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heaven05

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Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:43 PM

Aug 2018

I heard it. When this had just hit the fan. The call is not definitive and it does not confirm or deny motive. Ms Kanoute, a sophomore, a chemistry tutor to high school students studying on campus for the summer, which in itself says a lot about her academics was extremely upset at being said to be "out of place". My point stands about the writer of the article. He is a trump conservative that's all I need to know in reading his spin on the story and I read the whole thing. He, she? Doesn't matter. Males go to Smith College in graduate studies. No contortion by this writer OR ANYONE ELSE will change the fact that this was an incident BASED ON RACE. She deserves to see her accuser. She deserves an apology from her accuser. She needs to seek legal counsel. buh bye......

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Smith College Employee Called Police On Black Student Eating Lunch [View all] riversedge Aug 2018 OP

"All I did was be black," Oumou Kanoute said. saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #1

I like her response. mpcamb Aug 2018 #93

Name The Employee Who Phoned Police LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #2

she should have handed him her DL Mosby Aug 2018 #3

They kill black people for less than that. nt Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #20

I do that all the time. Mosby Aug 2018 #21

Yup. Never talk to a cop. apnu Aug 2018 #23

FWIW, The young woman said the cop was very polite. kag Aug 2018 #24

Politeness is good in every situation apnu Aug 2018 #33

the problem in this case and probably most cases are the racists who are calling cops JI7 Aug 2018 #53

That's my point heaven05 Aug 2018 #88

More here: pnwmom Aug 2018 #4

They're so good at protecting the accuser n/t catrose Aug 2018 #19

the British have a charge called 'wasting police time'. We should have it too. demigoddess Aug 2018 #5

I like that as a legal charge. There's easily been a similar incident a week this summer mpcamb Aug 2018 #95

The cops should not even have gone treestar Aug 2018 #116

Sometimes I cringe at the thought of being part of a white culture. I think what gets me is that ... marble falls Aug 2018 #6

"They need to start prosecuting these callers as calling in a false report." I believe they can do cstanleytech Aug 2018 #7

Something has to be done to stop this, it's wasting police time appalachiablue Aug 2018 #9

I am not disagreeing with you but there are Constitutional as well as practical limits cstanleytech Aug 2018 #13

It's New England bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #8

I grew up in NE... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #10

"rural values"? heaven05 Aug 2018 #12

That was at Smith College, in Northampton, MA obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #16

To think a college is a monolith of very very liberal very blue people is to ignore reality bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #18

Do you know anything about Smith College? oberliner Aug 2018 #27

these actions heaven05 Aug 2018 #11

Smith College, Northampton MA is literally the most liberal place in the United States oberliner Aug 2018 #28

not anymore it seems nt heaven05 Aug 2018 #37

No it definitely still is oberliner Aug 2018 #41

I thought Oberlin was. kwassa Aug 2018 #59

Well played. /nt yardwork Aug 2018 #96

Tee hee. kwassa Aug 2018 #102

Yes Blazesweetie Aug 2018 #110

I went to high school there, and much of my family are alumni of Oberlin College. kwassa Aug 2018 #112

Fire the employee. BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #14

Does it matter that the employee thought this person was male? oberliner Aug 2018 #29

There's a serious problem BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #34

Could there maybe be an error in the transcript? oberliner Aug 2018 #35

Here is the problem again... BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #36

Your point is taken oberliner Aug 2018 #42

Unfortunately BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #43

I went to a very liberal college called Oberlin oberliner Aug 2018 #44

I know about Oberlin BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #45

I agree with your fundamental point oberliner Aug 2018 #47

When there are so few blacks in a place BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #51

such as? treestar Aug 2018 #121

Are you serious? You actually believe that that makes this ok? yardwork Aug 2018 #97

Surely there are male teachers and employees treestar Aug 2018 #117

additional info at this link ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #15

That article notes the the employee who made the call thought this person was male, not female oberliner Aug 2018 #26

so that excuses the call? right? nt heaven05 Aug 2018 #38

The race of the person may not have been the reason the call was made oberliner Aug 2018 #40

yeah, sure nt heaven05 Aug 2018 #49

It would help to know more about the employee who made the call oberliner Aug 2018 #52

There have always been "similar incidents" in the past BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #58

