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[Corpekata]

I was going to say it was probably just some random weirdo and nobody belonged to it but it has 5k likes on Facebook.

 

[rrs]

Champaign is like the last bulwark for Democrats in Illinois (excluding Chicago) as far as I can tell.

Also, hey now, don't forget about our soy fields. And pumpkin fields.

and bean fields and nuclear power and everyone else forgetting there's more to the state than chicago

 

[Mrs. Manky]

There are black student unions that specifically forbid whites from joining? Or nah?

Hell, the NAACP has white members. Besides Rachel Dolezal.
And there are non-black members of black fraternities and sororities.

I'm pretty sure black student unions allow non-blacks as members.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Hell, the NAACP has white members. Besides Rachel Dolezal.
And there are non-black members of black fraternities and sororities.

I'm pretty sure black student unions allow non-blacks as members.

There were white members in the BLSA, BSU, and NSBE chapters I was a member of. I don't know of any that forbid white people from joining.

 

[Beartruck]

Champaign urbana's probably one of the harder schools to get into in Illinois, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was some upper class snobbery.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Hey, If there can Be a Black Student Union, with no whites allowed, why not a white one?

Who says this even exists.

I got to a HBCU college with student union and civil rights groups and there are still white and international students.

 

[Angelus Errare]

There were white members in the BLSA, BSU, and NSBE chapters I was a member of. I don't know of any that forbid white people from joining.

There aren't any. Unfortunately many people see a body of educated negroes gathering and automatically think "OMG they totes won't let us join!"

 

[bishoptl]

says who?

Anyone with more than 2 brain synapses to rub together.

Hey, If there can Be a Black Student Union, with no whites allowed, why not a white one?

I'd like to see proof of this on the U of I campus, please. You have 1 hour.

 

[Henkka]

How do you tell the difference between actual racism and internet trolls who just want to see the world burn? Like, at this moment this "White Student Union" is only a Facebook group, right?

 

[Infinite]

How do you tell the difference between actual racism and internet trolls who just want to see the world burn? Like, at this moment this "White Student Union" is only a Facebook group, right?

The difference doesn't matter.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Who's monitoring the white student union for possible acts of terrorism?

 

[Not]

Kinda like the KKK? Really new and brave idea, white kids

 

[Dude Abides]

I've said it before, BLM should just add the "Too" part on the end. It more clearly promotes the goal of equality and inclusiveness, while going a long way to shutting down the semantic distractions.

This is pretty naive. Opposition to BLM is not a matter of phrasing.

 

[Numb]

Who's monitoring the white student union for possible acts of terrorism?

White people don't commit terror.
Those are just insane ones or_____or______or____etc etc

 

[Two Words]

This is basically "Never relax around Blacks".

 

[Trance]

There seems to be a domino effect going on as multiple universities have created white student unions. My alma mater, Uiversity of Texas at Austin, created one this Friday.

All the page activity are students and alumni lambasting them, and it's hella entetaining.

 

[Henkka]

The difference doesn't matter.

I guess... But if I was an internet troll who knew I could get on USA Today, MTV News, and get a response from the school by simply posting some stupid shit anonymously on Facebook... That's got to be tempting. I mean obviously you can't say we shouldn't react to racist posts on the internet. But at the same time, reactions can create an incentive for 4chan edgelords who just want to stir shit.

 

[enzo_gt]

These White Student Unions are unreal.

VICE did a doc on one at Towson a while back.

 

[Calm waterfall]

This has to be a troll. Also I really dislike how people use the word terrorist so easily nowadays.

There aren't any. Unfortunately many people see a body of educated negroes gathering and automatically think "OMG they totes won't let us join!"

I am not sure where this kind of stigma comes from.

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Hilarious, but what I want to know is how this person got away with the irony of the hastag.

If all lives matter, all of a sudden that dis-includes blacks now lol? So who is the "all" now?

 

[jerry1594]

Champaign urbana's probably one of the harder schools to get into in Illinois, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was some upper class snobbery.

Nah

 

[JDSN]

I love how "troll" joined the spectrum of words used to apologetically describe people doing racist shit, its up there with "mentally ill" or "boys will be boys".

 

[smurfx]

Let's not go down the "if there can be black pride, then what's wrong with white pride?" road.

back in the day it was BET and complaining about there not being a WET.

 

[old]

My immediate response was a Poe's law satire.

 

[Slayven]

back in the day it was BET and complaining about there not being a WET.

People that said instantly let you know they were idiots.

Also anyone that says "Can't spell crap without rap"

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

The phrase of the decade must be "double down"

cause all these fucking idiots love doubling down.

 

[EdibleKnife]

I love how "troll" joined the spectrum of words used to apologetically describe people doing racist shit, its up there with "mentally ill" or "boys will be boys".

Seriously. I don't know why trolling is supposed to excuse something that's nearly indistinguishable from actual racism. Like, alright it's a troll. It still does nothing but perpetuate oppressive ideals that people are fighting to break down. It hasn't helped the conversation of systematic racism in any way.

