Oct 13, 2019 03:53 AM
(This post was last modified: Oct 13, 2019 03:39 PM by C C.)
A population category labeled 'white' should otherwise not have free speech because it is an unfair and advantageous right that its members are benefiting from?
Students burn author's books - speaking event canceled
https://www.businessinsider.com/author-c...ok-2019-10
EXCERPT: . . . Jennine Capó Crucet was on campus Wednesday to talk about diversity and to read from her book "Make Your Home Among Strangers," which was assigned as mandatory reading for all freshmen students. The book follows a Cuban-American student as she acclimates to an elite college environment.
At her talk on Wednesday, a white student stood up and asked if Crucet had "the authority to address issues of race and white privilege on campus," according to a statement the author released. "I noticed that you made a lot of generalizations about the majority of white people being privileged," the student asked, according to the school newspaper, The George-Anne. "What makes you believe that it's okay to come to a college campus, like this, when we are supposed to be promoting diversity on this campus, which is what we're taught. I don't understand what the purpose of this was."
The questions prompted students to yell at each other from across the auditorium. "I came here because I was invited and I talked about white privilege because it's a real thing that you are actually benefiting from right now in even asking this question," Crucet responded over students' shouts.
After the event, Crucet learned that students were burning her book on campus. Another student tweeted at the author, writing, "Are you usually that racist or are you putting on a front to promote your pointless and shitty book at my college? Work on your ignorance and racism toward white people."
Georgia Southern spokeswoman Jennifer Wise told the Daily Mail that the students will not be disciplined, as they were exercising their first amendment rights. In response, Crucet canceled the second speech she was expected to give. (MORE - details)
Students burn author's books - speaking event canceled
https://www.businessinsider.com/author-c...ok-2019-10
EXCERPT: . . . Jennine Capó Crucet was on campus Wednesday to talk about diversity and to read from her book "Make Your Home Among Strangers," which was assigned as mandatory reading for all freshmen students. The book follows a Cuban-American student as she acclimates to an elite college environment.
At her talk on Wednesday, a white student stood up and asked if Crucet had "the authority to address issues of race and white privilege on campus," according to a statement the author released. "I noticed that you made a lot of generalizations about the majority of white people being privileged," the student asked, according to the school newspaper, The George-Anne. "What makes you believe that it's okay to come to a college campus, like this, when we are supposed to be promoting diversity on this campus, which is what we're taught. I don't understand what the purpose of this was."
The questions prompted students to yell at each other from across the auditorium. "I came here because I was invited and I talked about white privilege because it's a real thing that you are actually benefiting from right now in even asking this question," Crucet responded over students' shouts.
After the event, Crucet learned that students were burning her book on campus. Another student tweeted at the author, writing, "Are you usually that racist or are you putting on a front to promote your pointless and shitty book at my college? Work on your ignorance and racism toward white people."
Georgia Southern spokeswoman Jennifer Wise told the Daily Mail that the students will not be disciplined, as they were exercising their first amendment rights. In response, Crucet canceled the second speech she was expected to give. (MORE - details)