The call doesn't mention race. LisaL Aug 2018 #68

please stop heaven05 Aug 2018 #76

It's a message board, in case you didn't notice. LisaL Aug 2018 #80

I can't and won't try heaven05 Aug 2018 #83

Yes, it's free country. LisaL Aug 2018 #84

always has been for some heaven05 Aug 2018 #86

Smith is bringing in a third party to conduct an investigation Danascot Aug 2018 #17

That just may be because of whomever this employee is. LisaM Aug 2018 #56

Every news story that includes some racist calling in a false problem with a black person, TNNurse Aug 2018 #22

"I will be unable to move forward from this incident without the following personal demands" oberliner Aug 2018 #25

Quite reasonable. kwassa Aug 2018 #60

There needs to be a fine $$$$$ will make them think twice before calling lunasun Aug 2018 #30

Employee has been placed on leave oberliner Aug 2018 #31

Massachusetts college employee who called police on black student placed on leave Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #32

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Aug 2018 #39

Yes Smith College in Northampton, MA is predominately white BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #46

From looking at alumni heaven05 Aug 2018 #48

Dr. Martin Luther King's daughter Yolanda graduated from there BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #54

I know heaven05 Aug 2018 #55

Ya'll were the "older kids"! BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #57

My daughter was a legacy at nearby Mount Holyoke College and I fondly remember going to see CTyankee Aug 2018 #108

I think many don't realize BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #109

My daughter has had 3 daughters of her own and 2 of the 3 wouldn't even consider going to CTyankee Aug 2018 #113

this "crap" will never stop heaven05 Aug 2018 #50

This turned out to be another non-story "At Smith College, the racist incident that wasn't" braddy Aug 2018 #61

In order to understand this: THE ABOVE POST, 61...MUST BE LINK, & READ....READ POST 61...important! Stuart G Aug 2018 #62

Yep, no race was mentioned in a call. Apparently employee mistook her for a man, and it's a LisaL Aug 2018 #66

this article is behing a paywall, and can't be read without subscription. kwassa Aug 2018 #63

It works for me, try blocking JavaScript. braddy Aug 2018 #64

why don't you quote four paragraphs from the piece? kwassa Aug 2018 #65

She thought the woman was a man where he shouldn't be and race was never mentioned. braddy Aug 2018 #67

She was mistaken for a black man. kwassa Aug 2018 #69

There is no race mentioned in the call. LisaL Aug 2018 #70

So? kwassa Aug 2018 #72

It's a college for females. LisaL Aug 2018 #75

They have male visitors. kwassa Aug 2018 #79

Actually, no. LisaL Aug 2018 #85

My wife is a graduate of one. kwassa Aug 2018 #87

Visitors aren't generally left alone RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #107

there are male graduate students heaven05 Aug 2018 #90

Smith is part of the 5 college consortium as I noted in post #36 BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #111

A male was out of place, look up pictures of her and you can see that many of them resemble a man. braddy Aug 2018 #71

Why was a black male out of place? kwassa Aug 2018 #73

Male, not black male, in a college that is 55% non-white and 100% of undergrads are female. braddy Aug 2018 #74

That's a stretch. kwassa Aug 2018 #77

I'm tired of wasting my time, have fun. braddy Aug 2018 #78

You worked so hard ... kwassa Aug 2018 #81

plus the article writer heaven05 Aug 2018 #103

The key question is ... kwassa Aug 2018 #104

Exactly heaven05 Aug 2018 #105

It sounds very similar to the incident from Yale last May kwassa Aug 2018 #106

She doesn't look like a man in any of the photos I looked at, by the way. kwassa Aug 2018 #82

OMG. This is incredible. yardwork Aug 2018 #100

People also make mistakes janterry Aug 2018 #89

Smith College is making their institution look worse with this behavior. yardwork Aug 2018 #99

Still why was she so suspicious of this "male?" treestar Aug 2018 #118

of course conservative heaven05 Aug 2018 #91

There is transcript of the security call at the link. braddy Aug 2018 #92

yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Aug 2018 #94

See what you want, disregard the rest. braddy Aug 2018 #98

The WaPo quote of the transcript describer her as a "her". kwassa Aug 2018 #101

White liberal arts? - Smith College, LOL. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #114

What is "seeming out of place?" treestar Aug 2018 #115

This is a college campus oberliner Aug 2018 #119

the article says called "police" rather than "campus security" treestar Aug 2018 #120