You cite but two examples. What about a history of racism? Would that be enough for you? Or what about institutionalized racism? Does that work as well?
Here....I'll give you the Coles notes version as to not tax your brain.
The history of racially charged incidents dates back generations.
And the 2011 suicide of black swimmer Sasha Menu Courey after she was allegedly raped by several football players led some to question the campus commitment to investigating sexual assaults.
"Slavery wasn't abolished until 1865," Head said. "But we don't talk about that history here at the University of Missouri."
Head's social media accounts of having racial slurs shouted at him from a passing pickup truck helped spark a renewed protest movement at Missouri that culminated Monday with the resignation of university system President Tim Wolfe. Hours later, the chancellor of the Columbia campus, R. Bowen Loftin, was forced out.
On Friday, the now-former chancellor issued an open letter decrying racism after a swastika smeared in feces was found in a campus dormitory. Loftin's delayed public response
drew condemnation from Jewish student groups and a coalition of 35 organizations, on and off campus.
Among other recent events, members of the Legions of Black Collegians, whose founders include a recently retired deputy chancellor, said slurs were hurled at them by an apparently drunken white student while practicing for a homecoming performance.
Resentment of Wolfe escalated after black protesters blocked his convertible during the homecoming parade and subsequently criticized the university leader for not speaking with them.
In 2010, two white students were arrested and expelled for scattering cotton balls outside the black culture center in a clear reference to slavery.
Protests again flared Tuesday as hundreds gathered in the shadow of Jesse Hall, the main administration building, for a graduate student-led rally.
"Mizzou is the golden calf of the entire state, and for many people who would otherwise stay silent, it caused them to have to respond," she said. "If the football team did not make a position over this, this would have been a long drawn-out event that would have further embarrassed the state of Missouri."
What the stories fail to mention is the strong support for Wolfe and Loftin's ouster from the
FACULTY. Due to the current structure of academia, faculties are often positioned against one another - such as humanities and sciences versus business and engineering - for a myriad of imagined and pragmatic reasons. In order to galvanize and rally various faculty members to support a singular cause, well, one can only imagine how egregious the situation was for this to transpire.
Willful ignorance is a helluva thing.
Peace!
