NYT article on LCPS high school re: racism

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Anonymous wrote:You know what? I empathize more strongly with the young man. I can only imagine what it is like being in a minority that is treated this way, watching your classmates use this language, and seeing no consequences for the people doing it. He was hurt and guess what, hurt and angry people lash out. Y’all are just mad at him because his gambit worked and for once a white student DID have to contend with the consequences of her actions. I hope this is a lesson to other white kids that what you put on the internet will follow you.

That’s how I feel. She is clearly a proxy for how whiteness has hurt him his whole life. Imagine being Black and growing up in river creek with a bunch of racist White people. That had to be so painful. Nobody empathizes with that though. Only with her. Because they know that could be their daughter but they don’t see anything of themselves or their kids in Jimmy. It’s sad. Her consequences actually were minor. She will be just fine. And it never would have happened had she a) not said it to begin with and b) didn’t front as a BLM as pays this summer when he knew damn well how she really was.

What is your race? Let me guess, you are a self loathing white person and a RACIST.


So any person who sees the situation differently than you is self hating?. This debate is so telling. You identify with this girl because you think she could be you or your daughter. There is no humanity in this half white half black boy in your eyes -who would never be accepted as white by the way. He doesn't look like you so there is no reflection on your part about why he did what he did or any empathy for him. There is something wrong with only being able to identify with people who look like you. Can you see how that is a problem?. Can you see that being in a country where most elected officials, most people who hold positions of power are white and think and feel like you do creates a really difficult world for those who are not?. This is literally why when a white woman goes missing it gets so much media attention, the majority of the country is white and can only identify with a person who looks like them. If you sit on a jury it's easier to vote guilty when a black person is accused because they look like the other and you can't imagine them being your son or brother etc. This thread is systemic racism in real time.

Wow, unhinged in real time ^^^. As much as you want it to, this has nothing to do with Jimmy’s race or appearance and *everything* to do with his utter lack of character. Who could possibly relate to such a conniving, malicious person? This whole story could have been a lot different - and and actual learning experience - had he simply gone directly to her and told her how it affected him to hear her use a slur. But no, he chose the most public, humiliating way to shame her. Oh well. As I’m sure you’d agree, actions have consequences. If he has become a pariah, it’s his own fault.
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Anonymous wrote:You know what? I empathize more strongly with the young man. I can only imagine what it is like being in a minority that is treated this way, watching your classmates use this language, and seeing no consequences for the people doing it. He was hurt and guess what, hurt and angry people lash out. Y’all are just mad at him because his gambit worked and for once a white student DID have to contend with the consequences of her actions. I hope this is a lesson to other white kids that what you put on the internet will follow you.

That’s how I feel. She is clearly a proxy for how whiteness has hurt him his whole life. Imagine being Black and growing up in river creek with a bunch of racist White people. That had to be so painful. Nobody empathizes with that though. Only with her. Because they know that could be their daughter but they don’t see anything of themselves or their kids in Jimmy. It’s sad. Her consequences actually were minor. She will be just fine. And it never would have happened had she a) not said it to begin with and b) didn’t front as a BLM as pays this summer when he knew damn well how she really was.

What is your race? Let me guess, you are a self loathing white person and a RACIST.


So any person who sees the situation differently than you is self hating?. This debate is so telling. You identify with this girl because you think she could be you or your daughter. There is no humanity in this half white half black boy in your eyes -who would never be accepted as white by the way. He doesn't look like you so there is no reflection on your part about why he did what he did or any empathy for him. There is something wrong with only being able to identify with people who look like you. Can you see how that is a problem?. Can you see that being in a country where most elected officials, most people who hold positions of power are white and think and feel like you do creates a really difficult world for those who are not?. This is literally why when a white woman goes missing it gets so much media attention, the majority of the country is white and can only identify with a person who looks like them. If you sit on a jury it's easier to vote guilty when a black person is accused because they look like the other and you can't imagine them being your son or brother etc. This thread is systemic racism in real time.

