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Black men only: UConn's proposed 'learning community' sparks controversy
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Posted on 01/30/2016 5:04:48 PM PST by TigerClaws

The University of Connecticut is building a special residence for those who identify as African-American males, as a way to boost retention and graduation rates. Critics of the plan are calling the arrangement "racially segregated housing."

As part of its Learning Community Program, the university has established "houses" designed to match students with like-minded peers, in order to foster development and to "make UConn feel like home," according to the school's website. In addition to houses aimed at environmentally-conscious students or nursing majors, for example, a new house under construction will cater to African-American men only.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: crimedorm; segregation
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1 posted on 01/30/2016 5:04:48 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Not racist


2 posted on 01/30/2016 5:06:37 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: TigerClaws
Try to get into housing with the gay Asian engineers.

They clean up after themselves, don't party and are unfailingly polite.

3 posted on 01/30/2016 5:06:49 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: TigerClaws

It s fine with me so long as it s not tax payer funded.


4 posted on 01/30/2016 5:06:56 PM PST by Fhios (FR inception date 2015. I must be a mole for whoever I'm currently supporting.)
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To: TigerClaws

As someone who lived through court-ordered school desegregation and busing as a living experiment of socialist utopian ideas I can only say FU to these school individuals who think “racial housing” is some sort progressive idea because they SAY it is... NOW.

Because these were the very same arguments my friends and I made (including black ones) who had to see our schools disintegrate from the culture mix.


5 posted on 01/30/2016 5:08:02 PM PST by Skywise
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To: TigerClaws

Time for the “if white people did this, it would be racist” posting,


6 posted on 01/30/2016 5:08:42 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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Please help make FR's voice louder.


By the way folks.  Anyone know what a FReep-a-Thon is?

The same values remain sacred for many of us today.

click the bottom graphic and support them

7 posted on 01/30/2016 5:08:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: TigerClaws

24-hour rap, chicken wings and hoes? Drive-by service? Built-in “blame whitey” stress buttons?


8 posted on 01/30/2016 5:10:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigerClaws

Will they have “Colored Only” signs on the drinking fountains? :=)


9 posted on 01/30/2016 5:11:17 PM PST by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Skywise

You’ve provided a valuable historical viewpoint. Thank you for sharing


10 posted on 01/30/2016 5:12:11 PM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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11 posted on 01/30/2016 5:12:15 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: TigerClaws

Nice...a tribal commune. But it’s not racist or anything. No whites allowed...


12 posted on 01/30/2016 5:13:08 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: billorites

Yeah, but they Bangkok. That’s a dealbreaker right there.


13 posted on 01/30/2016 5:13:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigerClaws

If I speak jive, can I get in?


14 posted on 01/30/2016 5:14:26 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Skywise

liberal whites and minorities for forced segregation - progressive

letting people live where they want based on what they prefer and can afford - racist


15 posted on 01/30/2016 5:15:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Fhios

It is.


16 posted on 01/30/2016 5:15:30 PM PST by Tax-chick ("This is all going to end very badly." ~ Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: TigerClaws

What happens when a person who appears to be a white woman “identifies” as an African-American man?


17 posted on 01/30/2016 5:16:01 PM PST by Tax-chick ("This is all going to end very badly." ~ Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Tax-chick

Ah, a new career path for Rachel Dolezal!


18 posted on 01/30/2016 5:17:51 PM PST by madprof98
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To: TigerClaws

Having this leads to a logical step, housing for whites only. I can hear the screams of outraged hypocrites echoing through those hallowed halls now!


19 posted on 01/30/2016 5:18:59 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: TigerClaws
Hmm...so, with the phrase "identify as" they mean admission is open to white guys like Shaun King, right? Heck, why limit it to guys? Asian trans-normative women who identify as black guys ought to fit in just fine as well. Am I being species-istic by limiting it to human beings?

I don't see this one as having a very long half life, myself. Could be wrong, of course...

20 posted on 01/30/2016 5:21:20 PM PST by Billthedrill
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