Students, faculty address institutionalized racism at University Life event

Columbia Spectator ^ | November 18, 2015 | Erin Mizraki

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"It's traumatizing to sit in Core classes," Aya said. "We are looking at history through the lens of these powerful, white men. I have no power or agency as a black woman, so where do I fit in?"

Aya mentioned that even in her most recent Art Humanities class, the word "primitive" was used five times to describe Congolese art—a label she did not speak up against because she was tired of already having worked that day to address so many other instances of racism and discrimination, she said.

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“a label she did not speak up against because she was tired of already having worked that day to address so many other instances of racism and discrimination”

I bet Aya is REAL popular with her teachers and fellow students ...

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Wow, last night the Columbia Spectator removed all comments and then locked the article from further comment. No doubt because there were nearly a hundred lengthy, brilliant, and erudite comments that completely shredded Aya and her ilk. No doubt a few of the delicate snowflakes played their racist cards, felt microaggressed, and realized their “safe zones” had been violated by those mean, ol’ nasty words that were breaking their bones.

Ya just gotta love the “free exchange” of ideas being fostered by the self-proclaimed “one of America’s most elite institutions of learning”.