Wow, unhinged in real time ^^^. As much as you want it to, this has nothing to do with Jimmy’s race or appearance and *everything* to do with his utter lack of character. Who could possibly relate to such a conniving, malicious person? This whole story could have been a lot different - and and actual learning experience - had he simply gone directly to her and told her how it affected him to hear her use a slur. But no, he chose the most public, humiliating way to shame her. Oh well. As I’m sure you’d agree, actions have consequences. If he has become a pariah, it’s his own fault.
DP

The name calling, I can literally hear you screaming through your post. Are you this girl’s mom?. If not why are you so hype?. She should not have said the word and he should not have outed her. Clearly this young man felt that the racial slurs being used in his school were not being addressed and unfortunately decided to take matters into his own hands. I feel bad for both of them. That’s the point, I can empathize with both. You can only empathize with the white woman because you identify with her.

What name-calling? I didn’t call anyone a name - and neither did this girl.

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Anonymous wrote:Life altering!? She withdrew from UT. That’s IT!!

No, she was told that she would either withdraw or they would rescind her admission. She's will likely have some difficulty attaining a spot at another four-year university any time in the near future due to this incident + she has been publicly outed and shamed which may well affect future employment prospects. Her trajectory has changed, at least for the next few years years, possibly beyond.

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Anonymous wrote:The NYT makes Leesburg sound like some backwards place. I don’t know whether to lol at the Loudoun Moms who think their community is so posh or be slightly dismayed by New York’s disdain for DC/Nova.

It’s the NYT. Unless you live in NYC, LA, Portland, or Seattle, you are a backwards, unwoke redneck whom they look down upon. Which is why we subscribe to the WSJ instead.

It is a redneck backwoods judging from all these racist comments about Jimmy here and the other ones defending Mimi and her great parents. People in nova want to think they’re progressive and better than others but they’re not. We are Missouri with more degrees.

Calling someone out for being vindictive and flat-out mean is not “racist.” Sorry to disappoint. And who, exactly, has praised Mimi’s parents? Honestly, what do her parents even have to do with this? Teenagers are going to do stupid things, regardless of how good or bad their parents are.

You’re obviously seeing what you want to see through the lens of your fevered imagination. So pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Life altering!? She withdrew from UT. That’s IT!!

No, she was told that she would either withdraw or they would rescind her admission. She's will likely have some difficulty attaining a spot at another four-year university any time in the near future due to this incident + she has been publicly outed and shamed which may well affect future employment prospects. Her trajectory has changed, at least for the next few years years, possibly beyond.

This. What university will want to accept her now, thanks to the smear machine that this idiot kid put in motion?

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

+1. There are some posters on this thread that are very fearful of POC (fueled by stereotypes) and what the future holds regarding their perceived privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see in this thread an effort to cancel Jimmy. No one is pressuring his college to try to get him kicked out. People have said that future employers may individually make a decision not to hire him over this but people are not trying to wage a campaign to get companies to fire him or refuse to ever hire him. That’s cancelling.

Go back and read all the comments gleefully predicting he will never be hired, this will follow and tarnish his name and reputation forever, etc.

DP. You seem confused. No one here is trying to cancel him. We’re merely pointing out how his behavior will take care of that for him. Actions have consequences, as I’m sure you’d agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Life altering!? She withdrew from UT. That’s IT!!

No, she was told that she would either withdraw or they would rescind her admission. She's will likely have some difficulty attaining a spot at another four-year university any time in the near future due to this incident + she has been publicly outed and shamed which may well affect future employment prospects. Her trajectory has changed, at least for the next few years years, possibly beyond.

This. What university will want to accept her now, thanks to the smear machine that this idiot kid put in motion?

All the more reason to NOT USE A RACIST WORD THAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN’T.

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Anonymous wrote:Life altering!? She withdrew from UT. That’s IT!!

No, she was told that she would either withdraw or they would rescind her admission. She's will likely have some difficulty attaining a spot at another four-year university any time in the near future due to this incident + she has been publicly outed and shamed which may well affect future employment prospects. Her trajectory has changed, at least for the next few years years, possibly beyond.

This. What university will want to accept her now, thanks to the smear machine that this idiot kid put in motion?

pp here-- I'm not agreeing that this was a "smear machine" - she indisputably said what she said so it can't really be a smear campaign...but to say that she will be okay, be able to move on, or that this won't permanently damage her life and prospects is simply not true...but if so many white people are up in arms that the punishment doesn't fit the crime, then maybe we need to consider how we treat *all* children.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

+1. There are some posters on this thread that are very fearful of POC (fueled by stereotypes) and what the future holds regarding their perceived privilege.

