miko33
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This type of stuff kills the conversation on race
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/11/29...omination/
Quote:“When I think of all the white people I have ever encountered – whether they’ve been professors, peers, lovers, friend, police officers, et cetera – there is perhaps only a dozen I would consider ‘decent,’” Martinez continued.
The piece was titled “Your DNA is an abomination,” and ran under a genre header simply labeled, “whiteness.” A photograph of the column from the newspaper was provided to the media by former Texas Tech student body president Andrew Homann.
I can't link the article since it has since been scrubbed from the university newspaper website.
http://archive.is/M3X0b
Quote:In the Nov. 28 issue of The University Star, we published an opinions column titled “Your DNA is an abomination.” The column has received widespread criticism from readers, with many expressing that they find the author’s ideas to be racist. The University Star’s opinion pages are a forum for students to express and debate ideas. While our publication does not endorse every opinion put forth by student columnists or guest contributors, as the editor I take responsibility for what is printed on our pages.
The original intent of the column was to comment on the idea of race and racial identities. We acknowledge that the column could have been clearer in its message and that it has caused hurt within our campus community. We apologize and hope that we can move forward to a place of productive dialogue on ways to bring our community together.
Haha...now the editor falls back into the traditional role of the university to let controversial ideas come to the front for discussion and debate. Too bad this gets ignored when the controversy comes from the right.
If you guys want to know why people don't take the conversation seriously - read the crap this Martinez tried to write and that's why.
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