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| Cal State LA offers separate but equal housing for black students |
| 2016-09-07 |
| [THECOLLEGEFIX] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, State University Los Angeles recently rolled out segregated housing for black students. The arrangement comes roughly nine months after the university’s Black Student Union issued a set of demands in response to what its members contend are frequent "racist attacks" on campus, such as "racially insensitive remarks" and "microaggressions" by professors and students. One demand was for a "CSLA housing space delegated for Black students." "[It] would provide a cheaper alternative housing solution for Black students. This space would also serve as a safe space for Black CSLA students to congregate, connect, and learn from each other," the demand letter stated. The newly debuted Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community "focuses on academic excellence and learning experiences that are inclusive and non-discriminatory," Cal State LA front man Robert Lopez told The College Fix via email. The public university has 192 furnished apartments in a residential complex on campus, and the Halisi community will be located there, Lopez said, adding it joins other themed living-learning communities already housed there. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Nothing new here. When I entered college in the Fall of 1967, the university had a separate dormitory for blacks created, just as in this case, in response to demands made by the black student body. Ditto at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1980. The Black Student Union had a floor, just like the nursing students and the future engineers. They deeply resented that an oriental girl and I were placed among them temporarily, and did their best to drive us out before beds were freed up in our promised dorms. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-09-07 12:34 |
| #11 I wonder what the reaction would be if white students demanded a whites only dorm. No I don't. I know exactly what would happen. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-09-07 12:10 |
| #10 George Wallace would be proud. It's easy to fall back on familiar places and friends. It's more difficult to go to new places, try new things and meet new people. Sometimes there are challenges, maybe even a few perceived slights. But for those who are willing to face the challenges there are rewards. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-09-07 11:34 |
| #9 This is not teaching them to live in harmony with the rest of the US population after graduation. Aren't Universities supposed to prepare students for life? I think a few class action lawsuits will come around in a decade and all of these black kids will have a free ride at the universities expense. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-09-07 11:23 |
| #8 Nothing new here. When I entered college in the Fall of 1967, the university had a separate dormitory for blacks created, just as in this case, in response to demands made by the black student body. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2016-09-07 09:59 |
| #7 QUICK, someone wire up MLK's grave to capture the electricity generated by his high rpm rotation!! He's gotta be good for 10 Mw per day now. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-09-07 08:37 |
| #6 Jan Smuts would be proud. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-09-07 08:33 |
| #5 So will they also be excluded from the regular housing, student union, etc? How about drinking fountains and cafeteria counters and tables? If your going to give it to them, give them all of it! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-09-07 07:55 |
| #4 Depends on which side of the tracks they build it on. |
| Posted by: junkiron 2016-09-07 07:15 |
| #3 Halisi will be uninhabitable in 12-18 months. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-07 06:52 |
| #2 Progress |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-07 01:55 |
| #1 What's it gonna be called, Plantation Hall? |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-09-07 00:40 |