Too early to start thinking W&M/UVA?
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Anonymous
I heard the mayor of Charlottesville (a VCU graduate) interviewed yesterday about the anniversary of the riot and she went out of her way to point out that the organizers were UVA graduates. She says the community is in denial. |
Anonymous
| ^^ No, she did not. |
Anonymous
Yes she did, it was on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/636237752/white-nationalist-rally-exposed-what-lies-beneath-charlottesville-s-exterior |
Anonymous
KING: I want to ask you about the Unite the Right rally. Why do you think this group of people picked the city of Charlottesville to hold this rally? WALKER: So one thing, you know, we have to make sure that we understand that the two organizers of the rally were two UVA alumni. KING: Graduates of the University of Virginia. WALKER: Yes. So that's No. 1. So this narrative that they were outsiders who descended upon us and wreaked havoc and left, that's a false narrative. And it's the narrative that people in positions of power, primarily people who are white and privileged, wanted to tell to get back to the business as usual, the return to their normal, because these were, you know, people from outside our 10.3 square miles. |
Anonymous
| She did not say "the community is in denial" as you claimed. I went and checked before posting. |
Anonymous
Well, I was paraphrasing and summarizing from memory and I think I wasn't too far off. She did say: WALKER: Yes. So that's No. 1. So this narrative that they were outsiders who descended upon us and wreaked havoc and left, that's a false narrative. And it's the narrative that people in positions of power, primarily people who are white and privileged, wanted to tell to get back to the business as usual, the return to their normal, because these were, you know, people from outside our 10.3 square miles. WALKER: The illusion that we are a town that everybody can thrive in, the illusion of perfection - right? - when we have a lot of people in positions of power who are facilitating the illusion. So I immediately wanted people to ask, what's the illusion? And then I would go into the illusion is that everyone can thrive. So the unmasking illusion was to have this very open and direct conversation about what Charlottesville really is like. WALKER: So before, people would ask me, what do you mean by the illusion? After the rally, they stopped asking me that question. This whole notion that we are a post-racial society and everybody can thrive in Charlottesville - they had to stop and ask themselves why Charlottesville? Why us? Why now? And, you know, people want to talk just about statues. But it's deeper than the statues. |
Anonymous
And I thought mayors are supposed to be boosters for their cities. . . |
Anonymous
| Not Nikuyah Walker. She's a SJW type with an agenda. Citizens are not happy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/charlottesville-virginia-nikuyah-walker-interview |
Anonymous
| ^^. She's new. Not a Cap 'n Gown type of person. Just wants to hear herself talk on TV |
Anonymous
As a UVA alum, can I say in response to this HAHAHAHAHAHA. You are kidding yourself if you think your NOVA high stats kids are not a huge part of the frat scene. |
Anonymous
Trying to deflect from what a sh*tty job her police department did. |
Anonymous
She wasn't mayor then, so she doesn't hesitate to criticize any and all. I heard an interview with her on NPR and kept thinking she would sooner or later say something like "but Charlottesville is a great place even though we may have some problems" but she definitely did not do that. |
Anonymous
She is telling the truth about her community. |
Anonymous
No. Give the kid some damn breathing room for chrissakes. |
Anonymous
You equate not being in a fraternity with not being involved. You think non-members don’t go to fraternity/sorority parties? In a social scene dominated by fraternities many, many other people are part of that scene. |