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Trump, hate Crimes, and UMass
UMass Daily Collegian ^ | 1/12/16 | Dunn

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


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KEYWORDS: hatecrimehoax; hatecrimes; snowflakes
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To: pabianice
Shaymus, Shaymus, Shaymus. Your are experiencing one or more of the following:

1. A bad dream.

2. An undigested piece of meat.

3. The Spirit of Stupid Present.

21 posted on 01/12/2017 11:29:41 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: pabianice

This is the product of an educated college student? Pathetic!!


22 posted on 01/12/2017 11:34:09 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: pabianice

Is the person who wrote that piece a real human? It believes the english teacher assessment...without thinking...when we were kids and we used to throw rocks, unripe hard peaches, balls, fists at our best friends, we still are friends...the possible personal misinterpretation of intent of the apple gang by the person of color(whitish color)?...appears to indicate that this person already feels disrespected and unwanted
Sentence: Two years trying to start a business with the money being spent at your college for your safe education.


23 posted on 01/12/2017 11:35:39 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: pabianice

I seriously doubt that this took place. Believe me.....


24 posted on 01/12/2017 11:36:48 AM PST by DickBrannigan (And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
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To: pabianice
Oh, so she hates Apples and Germans. Got it.

No Apple Pie and no Strudel for you!

25 posted on 01/12/2017 11:37:15 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: pabianice

Someone needs to take away this kid’s platform. Not because his head is full of foolish PC ideas, but because he can’t write. Good lord.


26 posted on 01/12/2017 11:40:22 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: pabianice

“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.”

Proof? Just like the racists allegedly present at the Trump rally.


27 posted on 01/12/2017 11:40:33 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: pabianice

Just a lot more bull Sh*t from the left. I have heard about a lot of hate crimes but they are usually debunked in just a few days. Fake news = Hate news. It just is not in our DNA to hate others. We may not like what “they” do but. . .


28 posted on 01/12/2017 11:43:39 AM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country. NOW!!!)
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To: DickBrannigan

Apples on the ground in Massachusetts in January - RIGHT.


29 posted on 01/12/2017 11:43:55 AM PST by Dacula (I have a disease called AWESOME, you would not understand it since you don't have it.)
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To: Flick Lives

Were they walking under an apple tree?

To pelt someone with 40 apples would take several minutes. even doing it fast would require 3 to 4 seconds for each one. Times 40 would be more than 3 minutes. It would seem to be pretty obvious that you would need to move right along regardless of the motive. Unless of course you had large mob which again would have also been very obvious.

Phony BS again by the left.


30 posted on 01/12/2017 11:49:08 AM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country. NOW!!!)
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To: TigerClaws

Hey - his friend knows a guy who heard about a woman whose 12 year old daughter may have overheard a guy that might have said it, so that’s good enough for me.

This is journalism at its best. I’m proud of him for not wanting to get actual reports and interview real witnesses. He just goes with his gut. “I’m black. Somebody might have thrown something at me. It must be because I’m black. They must be Trump supporters if they threw something at me because I’m black.”


31 posted on 01/12/2017 11:54:28 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: pabianice

Oh, my....


32 posted on 01/12/2017 11:58:28 AM PST by onedoug
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To: pabianice

Fake Editorial News.


33 posted on 01/12/2017 11:59:59 AM PST by JerseyDvl (PRESIDENT TRUMP trumps hate and racism! Put some ice on it Hitlery ;-)
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To: pabianice
Ahh, UMass, the territory of the roaming Trigglypuff

Inundated with... as Profesor Gad Saad calls these 'men'... "Sneaky F'ers"

My Chat with "Mr." Lauren Southern (THE SAAD TRUTH_332)
(language warning, don't click if easily offended by words)

34 posted on 01/12/2017 12:09:25 PM PST by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: pabianice

Shaymus, first...learn how to spell your name.

Second. Do you really think that in the 5 College area that the rights of women and people of color are going to be abridged? You are a crazy man.

Third. Shut up and go to class.


35 posted on 01/12/2017 12:10:14 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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To: pabianice

B A R F A L E R T.

When it comes to racial hatred, the RATs wrote the book.


36 posted on 01/12/2017 12:38:08 PM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA IS ALL THAT TRULY MATTERS)
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To: JimSEA

His sentence structure is frequently tortuous and his overall structure somewhat rambling and disorganized. I hope that English professor gives “Shaymus” a refund.


37 posted on 01/12/2017 12:57:41 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: TigerClaws
Shame-us?

Shame-us Dunn-ce

38 posted on 01/12/2017 1:28:15 PM PST by Third Person
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To: pabianice
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.”

Wheras if he were not indoctrinated in victimhood, he would have said, "I feel like there are a couple of a-holes wasting apples who are going to get a beatdown."

39 posted on 01/12/2017 2:06:36 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: dirtymac
To pelt someone with 40 apples would take several minutes. even doing it fast would require 3 to 4 seconds for each one. Times 40 would be more than 3 minutes.

It would also require at least $20 for the apples, unless these college students had a car to drive to a remote farm stand instead of paying urban prices. The convenience stores in this suburb charge a dollar for a single apple. The chain grocery sells them for $2 a pound, which equals about $.60 per apple, depending on size. Forty apples would cost $24 to $40. So I guess the racist apple-throwers are also trust fund babies...

40 posted on 01/12/2017 2:17:14 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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