Parents upset 'Black Lives Matter' assembly excludes other races

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165. No, I have attended events to protest and, I'm assuming you have as well...

I could be wrong on that assumption. I get you don't support the principal's methods, I do so we will have to agree to disagree on that one.

Were Chicago a bastion of racial tolerance and understanding, my cynicism may well have been less but incidents like the one in the link I am including in my post tells me my cynicism is very valid.

Students: University Of Chicago's Racist Halloween Costume Controversy Is Part Of A Larger Problem

CHICAGO -- Students at the University of Chicago say a recent controversy surrounding a racially insensitive Halloween costume is only a small part of the school's larger "culture of intolerance."

The controversy began when third-year Vincente Perez confronted a student dressed in a costume that stereotypes Mexicans and later spoke out over a photo he saw on social media featuring more students in similar getups. After he and other students of color presented their concerns in a letter to university officials and started a Change.org petition calling for greater cultural diversity and sensitivity on campus, Perez was named in a threatening Facebook update posted by a supposedly hacked account.

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A number of other racial incidents have taken place on the University of Chicago campus and drawn criticism in recent years, including the creation of a “Politically Incorrect UChicago Confessions” Facebook page and a Confederate flag being hung on campus. Critics of the university previously pointed out that no one ended up being punished for the past incidents, according to campus newspaper The Chicago Maroon.

On Thursday, the school's Organization of Black Students also issued a statement of solidarity with “all victims of intolerance, marginalization, and targeted personal attacks” at the campus.

“While some may be inclined to perceive this most recent event as an isolated incident, this is instead the latest iteration of a historical trend of antagonism, symptomatic of a broader culture of intolerance,” the statement continued.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/university-of-chicago-facebook-threat_n_6199892.html