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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So are white people unwelcome at Howard?[/quote]

Only if they have dogs on the grounds of the university property. Take away the dogs and all are welcome.  :mrgreen: [/quote]

Good.  Then Howard should post the campus for no dogs and security personnel should enforce it.[/quote]

Well I really do not think non HU students should be picnicking on the yard. It’s a college campus. I went to an urban school with a quad. I could not image the neighbors walking their dogs or setting up a picnic on it. It’s not a public park. It’s an active and integral part of the university. Just because it’s an open spaces does not mean it’s free to use as you see fit. [/quote]

I'm another one who went to Columbia University.  People from the neighborhood were always entering the campus. Because it's an urban campus.  No one checked IDs.  Security guards were present and as long as people were being pleasant, it was no big deal.  [/quote]

Yeah, but black Columbia students get harassed by campus security to this day. It's "no big deal" if you're white ... if you thnk that people could come over to the steps of Lowe from the Frederick Douglass houses and hang out all day, you're deluded.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/14/video-shows-black-columbia-student-pinned-by-campus-police-after-failing-show-his-id/[/quote]

No one is saying racism doesn't exist.  But imagine the uproar if Columbia students (generally whiter and richer than their neighbors) wanted to keep its neighbors from Harlem from entering the campus.  [/quote]

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