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Students sign petition to remove oppressive white stick figure from crosswalk signs
TheBlaze.com ^ | 8/14/2019 | Sarah Taylor

Posted on 08/14/2019 4:42:39 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

Campus Reform's Ethan Cai recently visited George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to ask students to sign a petition supporting the motion to change the "offensive" and "oppressive" white stick figure in LED crosswalk signs.

Cai visited the university undercover, urging students to sign the outlet's fake petition.

The petition urged the university "to consider changing the crosswalk signs," because a white man telling students when it is OK to cross the street is oppressive.

"As we students cross the street," the petition read, "we are told by the symbol of a white man when it is OK to cross. Many students from diverse backgrounds, including individuals of color, gender fluid individuals, and LGBTQA+ individuals, feel oppressed by this."

Many students were in favor of the petition. One educator was also on board with the proposed change. Just one student voiced dissent, saying he was "ideologically opposed" to the idea of making the crosswalk sign more inclusive.

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The school's former mascot, George the Colonial, was changed earlier this year after students voted to remove and replace the offending mascot.

George the Colonial was deemed "extremely offensive" because it "glorifies the act of systemic oppression."

Fifty-four percent of students voted to approve the measure, which passed in March.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: campusreform; snowflakes
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To: roadcat

But Friday WAS black!


21 posted on 08/14/2019 4:58:33 PM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Republican Wildcat; Gamecock; Larry Lucido

[”we are told by the symbol of a white man when it is OK to cross”]

Oh, I can totally see that. Pretty scary, too. Yep, that’s some severe and planned racism right there. Honky pedestrian signs. It all make perfect sense now.

Now don’t forget, all those white stripes on the freeway tell you to stay in your lane, too.

Maybe Cosmo Kramer can help you with that problem. Wide lanes. How luxurious.


22 posted on 08/14/2019 4:59:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: foxfield

Just because I have a penis doesn’t mean I don’t identify as a woman you White Devil!


23 posted on 08/14/2019 4:59:48 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: PGR88

GWU - $51,950 a year

American U - $44,853 a year


24 posted on 08/14/2019 5:01:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
[On the one hand, it’s funny. On the other hand, dolts like these students will become the adults who inherit America. Our future is not in good hands.]

Don't tell the dolts white is a color. They may attack.


25 posted on 08/14/2019 5:02:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Republican Wildcat

This needs to stop.


26 posted on 08/14/2019 5:05:11 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Repeal The 17th; Skepolitic
OK OK, we have the perfect symbol for flashing orange of an ambiguous nature. And it's liberal-approved.


27 posted on 08/14/2019 5:05:19 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Q: Why did the white man cross the road?

A: . . . .


28 posted on 08/14/2019 5:09:12 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: reed13k

If my friend from grad school forty years ago and I were young and in school now, that’s exactly what we would have done. Little acts of subversion helped us cope in the liberal environment, which was nowhere near as bad as it is today.


29 posted on 08/14/2019 5:11:02 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Kudsman

When the stickman is white, whites can walk.

When the stickman turns red, redskins can walk.

When the screen goes black, blacks can walk.

We already have diversity!


30 posted on 08/14/2019 5:11:23 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

No mo’ white sheets!


31 posted on 08/14/2019 5:12:59 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Republican Wildcat

32 posted on 08/14/2019 5:14:05 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: SaveFerris

Mooch Post 27.. winner!


33 posted on 08/14/2019 5:15:40 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: mason-dixon
Students need to spend more time on their GPA & getting a job when they graduate.

I can tell you aren't a young current student. That old fashioned studying and hard work is passe.

And what job do they expect with "Assertions Against Toxic Masculinity", "Post Patriarchy Feminist Philosophy", "Non Western Poetry" or "Philosophy of Black History."

Ok, ok, they can find a job teaching the same majors in college.

Or work at Costco or Target for a few years until the colleges stop shrinking due to lower funding. Ones near here have shed many teaching jobs due to declining enrollment. Legislature refuses to stay even with inflation. Reductions every year.

34 posted on 08/14/2019 5:16:05 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen votforbing & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Heh, that would make me definitely NOT cross the street!


35 posted on 08/14/2019 5:17:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Maybe the snowflakes really aren’t going to survive 11 more years...

Sure will make things easier for the normal people.

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36 posted on 08/14/2019 5:18:00 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: kaehurowing

That’s what Buttermilk said. (You have to be old enough to remember Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to get it).


37 posted on 08/14/2019 5:19:26 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

When I saw the title of the thread, I was expecting to find an article from the Babylon Bee.


38 posted on 08/14/2019 5:20:01 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: EEGator
Cost me $145 a semester to attend Arizona State University back in the late 60s.

I worked three part-time jobs to pay for that tuition. I also took a full load of classes every semester and went to summer school.

Graduated with honors in three years. Then reported for active duty in the Air Force a month after graduating.

Life was simpler back then.

39 posted on 08/14/2019 5:20:06 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

40 posted on 08/14/2019 5:20:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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