A better question: Why do student protest movements at elite private universities get such disproportionate attention from left activists, as opposed to comparable tendencies at working-class public universities?
Not from the bourgeois media, mind you. We can all do the math on that one ourselves. But from other activists across the country. This is very odd. Personally, I often share Raghu's instincts when it comes to challenging historical figures and symbols, from Woodrow Wilson to the Confederate flag. But then, I'm white and none of these things feel like attacks on me or my community. That's not an insignificant distinction. On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:27 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what to make of the actions of student protesters at > Princeton and elsewhere. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/nyregion/princeton-students-hold-sit-in-on-racial-injustice.html?_r=0 > > On the one hand, it is heartening to see student activism like this. > Apparently inspired by events at Missouri, these events bring attention to > racism and prejudice that would otherwise go unnoticed. > > But on the other hand, look at these demands! > > "Change the title of those who oversee its residential colleges to “head” > from “master”"? > > "Removal of Woodrow Wilson’s name from anything named after him at the > university"? > > That's it??? > > Nothing about opening the doors of that exalted institution to a larger > number and more diverse group of students? > > Nothing about ending legacy admissions? > > Nothing about the obscene size of Princeton's endowment fund? > > Nothing about Princeton's part in EdX and the role the latter is playing > in undermining public funding of higher education in places like San Jose > State U? > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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