, white guys at the fraternity who are automatically guilty and must receive the "sensitivity" training.
1 posted on 11/20/2014 10:53:09 AM PST by armydawg505
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African-American Cultural Center

You're either African or you're American.

And if you're African, then your cultural center belongs in Africa.

2 posted on 11/20/2014 10:55:22 AM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: armydawg505

When I was younger I used to wonder why a lot of black guys pursued white women over black women, now that I’m a little older I know why.


3 posted on 11/20/2014 10:56:49 AM PST by V_TWIN
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white women are prey for black men...


4 posted on 11/20/2014 10:58:55 AM PST by cherry
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When I was younger I used to wonder why a lot of black guys pursued white women over black women, now that I’m a little older I know why.

Okay.....I'll bite. Why?

5 posted on 11/20/2014 11:00:40 AM PST 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: armydawg505

Given past history I would bet the charges of sexist and racist comments are false or this is some sort of microaggression charge.


6 posted on 11/20/2014 11:01:01 AM PST by C19fan
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why didn’t you at least post the part with the allegations?

This is a subscription site so we can’t actually read the article.


7 posted on 11/20/2014 11:02:35 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Obola brought to you by demorats. Hope you like your Change and live to tell it.ow pooh wash e)
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These allegations are new? I call hogwash! If racial slurs were really used they would have been front and center in the original complaint! The alleged slurs are made up out of whole cloth.
8 posted on 11/20/2014 11:04:03 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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in this day and age i’m sure there are numerous videos of the confrontation taken with people’s cell phones. let’s see and hear what happened. else i tend to disbelieve. put up or shut up


9 posted on 11/20/2014 11:12:08 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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10 posted on 11/20/2014 11:12:31 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Osage Orange

In my “limited” experience some (not all) black women can be, let’s just say, a little difficult to deal with. So can other races of women you say? It’s just not the same.......Just my 2 cent.


11 posted on 11/20/2014 11:13:53 AM PST by V_TWIN
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I read that it started out as a disagreement between a black sorority and a fraternity over painting of a rock or some such on campus....the allegations of calling racist names came LATER after the main incident...fraternity denies it...

too bad fraternities have such a horrible reputation......they could clean it up, but they don't, so they are fair game for people to attack them.

12 posted on 11/20/2014 11:15:32 AM PST by cherry
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Yeah, I can’t remember ever seeing a white chick throwing a table at somebody. I have had a couple of black women threaten me with physical violence though.


13 posted on 11/20/2014 11:16:19 AM PST by V_TWIN
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well, the good news is that those guys are now republican voters.


14 posted on 11/20/2014 11:17:10 AM PST by willywill
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To: camle

It’s like those Black Caucus members who got heckled in front of the Capital; they claimed racial epithets were thrown (spit too, iirc) then cell phone video came out showing nothing of the sort.

Defensive use of video technology, to provide an authoritative record in the face of accusations, is nothing new.


15 posted on 11/20/2014 11:22:30 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Sequoyah101

I dont have a subscription and read the whole long story.


16 posted on 11/20/2014 11:37:09 AM PST by armydawg505
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The Black population of Mansfield, Connecticut (Storrs is the village) is related to UConn, either as students or as professors).

Of course, Kevin Ollie (UConn's men's basketball coach) lives in Glastonbury.

17 posted on 11/20/2014 11:47:08 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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"Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America."

18 posted on 11/20/2014 11:49:51 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: tanknetter

exactly. the allegations get out before any evidence supporting them ever gets out. and with all the fake racism events on colleges of late, one greets this with some skepticism.


19 posted on 11/20/2014 11:54:05 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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“A black sorority”...

If you want to isolate yourself racially don’t be surprised when others do the same.


20 posted on 11/20/2014 12:24:54 PM PST by QuisCustodiet1776 (Live free or die.)
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