lack of protests at HBCUs

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/us/politics/biden-morehouse-black-colleges.html

Why Antiwar Protests Haven’t Flared Up at Black Colleges Like Morehouse​
The White House appears anxious about President Biden’s coming speech at Morehouse College. But for complex reasons, such campuses have had far less visible Gaza tensions.

As President Biden prepares to give graduation remarks this month at Morehouse College in Atlanta, a prestigious historically Black institution, the White House is signaling anxiety about the potential for protests over the war in Gaza.

During a recent visit to Atlanta, Vice President Kamala Harris stopped to ask the Morehouse student government president about the sentiment on campus about the conflict, how students felt about Mr. Biden’s visit and what the graduating class would like to hear from him on May 19.

Then, on Friday, the White House dispatched the leader of its public engagement office and one of its most senior Black officials, Stephen K. Benjamin, to the Morehouse campus for meetings to take the temperature of students, faculty members and administrators.

The reasons for concern are clear: Nationwide demonstrations over the war and Mr. Biden’s approach to it have inflamed more than 60 colleges and universities, stoked tensions within the Democratic Party and created new headaches for his re-election bid.

Yet Mr. Biden appears to be entering a different type of scene at Morehouse.

While anger over the war remains palpable at Morehouse and other historically Black colleges and universities, these campuses have been largely free of turmoil, and tensions are far less evident: no encampments, few loud protests and little sign of Palestinian flags flying from dorm windows.

I have a feeling pro-Palestinians will not find this acceptable. Black Americans, free from worry about this conflict, how dare they? Sorry, we have the right to be.

[jsteele]

You might be counting your chickens before they are hatched:

[Anonymous]

Because these students know manipulation when they see it and understand how to avoid the issues.

[Anonymous]

If Jews were 25% of hbcu enrollment, there would be unbelievable protests

It’s the same why you don’t see protests in East Asia about this issue - Jews and Muslims aren’t in East Asia (and the latter are tightly policed / re-educated)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because these students know manipulation when they see it and understand how to avoid the issues.

I worry that if Kamala Harris ever becomes Presidents, she is going to receive a lot of hate if she continues Biden's pro Israel policies. A 1) Black 2) female not following the demands of Muslim men who think they are a a higher strata than her? They are not going to take that lightly.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because these students know manipulation when they see it and understand how to avoid the issues.

I worry that if Kamala Harris ever becomes Presidents, she is going to receive a lot of hate if she continues Biden's pro Israel policies. A 1) Black 2) female not following the demands of Muslim men who think they are a a higher strata than her? They are not going to take that lightly.

Well, OP, since you have just exposed yourself as an Islamophobe, I don't think there is a need for this thread.