 

[MCN]

complaining about there not being a WET.

We had three of those. They had a few hits in the early 90s, like "Love Is All Around".

 

[User 406]

Hilarious, but what I want to know is how this person got away with the irony of the hastag.

If all lives matter, all of a sudden that dis-includes blacks now lol? So who is the "all" now?

American Lightskinned Looking Lives Matter.

 

[DragonSworne]

I'm a little disappointed in the school response. What does the racist post have anything to do with campus safety?

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

These White Student Unions are unreal.

VICE did a doc on one at Towson a while back.

a fat sheltered white dude

i'm shocked. shocked!

 

[quesalupa]

This reads like a joke. Please be a joke.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

This reads like a joke. Please be a joke.

It's a joke; just not the type of joke you'd like for it to be

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

This reads like a joke. Please be a joke.

You know these type of people never joke.

 

[RumblingRosco]

I'm a little disappointed in the school response. What does the racist post have anything to do with campus safety?

Wait what? You're upset that the school is worried students on campus may feel unsafe because of the Facebook post? What is the school supposed to do, ignore the Facebook post and tell students to toughen up if they feel unsafe?

 

[Anion]

They say all lives matter yet single out a single group acting out...smh
Pure racism

 

[Evening Musuko]

I've said it before, BLM should just add the "Too" part on the end. It more clearly promotes the goal of equality and inclusiveness, while going a long way to shutting down the semantic distractions.

If adding a "too" is what's preventing you from supporting BLM, you don't really give a shit about the movement anyway. I never understood why people have this idea of "OH SO ONLY BLACK LIVES MATTER?" but then again, I'm a minority so I tend to be sympathetic to these kinds of things.

Hilarious, but what I want to know is how this person got away with the irony of the hastag.

If all lives matter, all of a sudden that dis-includes blacks now lol? So who is the "all" now?

It's just to cover their asses so people don't say they're racist. And let's not kid ourselves, that's what a lot of people do when they say #AllLivesMatter.

 

[Velcro Fly]

If they find whoever did it I hope they get expelled from the university.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

These White Student Unions are unreal.

VICE did a doc on one at Towson a while back.

The South Will Raise Again stickers and flags, a biography about Hitler on his shelf.

Uh-huh.

 

[akira28]

they have a white student union at my sister's school upstate, and they say shit like this all the time, and they're completely serious.

They used to be in the news, and the SPLC has done an article on them. they say shit like they must get together for protection because their group is the only one not being protected, etc.

It may seem so outlandish and ironic to you that you think it's a troll. I think they're absolutely sincere. Well...as sincere as a racist can be.

 

[Slayven]

These White Student Unions are unreal.

VICE did a doc on one at Towson a while back.

I always look at these dudes and ask, "who hurt you?"

 

[franknbeans]

So people use ''terrorists'' easily these days, eh...

thugs = 2015

terrorist = 2016

 

[Crimson_Gold]

I always look at these dudes and ask, "who hurt you?"

Seal and Taye Diggs

 

[Kitschkraft]

"And remember #AllLivesMatter" actually made me lol.

STILL not a racist denouncement of BLM to some people?

 

[Not]

They're 100% serious. The only things these dudes find funny are jokes about women in the kitchen and shooting nonwhite people.

"And remember #AllLivesMatter" actually made me lol.

STILL not a racist denouncement of BLM to some people?

Up there with "I Can Breathe" in my opinion

Some of these people are the true face of evil

 

[jmood88]

Hey, If there can Be a Black Student Union, with no whites allowed, why not a white one?

Because, in the same way the NAACP doesn't advocate violence like the KKK, black student groups (or any "ethnic" group on every campus) welcomes everyone. There are no college black student unions that bar whites from joining, which people like you would know if you bothered to actually look at the group.

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

Anyone with more than 2 brain synapses to rub together.


I'd like to see proof of this on the U of I campus, please. You have 1 hour.

His hour is up.

 

[jmood88]

I've said it before, BLM should just add the "Too" part on the end. It more clearly promotes the goal of equality and inclusiveness, while going a long way to shutting down the semantic distractions.

The type of people who actually think that saying black lives matters means that no one else matters are the type of people who would keep finding stupid-ass reasons to not support the movement.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

These White Student Unions are unreal.

VICE did a doc on one at Towson a while back.

The South Will Raise Again stickers and flags, a biography about Hitler on his shelf.

Uh-huh.

They want, and I quote, "A white ethno-state."

 

[akira28]

One of my flatmates was white and we hung out at the Black Student Union building to play pool and arcade games every other day. I'm pretty sure the BSU had nothing in their charter about "blacks only". Every one of these black institutions were created in response to blacks specifically being omitted from academics everywhere else. But they never were exclusive to blacks. If anyone wanted to break bread with black students they were welcomed.