UChicago event for ‘students of color’ draws criticism, scrutiny – College Fix

"Students of color are invited stop [sic] by for dinner and to make a finals kit to help get through your exams. Spaces will be available for socializing and quiet study. The event is offered by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs,” stated the original description for the March 16 event.
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Freddy
4 years ago

How did we get to this? Last I checked white is a color. In fact here is a list of 122 shades of white. So that means all humans have some variation of color.
https://www.color-meanings.com/shades-of-white-color-names-html-hex-rgb-codes/
What about using the term Students with various Pigmentation. This way everyone is welcome.

Pat S.
4 years ago
Reply to  Freddy

Isn’t this racial discrimination on campus?

In the 60s wasn’t it a fight for equal rights for all?

Guess discrimination on the basis of color is in vogue right now – bad decision.

debtsor
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

There’s no shortage of highly intelligent black women who could be on the SCOTUS based on merit alone. There’s a couple conservative ones out there that Biden himself fought to elevate to the appellate court precisely because he feared they would eventually be picked for the supreme court. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/1/biden-accused-hypocrisy-filibuster-against-black-f/ But the Biden Junta, as incompetent as they are, picked the dumbest of them all. It’s beyond absurd that she refused to give the definition of a woman with the excuse that she’s not a biologist. Years ago I watched the Roberts hearing (and despite that man’s many flaws). The dumb… Read more »

Last edited 4 years ago by debtsor
Pat S.
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

Wonder what the reaction would have been had Biden declared he was going to nominate a white male.

The whole atmosphere from this administration is toxic.

Zephyr Window
4 years ago
Reply to  Pat S.

Calhoun, the “Downtown Lawyer” of Amos & Andy fame would have been an excellent choice.

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