U. Missouri Asks Black Student Event to Change Name to Something Less Race-Based
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U. Missouri Asks Black Student Event to Change Name to Something Less Race-Based

U. Missouri Asks Black Student Event to Change Name to Something Less Race-Based

“We must not exclude (or give impressions that we are excluding) individuals with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives”

Why are the students upset about this? Students are demanding name changes on college campuses all the time.

Inside Higher Ed reports:

Mizzou Renames a Long-Standing Black Student Group Event

University of Missouri at Columbia officials have asked Black students to change the name of a long-standing start-of-term tradition to be less explicitly race-based, according to an Instagram post from the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC).

The event, a cookout held annually by the student government group, has historically been known as the Welcome Black BBQ. But this year, the event will be held under a different title—the Welcome Black and Gold BBQ, in honor of Mizzou’s colors.

Leaders of the LBC said they are “heartbroken.”

“The legion spent several months fighting this decision and finding a way to preserve the original title and message,” the post read. “When presented with the idea, we initially wanted to keep the original name or have no event at all. However … we did not want to override the hard work our government and other Black student leaders put into this, nor face consequences that could lead to massive losses for our government so early in the year.”

The decision comes shortly after the state flagship announced it would dissolve its Division for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in an effort to appease the deep-red state’s conservative lawmakers and avoid future budget cuts.

Christopher Ave, the university’s director of news and information, said in an email to Inside Higher Ed that the name change was made to foster inclusivity.

“We must not exclude (or give impressions that we are excluding) individuals with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives,” Ave wrote. “The name of this university-sponsored event was modified in collaboration with event organizers to reflect that our campus is open and welcoming to all.”

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I would love to show up with a phone cam and see how that goes.

destroycommunism | August 20, 2024 at 5:05 pm

as stated by many

they can change the name
say they are eliminating the dei etc

but its all for show

and imagine the white people who would show up

I suggest that they call the event “Welcome Guardians” like Cleveland had to do with the Indians Baseball team,

And the idiot pendulum swings again. If black folks want to hold a black folks BBQ, it is their privilege. If the University were to do that it becomes state, or public, bias. Leave free people to be free in choice.

Asked to change the name to something less race-based?

How about asking them to change the content to something less race-based?

My guess is that someone decided that they needed to “die on a hill” for optics so they picked the smallest and most sympathetic one available. It has a dual benefit of more riling the blacks than appeasing the whites, as I am sure 99% of the latter didn’t even know that the event was going on, which is sad as I am guessing it was the best BBQ on campus that weekend. Hmmmm, now I see ribs in my immediate future.