Or are they simply saying that all Germans look alike to them? Or can't they tell the difference between an Iron Cross and a Swastika?
Posted on 01/12/2017 11:07:11 AM PST by pabianice
With all of the controversy going on because of this year’s election, we’ve seen an uprising in hate crimes throughout the country. As a white male here at the University of Massachusetts, I’m deeply concerned for my friends who are being singled out by these Trump supporters. I’m not saying all of Trump’s supporters hate people of color and women, but there are some here at UMass that do.
In an article talking about the rise of hate crimes in New York since Trump was elected the author Michael Daly writes, “Donald Trump has almost certainly helped spur a hate crime spike in a city that derives its greatness from its diversity and otherwise leads the rest of the country in crime reduction.” In another article from the New Yorker we see a specific hate crime: “One woman in Colorado told the S.P.L.C. that her twelve-year-old daughter was approached by a boy who said, ‘Now that Trump is President, I’m going to shoot you and all the blacks I can find.’”
These issues are occurring here at UMass. My friend, who is a person of color, and I were walking to get food one night as multiple apples were thrown at us from up high. When we looked at the ground, we saw about 40 apples. A few days later in English class my teacher mentioned how there is a group of people who are throwing apples at people of color. I was furious that someone was doing that. More importantly, UMass still hasn’t taken action. This cannot be ignored and most certainly won’t be forgotten.
Another issue I am writing to you about is the Nazi-affiliated flag hanging in a window in a dorm. This flag is referred to as the “German Imperial War Flag.” I always thought college campuses were supposed to be safe, but to me this makes no one feel safe.
In an interview with my friend, I asked him how the two incidents made him feel. About the apple throwing, he said, “It made me feel disrespected and like I don’t belong.” When asked about the flag, he said, “That made me see that the world is not progressing as well we thought it was.”
UMass Amherst is a very diverse school with many different races, yet my friend feels like he does not belong. One part of the UMass mission statement states, “The University of Massachusetts Amherst, as a public land-grant institution, has a responsibility to provide access and opportunities for all people, while demonstrating our commitment to inclusion of historically underrepresented groups.” This is actually very ironic considering my friend, as I stated earlier, feels as though he does not belong.
From,
Shaymus Dunn, UMass student
Shame-us?
Total fake news delusional victimhood syndrome.
Another azzkizzing white boy Millennial searching for validation
Or are they simply saying that all Germans look alike to them? Or can't they tell the difference between an Iron Cross and a Swastika?
These Trump supporters just won’t leave me alone. I’m practically surrounded by them, and they follow me around, positioning themselves in trees over my head, just to torment me and my friends of color.
To say it's a nazi flag is like saying that the Pistole Parabellum 08 is a nazi handgun. Both false, and indicative of an extremely childish grasp of history.
Ok doing a quick Google search on the term this page seems to make it clear that although it was German, it was not Nazi related, and in fact pre-dates the Nazis by decades.
It might be the hate group of Liberals that are causing the problems?
Or maybe you had a bad dream?
Perhaps there is a need to grow up.
/eyeroll
I am riddled with guilt. I don’t know if I am guilty of a “microagression,” “microinvalidation,” or a “hate crime” when I state I don’t believe a single word of Shaymus’ story. Not one word.
Not surprised that a 21st century college student doesn’t know that the Kaiser and Hitler were two very different people.
COPS: Black Teen Behind ‘KoolkidsKlanKkk’ Account Threatening Black Students.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/01/11/police-cite-student-for-threat-made-at-arundel-high-school/
WHEN ONLY THE TRUTH WILL DO....
Can the hate-crime hoaxers be charged with libel? They really need to start feeling the consequences of their conflict with reality.
“Another issue I am writing to you about is the Nazi-affiliated flag hanging in a window in a dorm. This flag is referred to as the “German Imperial War Flag.””
That is NOT a “Nazi-affiliated flag”. That flag predates the Nazis by decades.
The writer is either on psychiatric meds or should be. This is fiction in the extreme.
When questioned, the “victims” of these “hate crimes” can only give vague descriptions of the perps and have no witnesses.
I'm not.
I'm going to the store for apples.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Yep. Where is the smartphone video of the apple-pelting incident?
As a graduate of this very lousy educational institution I also experienced a spontaneous eye roll. One more thing, the writer mentions S P L C. I assume he is referring to the Southern Poverty Law Center. I have learned to ignore anything and everything related to this Victimization Racquet.
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