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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't even know what to say anymore. If these kids feel that the conditions at Yale are intolerably racist and offensive, I seriously do not know where they will feel "safe" once they leave the cocooned environment of academia. I read the email and am appalled that the author's words are being twisted and mischaracterized the way they are, and that both she and her husband are so completely under fire. Of course Yale, as all universities it seems these days, are cowering and buckling under the emotion-based screaming and ranting and accusations of "RACISM!!!!" I am a liberal - never voted for a republican and never will (unless they miraculously turn around from the insane path they're currently on), but this trend in academia scares the crap out out of me. Maybe Univ of Chicago is the last bastion of sanity. We'll see how long they last tho. [/quote]

And I'm sure you feel that nooses hanging from college trees, nigger scrawled on college walls, swastikas drawn on dorm room doors at othet colleges is simply free expression.  Though, I think much of the email was mischaracterized.

And if you think UChicago would stand for one second for the aforementioned in the name of free expression, you haven't a clue what Chixago stands for.[/quote]

Big differences between nooses and swasitkas, and a [b]college kid wearing an Indian headdress on Halloween. [/b]If you can't see the nuance, I think that Chicago's education has failed you.

-A UofC Alum[/quote]And many native Americans would think your Chicago education has conveniently failed you.[/quote]The cavalier comment about the Indian headdress was meant to be harmless, I assume.  While wearing a headdress may be meaningless to the PP, it probably carries more seriousness to someone native American/Indian.  Years ago, I took my kids to a pow-wow in Maryland and during the performance, an eagle feather from the headdress fell to the ground.  The whole ceremony came to a halt while the feather was retrieved and some type of respectful, quiet, interaction on the field took place.  I didn't see the "importance" but the tribe did.  Should I feel that it was an unnecessary, emotional-based response or show respect for something I didn't understand and make some attempt to understand and engage without being labeled politically correct.  My new found knowledge of the feather event gave me incredible insight, understanding AND appreciation.

There are those who always shout political correctness but that isn't always the case and times when we have to realize that respect would go a long way to resolving social problems.  Just as I put my hand over my heart when I say the pledge, I would expect others who are unfamiliar with the practice or prefer not to engage in the practice to respect those that do.[/quote]

This is the kind of response that the Halloween costume might initiate. You are not invalidating the points made by the Yale administration. My comment about the Indian headdress was not cavalier,[b] but rather an example about a not-uncommon costume that some people find offensive.[/b] Someone wearing that costume might not be aware that it is offensive. Some might not care. But, students must learn to navigate this world and weather these sorts of disruptions to one's ideal existence. It's not like having a burning cross on your front lawn.[/quote]

Then they don't have to wear the costume, do they?  People need to stop taking offense in everything.  [/quote]

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