Posted on 11/20/2020 10:59:02 AM PST by rellimpank
UW-Madison is moving forward on a plan to remove a boulder from Observatory Hill after calls from students of color who see the rock as a painful reminder of the history of racism on campus.
The 70-ton boulder is officially known as Chamberlin Rock in honor of Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, a geologist and former university president. But the rock was referred to at least once after it was dug out of the hill as a “ni--erhead,” a commonly used expression in the 1920s to describe any large dark rock.
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Madison. Beautiful city, ugly government.
Nowdays they’d get by with calling it blackhead. Comparing a rock to a festered pimple is also problematic
They have rocks in their heads.
What a waste of time and money on a toxic belief system.
Beyond parody.
But money spent moving a 70-ton racist rock might be money not spent on the core university mission - pouring hatred of America into students’ minds.
“symbol of racist past”
Hmmm, Slo Joe has a racist past, can we get a bulldozer over to his house?
UW must have money to burn. Time to request refunds.
After they move that rock, will they then remove all the coral outgrowths from the shallows?
Have any of these idiots heard of the Myth of Sisyphus?
There is never any kind of push-back against these crazy demands. So we will most certainly get more of it.
Old days:
Student: “That boulder offends me!”
College administrator: “Then don’t look at it.”
Today:
Student: “That boulder offends me!”
College administrator: “My apologies. It will be removed immediately.”
passed a rock today that called me a cracka- Can i sue?
Cheaper to just paint it white.
So, call the field where the rock used to be, “Nagger Head Field”, where people who annoy you like to hang out.
This is just the beginning... EVERY large black rock on planet Earth must be dug up and pulverized. And white people have to pay for it.
What makes it a commonly used expression if no one ever heard it before?
Shut the school down, that would make more sense and be a bigger benefit than moving a big rock/boulder.
I’m guessing they’ll smash it into gravel. We just can’t allow racist boulders to run around loose.
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