Cries of racism broke out across the campus of the University of Buffalo this week when students found Jim Crow-esque signs in a building on campus.
Someone had posted “White Only” and “Black Only” signs near several bathrooms and water fountains in Clemens Hall.
“It brought up feelings of the past of a past that our generation has never seen which I think is why it was so shocking for us to see,” Micah Oliver, president for the Black Student Union, tells ABC 27.
More than 100 students turned out to a Black Student Union meeting to discuss the signs.
“There was fear expressed, anger, disappointment – all of that,” according to Oliver.
And then, Ashley Powell, a black graduate student, stood up in the meeting to admit she had hung the signs, claiming it was part of an “art project,” The Buffalo News report:
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I think cops at this point have figured out that, in a so-called "hate crime," they have to look as closely at the purported victim as the perpetrator as at any third party.
ReplyDeleteYes and this sort of thing is not uncommon.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me. I hope they are referring to segregation. Just like the good
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DeleteJust around the corner. Interesting to see if it materializes. BLM is being neglected:
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