Posted on 08/08/2021 5:01:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 08/08/2021 7:43:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin removed a large boulder from its Madison campus on Friday at the request of minority students who view the rock as a symbol of racism.
Chamberlin Rock, on the top of Observatory Hill, is named after Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, a geologist and former university president. Students of color on campus say the rock represents a history of discrimination. The boulder was referred to as a derogatory name for Black people in a Wisconsin State Journal story in 1925.
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You KNOW the world has lost its mind when A ‘racist’ 42-ton boulder said to be two billion years old, was removed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this weekend. The boulder had no comment pic.twitter.com/YizzMRFvOR — Jimmy Lee (@CEOJimmyLee) August 8, 2021
We await the moment it gets "discovered" that the very soil under the students' feet is "racist". Maybe they'll just uproot and destroy the campus altogether, and everyone can go home and just be done with it all.
The rock isn’t even that dark, a mixed race rock.
Wait. This is real?
STOO-pid!!
They should have just RENAMED the rock instead of spending $50,000 moving it.
What about the George Floyd Rock? Will that make them happy?
So an inanimate object can be racist? How about the buildings, will they be next? And the nails used to make the buildings, the rubber in tires, the food we eat....This is absolute madness and what happens when the left takes over the language and morality.
Move the racist rock near the equally racist math building.
They’ve lept over the edge Something will (better) happen to stop this nonsense.
I will presume that the university has a White Student Union, to be fair, since it has a Black Student Union.
Wait! Having a “black student union” isn’t racist but an old dark colored rock is.
Whatta ‘bout the dark moon rocks in Mekka?
They make absurd demands just to flex their power. They’re laughing about it! I am too.
Nothing could be further from the truth!
That's it. Remove all dark large rocks from the planet.
Why are they in school? Reading is racist. Science is racist. Math is racist. Philosophy is racist. Classical literature is racist. Business classes are racist. Morning classes are racist. Punctuality is super racist. Tests are definitely racist. Merit is racist. Grades are racist. Philosophy is racist. Engineering is racist. Debates are racist. History is racist. All sports except bouncy ball and football are racist. Schooo activities are racist. Dorms are racist. Black on white violence and racism is not racist, however.
When are they gonna shut down the UW campus in WHITEwater?
As far as I know, Coal comes in only one color; black.
This small, noisy group will just have to deal with it.
As I age I find it more and more difficult to tolerate Democrats. Perhaps it is because with age, wisdom usually increases.
Well that explains why the libs are so anti-coal. I just didn’t connect the dots.
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