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Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2017 24 Comments
Racist notes targeting African American students recently appeared on the campus of St. Olaf College, a Lutheran school in Minnesota. As a result, students protested and presented a list of demands to the administration. Lindsey Bever reports at the Washington Post:
Protests erupt, classes canceled after racist notes enrage a Minnesota college Administrators at a liberal arts college in Minnesota canceled classes Monday to meet with students following a weekend of protests against hate speech on campus. Hundreds of students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., staged a peaceful protest Saturday evening inside a student union building after racist expressions against students. The latest of those came just hours before the demonstrations, when a black student reported having found a note on the windshield of her car that read: “I am so glad that you are leaving soon. One less n‑‑‑‑‑ that this school has to deal with. You have spoken up too much. You will change nothing. Shut up or I will shut you up.”

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2017 36 Comments
If you thought campus craziness was a problem confined to the United States, guess again. University students in the UK want to ban whooping and clapping at events because these actions exclude deaf people. Of course, using 'Jazz Hands' instead would exclude blind people but what do you expect in this situation, logic? The Telegraph UK reported:
Whooping should be banned beause it excludes deaf people, Nation Union of Students say Students who whoop, cheer and clap should face “consequences” because they are excluding deaf people, delegates at the National Union of Students conference said.
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