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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are 2 issues being co-mingled on this thread.

1) white people allowed on a "traditionally black" campus

and

2) dogs being allowed on said campus.

I have a big problem if white people are not allowed, but I have no problem whatsoever with them banning dogs. In fact, I wish they would. If more places banned dogs then maybe entitled dog owners would stop thinking they must have a right to take Fido with them everywhere by default.

I think there are some AA people posting who genuinely don't have a problem with white people/neighbors on campus as long as they don't bring their dogs. There seem to be others (or one other) posting saying that it's more than the dogs, it's that the white people still aren't really welcome for whatever reason because it's offensive given the history.[/quote]

Given that white people can enroll in and teach at Howard, it's obviously not true that white people aren't allowed on campus.  Come on. [b] The issue is dogs.  [/b]

Another separate issue might be if there's a big influx of residents not connected to Howard, who suddenly decide to start using the quad like a park (dog or no).  That would probably be an issue regardless of their color; but the fact that they are likely to be white gentrifiers would add to the tension, for obvious reasons.  [/quote]
If that were true then Howard students wouldn’t be tweeting “Dear White People...”. They’d be tweeting “Dear Asshat Dog Owners...” or “Dear POS Hipster that thinks the school should move...” But keep arguing it’s only about dogs...[/quote]

If the people committing these disrespectful behaviors against the university institution happen to be predominately white, why should the students mask their language?   :roll: [/quote]

So if people wanted to write an open letter about curtailing violent crime in the District of Columbia, it would be ok with you (under your “predominantly” committing the behavior standard), to begin “Dear Black people...”?   Why mask language?

Hmmm.  I didn’t think so.

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I’m pretty sure people do this already last I checked on Popville, blogs, DCUM, twitter and everywhere else. I suspect you want to engage in a “race war” rather than understand the issue is simply about dogs. I bid you farewell and put the devil in you under my feet to trample upon. I do not simply engage with devils and let the L-d handle you. [/quote]

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