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| Black student ‘lynches’ 2 whites for art project |
| 2013-12-20 |
| [praag.org] An African-American student at Sacramento State University is under fire for her recent work of art – which consisted of “lynching” two white men from a tree on the northern California campus. The men were reportedly actors and were in no real danger during the project, which took place during the day in early December while students were on campus. Bad actors I'd say. The men were hung from a tree with a thick rope. The senior responsible for the performance art, Christina Edwards, defended her project to Fox 40 News. “The purpose of this performance was to bring to light social injustices and the issue of inequality that impacts me and my community as a whole,” Edwards said. Perhaps the recent Harvard hoax bomber was "bringing to light" some sort of inequality as well. Edwards says she chose to illustrate this time in history by using race reversal, in an effort to shine new light on an old but standing matter. And says she followed all campus procedures. The university doesn’t see it that way, however. Ms. Edwards will no doubt graduate summa cum laude and go on to work in government. University President Alexander Gonzalez released this statement saying, in part: “The university did not approve the display, and I want to assure everyone that I am working to address the multiple issues raised by this incident.” No mention made of the modern day gang shootings in Chicago, or the butchery of white farmers in the late kameraade Mandela's Utopia. Edwards does not seek awareness. She seeks retribution. I pray actual copy-cat lynchings do not follow her example. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Hope they weren't gay... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-12-20 21:51 |
| #3 A metaphor for affirmative action. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-12-20 13:23 |
| #2 Only a black student could get away with this. If a white student lynched 2 'whites' it would still be called a hate crime. Kind of like the N-word - special classes get special rights. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-12-20 11:40 |
| #1 Perhaps she should've just have paid a bunch of local kids to perform the "knockout game" with students on campus? I'm sure the students would've understood and the university, the authorities and could've dismissed it as merely "art." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-12-20 10:53 |