If someone speaks to directly to their own negative experiences, that isn’t a stereotype unless it is extended to an entire class of people. Nor is an assessment of the young man’s behavior in this particular instance a stereotype. It’s just a judgment, which may or may not be warranted given the age of both of the individuals involved.

If anything, I see far more stereotypes coming from people assuming to judge the motives or beliefs of those who are sympathetic to a girl having her future totally upended based on one stupid comment made when she was 15.

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"I think what you're hearing/seeing is fear. People are realizing that a girl, who made a mistake at a young age when many, many kids make mistakes is paying for in a spectacularly public and life-altering manner. That her accomplishments, character, and work ethic are essentially meaningless at this point in her life, because of this one mistake. "

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And i'll agree that most transgressions kids make should not have spectacularly public & life-altering penalties attached to them. Violent actions need to be punished in a way that does not allow the person being hurt to continue being hurt moving forward.

But aside from that, penalties for dumb sh-t kids do should be 95% in the moment - grounding, detention, suspension from an extra-curricular for X days/weeks - not on the order of magnitude of what has happened to this girl for literally a single really stupid (and wrong) thing she did 3 years ago when a freshman in HS.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

Yeah, that has been the experience of not a single white kid going to a predominately black school. You are living in fantasy land if you don't think that ignorance and racism exist in those schools.

Alrighty. Everybody is bad, and while people are just scapegoats, right? Poor poor white people!

There is ignorance and racism in every school in this country probably, that doesn’t mean your kids can run around saying the n word, it doesn’t mean you’re a persecuted white person, and nothing is going to change your mind but life is not fair and that doesn’t make racism ok.

I think what a lot of the white people in this thread are struggling with is the concept of life being unfair. Did your parents not teach you this concept? Did you think your whiteness could always protect you from reality?

Sound like you have an axe to grind with white people. Most posters have a problem with those who want to seek revenge against someone because they were triggered by a word and their own bigoted views. You are entitled to your opinion, but you are in the minority, as there are only a couple of morons incessantly posting in support of your view. I know you came here to have your like minded views validated, but it doesn't always go your way, even on DCUM.

You know, if you think that the n word is “just a word” I don’t think you’re in the majority. I think the rest of us know better and all the harping in the world isn’t going to change that. Sorry. 😢

If you think this girl is a racist and bigot based on her use of the word in the video, I don't think you are in the majority either.

I don’t know if the girl is racist. I think she’s facing a disproportionate response, the way poor and/or kids of color face disproportionate consequences every day, without rich white parents to cushion their fall. It’s a shame, but what has happened has happened.

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Anonymous wrote:The NYT makes Leesburg sound like some backwards place. I don’t know whether to lol at the Loudoun Moms who think their community is so posh or be slightly dismayed by New York’s disdain for DC/Nova.

It’s the NYT. Unless you live in NYC, LA, Portland, or Seattle, you are a backwards, unwoke redneck whom they look down upon. Which is why we subscribe to the WSJ instead.

It is a redneck backwoods judging from all these racist comments about Jimmy here and the other ones defending Mimi and her great parents. People in nova want to think they’re progressive and better than others but they’re not. We are Missouri with more degrees.

Calling someone out for being vindictive and flat-out mean is not “racist.” Sorry to disappoint. And who, exactly, has praised Mimi’s parents? Honestly, what do her parents even have to do with this? Teenagers are going to do stupid things, regardless of how good or bad their parents are.

You’re obviously seeing what you want to see through the lens of your fevered imagination. So pathetic.

Go read every single comment.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

Yeah, that has been the experience of not a single white kid going to a predominately black school. You are living in fantasy land if you don't think that ignorance and racism exist in those schools.

Alrighty. Everybody is bad, and while people are just scapegoats, right? Poor poor white people!

There is ignorance and racism in every school in this country probably, that doesn’t mean your kids can run around saying the n word, it doesn’t mean you’re a persecuted white person, and nothing is going to change your mind but life is not fair and that doesn’t make racism ok.

I think what a lot of the white people in this thread are struggling with is the concept of life being unfair. Did your parents not teach you this concept? Did you think your whiteness could always protect you from reality?

Sound like you have an axe to grind with white people. Most posters have a problem with those who want to seek revenge against someone because they were triggered by a word and their own bigoted views. You are entitled to your opinion, but you are in the minority, as there are only a couple of morons incessantly posting in support of your view. I know you came here to have your like minded views validated, but it doesn't always go your way, even on DCUM.

