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Title: College students ‘in tears’ over a banana peel in a tree because it didn’t make them feel ‘safe’
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Breitbart
URL Source: https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/ ... -it-didnt-make-them-feel-safe/
Published: Sep 2, 2017
Author: Sarah Taylor
Post Date: 2017-09-07 06:51:41 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1562
Comments: 9
An off-campus Greek Life event held by leaders of Ole Miss last weekend was cancelled after many students became troubled by a banana peel, which was hanging from a campus tree. According to The Daily Mississippian, many members of the community were “hurt, frightened, and upset by what occurred.” Ole Miss Greek Life leaders cut their three-day leadership retreat to nearby Camp Hopewell short after black students discovered a banana peel dangling in a tree outside of one of the camp’s cabins. The banana peel was later spotted by Alpha Kappa Alpha President, Makala McNeil, a leader from one of the campus’s historically black sororities. The Daily Mississippian reported that McNeil had just left a group discussion about race relations when she spotted the banana peel in the tree. “The overall tone [of the meeting] was heavy,” McNeil told the newspaper. “I mean, we were talking about race in Mississippi and in the Greek community so there’s a lot involved.” She added that she and her friends were “all just sort of paranoid for a second” after noticing the banana peel, calling its appearance “so strange and surreal.” Alexa Lee Arndt, Interim Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Ole Miss, noted that an open forum was held after news of the banana peel had spread throughout the camp. “As the staff member responsible for the wellbeing of our community, I felt it was imperative to provide space immediately to students affected by this incident to allow them an opportunity to voice their pain and concern,” Arndt told the newspaper. After the open forum, Greek Life leaders decided to cancel the remainder of the weekend. In a letter obtained by The Daily Mississippian, Arndt was quoted as saying that “members of our community were hurt, frightened, and upset by what occurred.” “Because of the underlying reality many students of color endure on a daily basis, the conversation manifested into a larger conversation about race relations today at the University of Mississippi,” Arndt reportedly added. Another sorority president reportedly told the newspaper that the incident was especially painful, because “bananas have historically been used to demean black people.” The newspaper reported that many of the students left the retreat “in tears” because they didn’t feel “welcome” or “safe.” Ole Miss senior Ryan Swanson, who was also in attendance at the retreat, said he discarded the banana peel in the tree because he could not find a trash receptacle. Swanson told the newspaper that he “sincerely” apologizes “for the events that took place this past weekend.” “Although unintentional, there is no excuse for the pain that was caused to members of our community,” Swanson said. “I have much to learn and look forward to doing such and encourage all members of our community to do the same,” he added. McNeil told the newspaper that the image affected her in such a negative way because of an incident that occurred on Washington, D.C.’s American University’s campus in May. The FBI helped the university investigate an incident in which bananas — etched with what were said to be racial references — were hung from trees the very day that the school’s first female black student government president, Taylor Dumpson, was to take office. The bananas on the American University campus featured messages like “AKA FREE” — what was perceived to be a reference to Dumpson’s sorority, Alpha Kappa Kappa — and “HARAMBE BAIT,” a reference to the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who was killed after a child fell into its cage. Several bananas were said to have been discovered scattered around the campus, and were strung hanging from trees.So what happened?
The explanation behind the banana peel
Why the controversy?
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Boo hoo hoo hoo, Wah Wah Wah Wah ! Tuff shit babies !! Go suck an egg !! Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers)
Good grief! WTF is wrong with kids today, afraid of everything, no balls, see racism everywhere? Yeah - go to your "safe space" you whining little toddlers - you're never going to make it in the oh-so-scary real world after you graduate. I kept thinking this had to be The Onion.
Whining works when you're the paying customer, which college students ultimately are. But it'll leave you unemployed if you're, say, in the NFL.
Don't bet on it. Now the police union in Cleveland doesn't want to hold the flags for the anthem just so the players can kneel to disrespect the flag and the anthem. They're being accused of being racists, white supremicists, etc. So now the SJWs are on the warpath, trying to force the cops to hold the flags during the anthem so the players can kneel and disrespect the anthem and flag. It's real life and is somehow as crazy as anything dreamed up on South Park or The Simpsons. You just can't parody these people. They are imparodiable (which is a real word that I just made up while typing it). From the same people who brought us, "Now bake me a gay cake, bitch."...
Lol South Park and the Onion have become reality!
"Our soldiers fought and died in WW II so I would have the right to disrespect the flag while the anthem is playing so you cops have to hold the flag up for me so I can disrespect it for the cameras. Now let us all pray." Seriously, it's insane. Maybe that's deliberate, to make people afraid of dealing with crazy people. In this case, crazy steroid-fueled multimillionaire moron athletes who think they have an opinion about something even if 99% of them are functionally illiterate.
Police Union, what a ball less bunch !!!! Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers)
No, I think the cops mean it. So far they haven't caved and the SJW's are ramping up their social media efforts. I think the cops could win this one.
" College students ‘in tears’ over a banana peel in a tree because it didn’t make them feel ‘safe’ "
#2. To: Stoner (#1)
Boo hoo hoo hoo, Wah Wah Wah Wah ! Tuff shit babies !!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: Vicomte13, redleghunter (#4)
But it'll leave you unemployed if you're, say, in the NFL.
#6. To: Tooconservative (#5)
It's real life and is somehow as crazy as anything dreamed up on South Park or The Simpsons. You just can't parody these people.
#7. To: redleghunter (#6)
#8. To: Tooconservative (#5)
" Now the police union in Cleveland doesn't want to hold the flags for the anthem just so the players can kneel to disrespect the flag and the anthem. "
#9. To: Stoner (#8)
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