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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think residents have to put up with a lot with a college nearby (parking etc). Additionally even if you think it’s private property, your taxes do a lot to fund colleges and provide them with tax free status.

That being said no one should leave dog poop where others might be lounging in the grass. [/quote]

White person here who knows nothing about "black universities", but regardless of the color of the students, if you choose to live near a university then you choose both the pros AND the cons that it comes with. It sounds like this place didn't just spring up overnight.

You can be surprised and shocked that white people aren't allowed/welcome there (from my perspective, that's called racism and I thought that wasn't an okay thing in this country) but you can't seriously be surprised that university staff, students and guests need to get to the university somehow.

Have a bit of sense.[/quote]

PP, you are both ignorant of basic reading comprehension and culturally unresponsive. No where did students nor the university say that white people or any specific race was banned from their campus. The university and its students have simply asked that people respectfully pass around the campus when walking their pets. Of course, the culturally unresponsive and entitled people such as yourself make this dog ban about your personhood.  :roll: [/quote]

The subtext throughout this whole thread has been exactly that - that white people aren't welcome there, regardless of whether they have a dog.

If someone set up a space - store or educational institution or whatever - and then had people posting on an internet forum about how they'd really rather that black people wouldn't come into our safe space because we feel much more comfortable around our own color, heads would roll.

Other posters have already made it clear that a dog ban wouldn't be enough - they don't want white people there at all.

Believe it or not, racism goes both ways.[/quote]

Wrong, those posters have stated they don’t want white people audaciously walk with their dodge through a historic Black/AA university without first understanding the implications. Previous posters have noted that if white people want to continue to feel entitled to a space without respect of the culture that’s already present then they should not be permitted on the grounds at all. Respectability comes before anyone’s  color complex. If certain white people feel the need to denigrate a space then they should stay off the grounds of Howard. Of course, I’m sure Howard is welcoming to other white people—-you know that kind that are cultured & have manners. [/quote]

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