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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's sad to see white DC residents so culturally illiterate about Howard and HBCUs and black history.  I admit that when I first moved to DC, I had the model of college campuses with a more open feeling (having grown up in land grant college towns). So yeah, the first time I jogged through the Howard campus, it felt different.  But, it didn't take me long to learn about the history of the U st area, Howard, and HBCUs, as well as to grasp why being on the Howard campus as a white person meant I needed to go out of my way to be respectful.

If you are clutching your pearls and can't figure out why there would be tension surrounding an influx of disrespectful white dog walkers on the Howard campus, then you're pretty culturally ignorant. [/quote]

+1   THIS.EXACTLY.SUMS.UP.MY.THOUGHTS

Why is it so hard for urban gentrifiers to understand that Black/AA people don’t want their cultural historic piece of property desecrated by animals? To continue in such a manner means that people are willing to put animal nature over human feelings. That thought process is both despicable and shows how far basic humanity principles have eroded. [/quote]

DP  What about all the other animals?  Are they going to kick out the rats, possums, squirrels, chipmunks?  All people should be allowed to walk their dogs  full stop.  If it is an open campus than they shouldn't yell at people either.  [/quote]

:shock: You are kidding right? How stupid can one be to even form such a sentence? Clearly, the listed animals are ones in nature. It’s a sad day when some white people embarass the rest of us who understand Howard’s viewpoint.  :roll: [/quote]

If the argument is they don't want to sit in pee than they should know they probably already are.    That was my point.  But, keep being SHOCKED!  It is just pee and shouldn't be a big deal.   What if 20 dog owners decided to walk their dogs on the campus at once?  I wouldn't do it but, there might be people who decide that now they know this upsets students at Howard than they might.[/quote]

[b]Well then those dog walkers might get heckled by students. Of course, they can’t [b]complain or be upset[/b] if they are choosing to be disrespectful to the norms of the university campus.[/b]  :D [/quote]

Of course you can  complain if you are being harassed.  Sounds like when a girl is raped and others say well she shouldn't have been walking there or wearing that skirt.  If there is no ban on dogs, than the students should leave the dog walkers alone.

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