UCSD Students Say Deeper Racism Exists On Campus (After Frat Party Incident)

KPBS ^ | February 24, 2010 | AnaTintocalis

[driftdiver]

‘And our government legitimizes it. “

Only for certain races.

[Random Access]

Ah to be young, in San Diego and waiting for spring. There are way more important things to be tending to than this kind of crap. Things like surf, beer, tan lines and maybe even studies.

[1010RD]

It sounds more like liberal brainwashing to create victims.

Robinson is referring to a note found at UCSD last week that read "Compton lynching"...Many minority students have said the incidents speak to a larger problem.

It sounds like a set up -some note found, hidden conspiracies against black students, "many" minority students have said (how many?), a small incident that only points to a larger problem- Sounds more like an Al Sharpton media festival.

The two girls quoted are allegedly top students, but listen to what they say, "“The whole party was planned to dehumanize our culture,” Diop said. “They chose to emphasize the parts of our culture we have no control over. Who wants to live in the ghetto?”

The party sounds like it was in poor taste, but ghetto isn't black culture. These girls by their own hard work have chosen the true black culture of success. I know black doctors, architects and lawyers who are in their late seventies and eighties who made it on their own when you really could be lynched. They succeeded without affirmative action and out-competed their white counterparts. They rejected welfare and have the following in common - they stayed married and raised children in those marriages. Other than that they come from varied backgrounds.

This is a non-story looking for legs. Dumb Frat party yes, racial tension, I don't think so.

[driftdiver]

‘Of course there is reverse racism”

Treating white people differently and poorly because of their skin color is not “reverse” racism. It is racism.

Treating anyone differently and limiting their opportunity based on their skin color is wrong.

“When you don’t actually see that - well, that is your problem.”

My problem? you’re whacked

[skeeter]

How about they just ignore it?

This kind of offensive behavior exists in ALL cultures and for the same reasons.

The law is colorblind (with the exception of hate crimes laws), and discrimination in the workplace is illegal, to say the least.

Shall we be protected from offensive behavior, as well?

[truthguy]

African American student Bijon Robinson is a top scholar and athlete at UCSD. Dozens of colleges tried to recruit her. Now she regrets her decision.

My sister was also a top scholar and was accepted at a number of the most prestigious universities. 3 of them were in the Ivy League. But not any of them recruited her.
Give me a break Bijon. I'll bet good money you were an AA baby from the get go. If you don't like it at UCSD, then transfer and make room for another student who most likely is better qualified for UCSD.

[qwertypie]

I’m trying to figure out when it will end.

You will recognize that day when lame slights are brushed off as no big deal. As long as the molehill remains the mountain, people will be on edge and uncomfortable with each other.

[Deagle]

Well, okay - we are just describing reverse racism differently...okay? Really, this is not about a word game, it is more serious that that... at least I would hope.

[truthguy]

Some say the Compton Cookout was just meant to be a parody. But Robinson and her bestfriend Eliz Diop are not laughing. “The whole party was planned to dehumanize our culture,” Diop said. “They chose to emphasize the parts of our culture we have no control over. Who wants to live in the ghetto?”

Many minority students have said the incidents speak to a larger problem. African Americans make up only 2 percent of UCSD’s student population. The majority are whites and Asians.

Wow, how horrible. Many students have to worry about personnel safety at their universities. How about Columbia where females are scared to walk the campus at night. The same is true at Yale as well. And these students are upset becasue of a parody at an off campus frat party? These are the types who are trying to be offended. They want to be offended and they are looking for things to be offended about. What a joke this whole thing is.

As for minorities, that's a code word in academic speak. They are referring to blacks and hispanics, not Asians. Asians could care less about this sort of thing. Too busy hitting the books to let stupid things like an off campus party bother them.

[Isabel C.]

I know there will be some Freepers talking about reverse discrimination....

There's no such thing as "reverse discrimination". Discrimination is discrimination, no matter who's doing the discriminating or who's being discriminated against.

[driftdiver]

I argue the point because saying reverse only enforces the differences between people. There is only racism and discrimination.

A person of any race can be ignorant, criminal, lazy OR hardworking, smart, honest. Family and culture certainly have an impact. Some cultures do not place an emphasis on the same things.

[nomad]

They don`t do as they say because so many Kool-aider “minorities” will tow the line and not call out their Progressive masters when they pull their “get out of racism D card”.That D next to their names seems to give the hardcore rat immunity to the racism charge,certainly as far as the Lame Stream Media is concerned.

[Rebelbase]

Being insensitive and stupid is a rite of passage for young people, not necessarily bone deep racism in this case.

My crowd threw a Guyana party a month after Jonestown with Kool-Aid/grain alcohol served out of a metal tub with squirt syringes. Insensitive, absolutely.

But amazingly every one of us eventually grew up.

[SeminoleSoldier]

Well said.

[Deagle]

Actually understand and agree... It is a problem that we can’t even discuss the problem without getting into word meanings though. It only causes more of a gulf between all of us.

[brwnsuga]

maybe you are also the cause of this type of strife.

I can’t see why I am the cause of racial strife.

[brwnsuga]

black studenys get all uppity

your slip is showing

[Jack Hydrazine]

“The whole party was planned to dehumanize our culture”

How can you dehumanize a cult that has debased itself into a 70 percent out-of-wedlock birth rate? Or the disproportionately high percentage of HIV/AIDS cases for this group of people?

[brwnsuga]

Why is the answer to a story on white racism towards blacks alway an example of black racism towards whites. I knew when I read this post that eventually it would lean that way and it did. I would really just love to know when all humans could just do as MLK spoke of and judge people by the content of their character. Whether black, white, Asian or Hispanic....we should just give it a rest.

[brwnsuga]

Dumb Frat party yes, racial tension, I don’t think so.

I dare say that if you were a black student at that campus it would be very upsetting for these types of parties to be occurring. It would feel like a betrayal of all your hard work getting into the college and having to deal with some dumb a$$ white kids who don’t really know any black people.