Blacks only graduation at U of T...WTF!

[basketcase]

tell that to the struggling poor whites in Appalachia, U.S.A

And now you are suggesting whites are a minority in the US? Damn you are funny.

 

[canada-man]

And now you are suggesting whites are a minority in the US? Damn you are funny.

i never said whites are a minority. solve your reading comprehension problems

 

[wigglee]

Graduating students of all races are welcome to attend the inclusive graduation. Noboby is barring them. It is they who are setting up the racially exclusive alternative graduation, where they will mingle only with their own kind instead of networking with all their peers. Steve Bannon is smiling.

 

[Keebler Elf]

I don't see a problem with this. If they were asking for university funding to do it, or if it was replacing the official graduation ceremony then I'd call bullshit but if black students want to have their own little get together so be it.

Just remember, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

[harryass]

they can do what they want. Just don't play the race card for every feeble excuse each time when ya think someone or something done yah wrong.

 

[GPIDEAL]

This, however, is different. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Black Students Association or the Vietnamese Students Association having a reception for graduating members, but having an event that mimics a graduation: sitting graduates in academic regalia that as already stated sends a unfortunate message.

Mimic graduation? They can't graduate again. I think it's just a post-graduation celebration.

 

[GPIDEAL]

I don't see a problem with this. If they were asking for university funding to do it, or if it was replacing the official graduation ceremony then I'd call bullshit but if black students want to have their own little get together so be it.

Just remember, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Agreed.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Graduating students of all races are welcome to attend the inclusive graduation. Noboby is barring them. It is they who are setting up the racially exclusive alternative graduation, where they will mingle only with their own kind instead of networking with all their peers. Steve Bannon is smiling.

Oh smoke a joint and relax. It's not a graduation ceremony but a post-graduation celebration. If they want to pat each other on the back, what's wrong with that?

 

[fuji]

Except any realist would know that if there was a white only grad - there would be an uproar of biblical proportions.

I am fine with them having a black only event, and you are right that it won't cost UofT anything more then maybe some plastic dishes but the point is no one should be demanding something they are themselves guilty of. So someone would be in an uproar about a whites only grad, should be enjoying a black only one.

A University that would not be so insensitive as to have, support and fund and whites only grad should be offering those to a black only grad.

THAT is what equal rights are. Not just the part of rights you want to pick. You need to take the good with the bad.

Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Blacks faced historic and systemic discrimination. Whites did not, and instead inflicted that historic and systemic discrimination.

I guess you will react to that, but it's true. When a fact like that makes you uncomfortable you should ask some questions.

 

[Jasmine Raine]

Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Blacks faced historic and systemic discrimination. Whites did not, and instead inflicted that historic and systemic discrimination.

I guess you will react to that, but it's true. When a fact like that makes you uncomfortable you should ask some questions.

You guess I will react to what? Factual history? How is someone suppose to react to that other then with acceptance. LOL

Where is my uncomfortably????? I am sorry but your posts and your assumptions have me completely lost.

 

[SuperCharge]

I don't see a problem with this. If they were asking for university funding to do it, or if it was replacing the official graduation ceremony then I'd call bullshit but if black students want to have their own little get together so be it.

Just remember, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

The University IS Funding it, does that make you feel any different?

 

[basketcase]

i never said whites are a minority. solve your reading comprehension problems

I don't think even you understand your posts.

 

[basketcase]

The University IS Funding it, does that make you feel any different?

Universities fund all sorts of student clubs. This is no different than them funding the chess club.

 

[rhuarc29]

Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Blacks faced historic and systemic discrimination. Whites did not, and instead inflicted that historic and systemic discrimination.

I guess you will react to that, but it's true. When a fact like that makes you uncomfortable you should ask some questions.

Doesn't change the fact that having a Black-only graduation is part of the problem. When has segregation ever helped bring people together and promote understanding?
I understand the sentiment behind the celebration, but it's still a problem unto itself.

 

[SuperCharge]

Universities fund all sorts of student clubs. This is no different than them funding the chess club.

Or an all white, or all Asian, or all indian graduation ceremony & anyone who identifies as being White, Asian, Indian etc etc.

 

[cuttysark]

Universities fund all sorts of student clubs. This is no different than them funding the chess club.

Hopefully the chess pieces can still be black and white.

 

[oil&gas]

Suppose the university is going to fund a swimming
or flying event. Exclusion of people who can't swim or fly
seems acceptable. If the funded event is black-only
graduation acceptability of exclusion of non-blacks may
depend on whether there is any inclusionary policy
governing memberships of student clubs on campus.
Is it acceptable for a Christian club to reject an atheist
or is a Muslim student association allowed to reject
a non-Muslim to be a member? From my own experience
an on-campus Christian group was kicked out of the school
where I was studying some years ago after an ex-member
filed a complaint of his being ostracized by his church because
he was found to be gay.

Sounds to me funding the black-only graduation is fine so long
as they are forbidden to reject non-black to participate in
which case the purpose of the event is defeated. It will take
some expert to figure the legality out.

 

[mmouse]

You are absolutely right,...its NOT an equal playing field,..."whites" could never get away with this.

It's a tragedy that people like you get to vote in elections.

 

[fuji]

Doesn't change the fact that having a Black-only graduation is part of the problem. When has segregation ever helped bring people together and promote understanding?
I understand the sentiment behind the celebration, but it's still a problem unto itself.

There's a huge difference between segregation and celebration.

 

[FAST]

It's a tragedy that people like you get to vote in elections.

So does that mean you agree,...or disagree with my post,...

Originally Posted by FAST

You are absolutely right,...its NOT an equal playing field,..."whites" could never get away with this.

Hard to tell,...because all you did was post childish nonsense.

Care to actually respond intelligently,...or is your post displaying the limit of your intelligence.