Posted on 09/16/2017 9:27:37 AM PDT by rktman
A university president in Tennessee apologized Friday for hosting black students in his home, which displayed a cotton decoration.
Randy Lowry, president of Lipscomb University, apologized for showing centerpieces bearing cotton stalks while hosting black students at his home in an email sent to the school Friday and posted on Facebook.
“The content of the centerpieces was offensive, and I could have handled the situation with more sensitivity,” said Lowry. “I sincerely apologize for the discomfort, anger or disappointment we caused and solicit your forgiveness.”
The president reported that multiple students confided in him about the cotton decoration displayed during a Thursday dinner he hosted at his home for black students to share their experiences at Lipscomb with him.
“I have heard from a number of students who would like to spend more time together engaging in conversation,” said Lowry. “I am most pleased to do so either in small groups or individually.”
Other schools have taken action to try to redress the grievances of black students. The University of Missouri hosted segregated microaggression therapy sessions in August. (RELATED: Mizzou Offers ‘Microaggressions’ Therapy For Black Students ‘Surviving’ At ‘White Institution’)
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to Lowry and Lipscomb for comment, but received none in time for press.
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Where will this madness end? Are we going to stop planting trees because some trees were once used to lynch people?
What an idiot.
That’s a cotton picking shame!
I have a cottonwood tree in my front yard, must I cut it down?
I’d bet just as many poor whites picked cotton in the South as did slaves. I know when my family and friends picked cotton there were no blacks in the fields. This pc crap is ridiculous. Someone’s g g g g grandfather was a slave so they’re offended by a cotton stalk?
Blue Sky
White Clouds
Golden Mountains
Yes ...that’s Racist!
Twisted Logic.
The only cotton these blacks every picked was out of an aspirin bottle.
They’ve been saying that cotton is “racist” for years now.
I recall an old thread here (are threads racist too now?) about a woman who threw a fit at a clothing store because there was some raw cotton on display near some dress shirts.
Hemp should be banned because it was used to make rope.
“Put that in your pipe and smoke it!”
Hope he get the same treatment as the president of Mizzou:
Tim Wolfe resigned as the University of Missouri System president came after months of escalating racial tension
Remember Randy, these people never forgive - or forget so you might as well get it over with and resign now. Your departure for such blatant, insensitive racism will be celebrated.
Hope the alums take notice - and prospective parents like me. I'd never send my child to a campus run by a racist and coward like you.
The following is NOT a joke:
A large pad (20x30 inches) of paper on a display stand used by presenters at meetings and seminars can no longer be called a “flip chart”
It might offend Filipinos!
My grandmother and grandfather picked cotton in California. The field was full of white Okies picking cotton. I was about 4 and remember because I stayed home from school and went to work with them. Rode on my grandfathers sack while he pulled it down the rows.
My stepdad ran a cotton gin most of his career. He was foreman when the gin was running and did maintenance on the off season.
Guess I should have a bigger aversion to cotton than these idiots.....but I don’t.
A large pad (20x30 inches) of paper on a display stand used by presenters at meetings and seminars can no longer be called a “flip chart”
It might offend Filipinos!
As far as I'm aware, electrical engineers are still using the term "master-slave flip-flop."
Arizona used to have a cotton industry and the cotton was picked by white anglos. Some of their grandchildren still keep momentos of those days, including miniature bales of cotton.
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