LEFT WING LOONS
See other LEFT WING LOONS Articles
Title: Image spurs concerns about race at UW-Whitewater
Source:
Channel3000
URL Source: http://www.channel3000.com/news/uww ... isturbing-racist-post/38059654
Published: Feb 18, 2016
Author: Channel 3000
Post Date: 2016-02-18 18:11:09 by misterwhite
Keywords: None
Views: 648
Comments: 2
WHITEWATER, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater chancellor says an image that initially prompted concerns about race relations on campus appears to have been a misunderstanding. Beverly Kopper verified to News 3 that her statement issued Thursday morning about a racist image on social media was connected to a photo of two students who some thought were wearing blackface paint. In the statement, she called the image “hurtful and destructive to our campus community.” Kopper later said the students said they just had a facial and took a picture. She said the students did not mean for it to be harmful and did not know the implications. In the initial statement, Kopper said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Tom Rios has formed a group that has already begun meeting with students, researching these issues, and working on the development of an action plan for moving forward. She said the group will meet next week to discuss an event that will allow the campus “to capture the student voice and develop a collective response to these issues.”3 “Some of our multicultural and nontraditional students feel the environment on campus is not welcoming to all," Kopper wrote. “Over and over, the students in attendance expressed their need to be heard and for campus to do more than just talk.” Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, issued a statement Thursday and called the administration's actions against the students a "racial overreaction." "The students shared a picture on social media showing them with the facial product on their faces and the material just happened to be black in color. The posting contained no racist statement and the students are simply standing in the picture," Nass said in the statement. Nass said the university did not fully review the picture and its context before issuing a racially-charged statement. "The official statement misled students, parents and the public by confirming that a racist event had occurred, even though it really hadn't," Nass said. 
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#2. To: misterwhite, WIllie Green, All (#0)
But remember, grasshoppers, blackface its perfectly OK if you are a liberal DRat.
There are no replies to Comment # 2. End Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestBeverly Kopper verified to News 3 that her statement issued Thursday morning about a racist image on social media was connected to a photo of two students who some thought were wearing blackface paint. In the statement, she called the image “hurtful and destructive to our campus community.”
Replies to Comment # 2.
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]