Timothy Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, accused of not taking student concerns about racist incidents on campus seriously, wept as he resigned on Monday. On October 30, black females trying to enter a party at a fraternity house were allegedly told that the party was for “white girls only”. “We are loved” and “Your Move, Yale”. Copy may not be in its final form.
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Hundreds of students at Yale University protested the school administration’s lack of response to several racist incidents on the New Haven, CT campus on the same day the University of Missouri faced similar upheaval. Monday’s crowd of a thousand chanted slogans including, “We are unstoppable, another Yale is possible”.
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According to Yale Daily News, Erika Christakis defended students’ rights to wear the costumes of their choosing.
The fraternity denied the incident occurred, saying instead a single African-American female student caused a scene after not being allowed inside the party. As you talk to one another, listen to one another, and sometimes disagree, do this knowing that I will uphold your right to speak and be heard and that I will enforce the community standards that safeguard you as members of this community.
Last week, students angrily confronted Nicholas Christakis, a professor who also oversees one of its residence halls, about an e-mail that his wife had sent. Yet you respond not with an apology.
After this, students gathered in the Silliman courtyard in protest to the statements of Nicholas and Erika Christakis. That’s all I want.
“Then why the (expletive) did you accept the position?” she shouted.
During the argument, a student yells at Christakis, “Be quiet!” So, my question is: Are you going to say that or not? In fact, one student went a step further and demanded Christakis and her husband resign from Yale for the comments. Before Halloween, the school’s Intercultural Affairs Committee had sent out a message discouraging costumes that might alienate racial or ethnic groups.
LEX BARLOWE: Yeah, absolutely. Pretty simple and pretty polite, to be honest.
Behold the wreckage of the entire Leftist project: it’s okay to “culturally appropriate” a vampire costume, or a naughty nurse costume, or a Viking costume, but not a costume that makes references, however obliquely or frankly, to that of a protected class. It’s a disgrace, but such is the pathetic state of the Ivy League today.
Christakis: I have a different position than you. On the Monday following Halloween, Lews says, students were forced to reschedule a forum about “cultural appropriation and the power of language” due to “threats” (Lewis did not specify what those threats were), while Yale President Peter Salovey remained silent. You are (1) calling for reprisals (2) for people expressing what they believe. A sign reading “No Media – Safe Space” was displayed prominently. Students were crying. People were telling their stories about the ways in which these events just pointed to broader issues of Yale not being a safe and welcoming environment for students of color.
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Students and alums can expect an update on those plans next week, he added. We, however, simply ask that our existences not be invalidated on campus. She emphasized that spitting is “disgraceful” and not the message the protestors were looking to convey, but she confirmed that it did happen.
