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romanic

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9. You know what?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Wed May 4, 2016, 02:08 AM

May 2016

Satire or not, I would probably guess some students of color actually *think* like this. That every single rule, person, or "space" is out to get them and destroy them. Who or what caused them to think this way? Sure our society has it's history and it's share of racist assholes; but who is fostering this fear in students of color? Cops? Fox news? Identity politics? College professors?

Maybe all of the above, I don't know.

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Are quiet policies in libraries discriminatory? [View all] ForgoTheConsequence May 2016 OP

Maybe if you're unable to deal with a quiet library, SheilaT May 2016 #1

Unwitting satire, I fear Albertoo May 2016 #2

Against assholes. Spider Jerusalem May 2016 #3

Sweet lord TM99 May 2016 #4

I had a very similar experience when I was an undergrad: I strutted into the dining petronius May 2016 #5

:) Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #14

I know just what you mean. linuxman May 2016 #15

This is The Onion, right? ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #6

I don't think so... TreasonousBastard May 2016 #7

Or get whatever reading materials or whatever 2naSalit May 2016 #8

You know what? romanic May 2016 #9

They've been told time and again that they are always the victim... TipTok May 2016 #20

Not satire. Just a blazing sense of entitlement. GreenEyedLefty May 2016 #10

Suggesting that "brown students" have trouble with quiet libraries strikes me as racist (nt) Nye Bevan May 2016 #11

Oh for pity's sake. This reads like parody. cali May 2016 #12

Well, That's definitely satire. linuxman May 2016 #13

Well, if she got paid for that, now she can buy earphones. JHB May 2016 #16

At UF the main library on campus is not a silent zone. NCTraveler May 2016 #17

What the actual f? ... ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #18

Poe's law... TipTok May 2016 #19

This is so bizarre. But I'll bite, since I was a poor Latina/Scandinavian kid who went to law school nadine_mn May 2016 #21

Can't tell if satire or actual idiocy. Odin2005 May 2016 #22

Someone needs to take her out for a craft beer. B2G May 2016 #23

Thread win! KamaAina May 2016 #25

So help me, I thought this was going to be about people with Tourette's syndrome KamaAina May 2016 #24

If you don't need silence, then you can study anywhere. Taitertots May 2016 #26

He/she should go to the public library in Palm Spings LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2016 #27

YES, I THINK THEY ARE!!!!! callous taoboy May 2016 #28