bensk replied to your photo: The University of Chicago, ladies and gents! With…
I agree completely, and I’ve (obviously) never been called that. How do you think the University/we should deal with this?
For this specific incident, I think an apology, which has happened, (sort of), and dialogue. Like DU should host a forum with however many Latin American student groups and students, or anyone really, so that people can talk about this face to face. There are so many insanely offensive comments on facebook and the Maroon article online, and sometimes, though certinaly not always, having to look into the eyes of the person whose feelings you are dismissing make people re-think what they’re saying. It can go from “some students are overreacting” to “this person across from me, who is a person with legitimate feelings.” It is not the job of the Latin American students on campus to educate everyone about why this was offensive, but if they were willing, some good could come out of this.
I would also like to find the spaces where “people are blowing this put of proportion,” because those are the kids who are probably saying something interesting about the incident and the University. Not worrying about how negatively this will affect the fraternities, have we thought about how they must feel?
In general? Shit, staying zero tolerance on this type of stuff. I’ve always thought the core should have a section on Intro to Religion/Religious History, and something more in-depth about feminism/racism/etc, because those are some of the areas that I’ve found people to be shockingly ignorant in, in a way that frankly makes me embarrassed to go to the same school. You dont have to agree or believe in any of that, but the complet lack of understanding sometimes verges on “can you even read?” levels of ridic.
