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College Student Suspended Six Months for Saying Black Women Aren't Hot...
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DontBeThatGuy
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I know the type, and they're all so fucking wrong, in every way.
I can see it in some scenario where it's clear there's some joking going on and everyone is in on it, but many of these apologizes we see aren't that. Bullshit to the fullest.
John Kowalski
Banned
it's almost like he thinks a woman's most worthful aspect is how hot she is
WhiskerFrisker
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I disagree.
Heavy_D206
Member
This is a good reason to stay off social media.
Getting fired or suspended from work or school for posting a dumb comment just seems insane.
Getting fired or suspended from work or school for posting a dumb comment just seems insane.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Someone hook this dude up with a pic of Anya Ivy. Fuegooooo.
Isn't it worse if he was joking? Colleges probably shouldn't be suspending students for who they're attracted or not attracted to.
Or you could just not say dumb shit. There's that too.
Marauder Shields
Member
Out of curiosity, would it have made a difference if he had said that he doesn't find black women hot vs. saying that they straight up aren't hot?
benicillin
Banned
Or he could stay on social media and not be an ass. It's surprisingly easy to do.
EDIT: To elaborate, it's not like someone overheard him talking to a friend and reported it. He posted it on a public forum that anyone (and everyone) can read. People have got to understand that stuff they post online isn't private, he might as well have tacked a flier with the comment on a bulletin board in the student union.
The "that six word comment" was obviously purposefully thrown in to downplay the offense as well.
However whether he is genuine or not he is paying for what he said more than most ever do; so I'd like to hope he at least gets a chance to redeam himself. Internet shaming could haunt him forever. A bit of defensiveness in an apology and some cliche's are hardly suprising; months or years from now he may feel more genuinely regretful, and I don't think his offense was so bad to start assuming he wouldn't.
Jeffolation
Banned
What a clown.
Atomic Playboy
Member
I am so glad social media was not as pervasive when I was in college. I never said anything along the lines of "black women aren't hot" (because who honestly believes that?), but I said plenty of stupid shit when I was young and dumb and drunk. I just never had to deal with a permanent public source all those dumb comments would be saved to. Several months of suspension over a stupid (and since deleted) comment is absurd. People have to be forgiven for saying ignorant things; the whole point of an educational institution is to show why such thinking is wrong, not ban the words from being spoken in the first place.
Also, quick note to everyone on planet Earth: if you're going to drink, disconnect the Internet and hide your phone. The stupid shit you say in a bar or in your living room to disinterested friends/strangers is fine, but now that you can do it online, it is permanent, the exact wrong people will see it, and it will get you suspended, fired, divorced and arrested. Don't even risk it.
Also, quick note to everyone on planet Earth: if you're going to drink, disconnect the Internet and hide your phone. The stupid shit you say in a bar or in your living room to disinterested friends/strangers is fine, but now that you can do it online, it is permanent, the exact wrong people will see it, and it will get you suspended, fired, divorced and arrested. Don't even risk it.
partyphone
Banned
I was gonna say.....
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
In terms of offensiveness? Maybe. But then you still have to ask yourself what's on his mind if his reaction to Black Lives Matter is "yeah they matter but I don't find them hot" that's not really a much better position
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Not really a good reason to suspend him, but as it's a private liberal arts college, not a public university, it's their call.
So, every comedian, writer, dark satirist are all fucking ignorant assholes?
Probably, but today's PC and outrage culture is so ridiculous he'd get gobbled up either way.
It's better but it's still an unnecessary generalisation along racial lines. The best option is not to belittle a group of people because you don't find them attractive.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
As crappy his opinion is, or shitty joke or whatever, but, 21 Months????
overreaction much...
overreaction much...
It's out of fucking control.
Heavy_D206
Member
I don't think having an unpopular opinion makes you an ass.
He didn't say he hates black people, he's just not attracted to them.
He's entitled to his opinion even if you think it's wrong.
For the Record - I think black girls are sexy so I'm not agreeing with him.
Ninja Scooter
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Vault Dweller 111
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He doesn't deserve that punishment. Even if it was a shitty thing to say.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
other than the blacklivesmatter conflation (basically using it to put down that movement), this sort of statement is pretty common on online dating profiles, but there's hardly much outrage there.
definitely depends on when and where you are saying this stuff whether or not you're going to get dinged for it.
Dicktatorship
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Dang that's rough. Yeah he said something dumb, but putting his education on hold for so long isn't exactly the best way to combat ignorance, which thrives in isolation and the absence of education.
i would love to know what that is.
Team Filler
Member
I disagree, she brown I'm down. Seems kind of a harsh punishment for a comment on that level, but it's the schools call. Hopefully it teaches the kid to evaluate more what he wants to say before saying it.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
You gotta be pretty dumb to respond with that to talk of BLM
He agreed to go to the college under certain conditions, which likely included an Honour Code perhaps, a agreement to respect a Moral Code the school follows maybe. Every college has some terms of agreement that can be broken and duly punished. I do not feel this was unjust, nor do I feel his apology was necessarily sincere. The reduction is also fine with me, perhaps when he returns, he'll have learned a lesson.
Krappadizzle
Member
Yo, he dumb.
What the fuck is Yik' Yak?
What the fuck is Yik' Yak?
He responded to a Black Lives Matter thing with a comment that managed to jam both racism and sexism into just 6 words. In that context the rephrasing wouldn't have helped much.
No cause he was being goddamn extra.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
He's wrong, racist, and stupid... But he shouldn't be suspended.
He's still paying tuition though... If he gets suspended for something like this, imagine how strong censorship can be on any given paper or open opinion in class. He should be debated with and shown why he's ignorant but not suspended. And showing pics of smoking Black women doesn't relate to what he's saying, I'm sure he's dissing the majority of Black women.
Big Baybee
Member
Why?
adamsappel
Member
He's wrong, and the thread will probably end up locked because of the pictures posted to prove it, but do people think colleges should be kicking out students for unpopular opinions? I don't think this quite rises to the level of "hate speech."
it's like hotspot chatting. It's the end of the free world.
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