What do you all think about the segregation going on on some campuses

[FlameHeart]

Ahh I remember reading this for my developmental psych class. I remember it provided some insight. I will have to reread.

[WuWei]

@NJBob

@WuWei

@NJBob

The young men were intentionally being provocative.

Where do you get that?

According to you, they were seated in a “multicultural area” and they had “police lives matter” stickers on their laptops.

Neither of which I think is wrong but it was likely to irk some of the denizens of the safe zone.

So you assume intent?

[Impenitent]

irony… the police state culture promoted without police…

but we have always been at war with Eastasia

[NJBob]

Yes, I do.

[WuWei]

@NJBob

Yes, I do.

You should know better.

[NJBob]

@WuWei

@NJBob

Yes, I do.

You should know better.

Really?

What makes you assume no intent?

[WuWei]

@NJBob

@WuWei

@NJBob

Yes, I do.

You should know better.

Really?

What makes you assume no intent?

Lack of stated intent.

[NJBob]

On an internet video? OK, sure.

[WuWei]

@NJBob

On an internet video? OK, sure.

It will come out eventually.

Remember the kid and the old Indian? I had to eat some crow on that one.

[WuWei]

@NJBob

On an internet video? OK, sure.

Who took the video?

[NJBob]

I don’t think that makes a difference.

It appears one of the women took the video but that doesn’t mean the men weren’t looking to make a scene.

I could be wrong but that’s how it looks to me.

[Dem]

@WuWei

@Dem

where each group is told that others can’t understand its thinking because of its unique experiences

You know where that comes from?

With all the reading you’ve been doing. I’m going to assume Critical Theory.

Though I tend to agree with the general idea presented. Due to different cultural experiences, it’s hard for people to understand or relate, not impossible though. It just requires a willingness.

[Dem]

@NJBob

I don’t think that makes a difference.

It appears one of the women took the video but that doesn’t mean the men weren’t looking to make a scene.

I could be wrong but that’s how it looks to me.

I don’t know if they were. The guy on the left looks completely caught off guard.

The definitely had some provocative statements for the area they were in, but I don’t think they were looking to cause a scene.

[Dem]

@FlameHeart

Again, I understand people wanting to go where things are familiar- especially if they are an international student. However, I think this only destroys relationships in the long term because of the possibility of group think, and you’re not getting to know people who you might otherwise click with.

People with similar interests like to group together, it’s human nature.

Why cultural organizations exist makes sense though. Think about this way, you’re a Chinese kid in a 90% White school, you are in completely different culture, with people who can’t relate to you You see another Chinese kid, you’re bound to get together. You now have someone you can relate to with similar experiences.

[FloridaYankee]

@NJBob

I don’t think that makes a difference.

It appears one of the women took the video but that doesn’t mean the men weren’t looking to make a scene.

I could be wrong but that’s how it looks to me.

It could easily have been a set up. They acted like they never heard of such a space. Surely it was well known among the students.

[Cratic3947]

Martin Luther King is out. That’s what is being taught now.

[Mountain_Soldier]

@NJBob

@WuWei

@NJBob

@WuWei

@NJBob

Yeah, I did watch. Stupid people acting stupidly.

It doesn’t mean it reflects majority opinion.

What difference does majority opinion make? The university designated it.

The point I’m making is that most people choose a self segregated environment because they feel more comfortable.

And then use government to enforce it. Jim Crow 2.0

Who is using government?

All that choose such an environment or the loud activists?

Everyone has their own individual motivation.

So I could create a golf club for whites only and government wouldn’t get involved? We’re choosing to be comfortable among ourselves, right?

[Mountain_Soldier]

@Dem

@Axxowiz

Look at the headlines at the USA Today it looks like something from the onion yet it’s real

I read your article, it’s an opinion piece that says the segregation going on is bad. Though it does make a good point as to why it’s happening.

That’s sounding more and more like the sort of thing we’re hearing on college campuses, where each group is told that others can’t understand its thinking because of its unique experiences, requiring its own safe space.

It’s true to an extent. Every culture has its own unique experience. When kids go to college, they also want to hang out with people of their own culture. It’s nothing nefarious, people want places where they can hang out with folks they can relate with.

So a whites only golf club would be ok with you? No women either?

[Mountain_Soldier]

@NJBob

@WuWei

@NJBob

The young men were intentionally being provocative.

Where do you get that?

According to you, they were seated in a “multicultural area” and they had “police lives matter” stickers on their laptops.

Neither of which I think is wrong but it was likely to irk some of the denizens of the safe zone.

Multicultural is a one of the biggest bull ■■■■ terms in existence.

[NJBob]

I think you’re missing the point of the discussion.