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UC Berkeley black students demand fixes to 'hostile’ climate
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 17, 2015 | By Nanette Asimov

Posted on 03/17/2015 4:34:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Black students at UC Berkeley often feel isolated and even oppressed, says a campus group that wants the nation’s premier public university to step up recruitment of African American students and improve support for them.

So the Black Student Union hammered out 10 demands, delivered them to the chancellor, and set a deadline to meet them.

The demands include renaming a building after Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther and the first woman on the FBI’s list of Most Wanted Terrorists.

To the students, Shakur is no terrorist. She’s a victim and ally who gives voice to their pain.

The students call Shakur “an icon of resistance within oppressed communities (who) represents Black resilience in the face of unadulterated state-sanctioned violence.”

Cori McGowens told The Chronicle that “trying to excel academically is immensely difficult while coping with the issue of antiblackness on campus.”

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: education; marxists; racecard; socialism; university
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To: neocon1984

Oopps!

It’s old whine in new bottles.


61 posted on 03/17/2015 6:45:16 PM PDT by neocon1984
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They want to rename a building after some terrorist named Asshat Shaker?


62 posted on 03/17/2015 7:22:46 PM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: fhayek

You know my dad told me growing up that yeah this nation had a past but I was lucky to grow up in a nation like the US for a lot of people come and die trying to get here, this coming from a man that endured what these people are complaining about, and he did endure it for I heard some of the stories when I was young. What I am trying to say is that looking and living in the past while not bettering yourself is not the way to live life, what happened back then cant be taken back and yeah life was hard back then if you were not WASP male in parts of the nation, but what is done is done, and I have a choice I can live with my head up my ass living in the past, blaming some white man, or live for tomorrow and use the opportunity this nation has to offer, I choose the 2nd option.


63 posted on 03/17/2015 7:24:46 PM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Okay I agree with them, they need to fix their hostile climate, the Black students that is. The group that is always blamed for racism, Whites. The group that are actually the worst racists, Non Whites!


64 posted on 03/17/2015 7:25:39 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: the_individual2014

Wise man, your dad.


65 posted on 03/17/2015 8:04:54 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Check out the comments at the link - most of them sound like Freepers !


66 posted on 03/17/2015 11:37:21 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
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To: UCANSEE2

historically yes


67 posted on 03/18/2015 3:31:13 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: Graybeard58
Pet peeve - upper case letter "B" in the word "black". It is a color, an adjective, it gets lower case letters. By the way, I've seen FReepers do it.

I remember reading an article years ago discussing the difference between Black and black.

The short version of the story is that 'black' means one of the negro race, and 'Black' is more of a cultural adjective.

68 posted on 03/18/2015 9:00:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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