Most posters here. On DCUM. A site containing the most privileged who think making $150k means you’re poor.

Society has already showed who they support and it isn’t her. Hence why she had to withdraw from school.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

Yeah, that has been the experience of not a single white kid going to a predominately black school. You are living in fantasy land if you don't think that ignorance and racism exist in those schools.

Alrighty. Everybody is bad, and while people are just scapegoats, right? Poor poor white people!

There is ignorance and racism in every school in this country probably, that doesn’t mean your kids can run around saying the n word, it doesn’t mean you’re a persecuted white person, and nothing is going to change your mind but life is not fair and that doesn’t make racism ok.

I think what a lot of the white people in this thread are struggling with is the concept of life being unfair. Did your parents not teach you this concept? Did you think your whiteness could always protect you from reality?

Sound like you have an axe to grind with white people. Most posters have a problem with those who want to seek revenge against someone because they were triggered by a word and their own bigoted views. You are entitled to your opinion, but you are in the minority, as there are only a couple of morons incessantly posting in support of your view. I know you came here to have your like minded views validated, but it doesn't always go your way, even on DCUM.

Most posters here. On DCUM. A site containing the most privileged who think making $150k means you’re poor.

Society has already showed who they support and it isn’t her. Hence why she had to withdraw from school.

Society is a bit larger than the UT admissions office. The bulk of opinion since this Times article has been published is of the view that the girl was callous, the boy came out looking worse because he was manipulative and vindictive, and the university over-reacted.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

LCPS is FCPS of 25 years ago. Move further out, live with more white people. So, you live that insulated, kids (unchecked) act like this. Lack of diversity doesn't inoculate a community from racism, just let people live without real consequence. Until that kid blew up her spot. Small prices compared to the number of POC that have been derailed by their public school experiences.

Do you honestly think kids don’t do this kind of stuff in FCPS? How quickly you forget about the disastrous rollout of online learning in April where kids yelled/wrote/sung the n-word in classes. It happened to my son in one of his classes and we can only assume he was targeted given he was the only Black student in the class.

It happens in FCPS but it definitely is worse in Loudoun because LCPS parents especially as you get farther out in Loudoun tend to be more likely to be okay with it. I grew up in Loudoun as the child of a LCPS administrator.

Ok? I grew up in LCPS am Black and now have two children in FCPS. FCPS is no better when it comes to this type of stuff. Before the pandemic, my son couldn’t do a week without hearing the n-word spoken by his fellow students.

+ 1 np

What is the intent? Is it being directed at him? If so, he should stick up for himself, just like white kids have to do at mostly black schools.

I’m sure you’re an expert on the white experience in black schools.

My kids look white and are in black schools where...

Everyone is nice to them.

Yeah, that has been the experience of not a single white kid going to a predominately black school. You are living in fantasy land if you don't think that ignorance and racism exist in those schools.

Alrighty. Everybody is bad, and while people are just scapegoats, right? Poor poor white people!

There is ignorance and racism in every school in this country probably, that doesn’t mean your kids can run around saying the n word, it doesn’t mean you’re a persecuted white person, and nothing is going to change your mind but life is not fair and that doesn’t make racism ok.

I think what a lot of the white people in this thread are struggling with is the concept of life being unfair. Did your parents not teach you this concept? Did you think your whiteness could always protect you from reality?

Sound like you have an axe to grind with white people. Most posters have a problem with those who want to seek revenge against someone because they were triggered by a word and their own bigoted views. You are entitled to your opinion, but you are in the minority, as there are only a couple of morons incessantly posting in support of your view. I know you came here to have your like minded views validated, but it doesn't always go your way, even on DCUM.

Most posters here. On DCUM. A site containing the most privileged who think making $150k means you’re poor.

Society has already showed who they support and it isn’t her. Hence why she had to withdraw from school.

Society is a bit larger than the UT admissions office. The bulk of opinion since this Times article has been published is of the view that the girl was callous, the boy came out looking worse because he was manipulative and vindictive, and the university over-reacted.

That’s the times- a lot of the commenters here have a berserk, empathy-free view of the young man, like he should be shunned and never recover for being an angry jerk in high school. It’s a little weird.