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Sure, its not the institutions role to protect accusations of racism. But watch the video yourself and make a judgement on who, if anyone was being racist. (Ig

• tptacek 11y ago
  Who cares if "they're" the racists? It's always the same thing, both on the protester's side and the institution, stretching back years: someone does something dumb, and someone else overreacts.
  • posnet 11y ago
    I didn't say anyone was. I don't think anyone was being racist in the video. I was just trying to provide context to the paragraph you quoted in case you hadn't seen the video.
  • gozo 11y ago
    I think part of the problem is that if you're a minority group which views the majority group don't think are important you will not only be judged as overreacting because they can't understand you, but you will also be judged more harshly if you do overreact. It's like in work life when men can be looked up to as jerks when they fire people for petty things, favor their buddies over other colleagues, go out drinking groping and picking fights. But when a women is calling out someones unwanted advance or sexual harassment she have to be absolutely sure she is correct and can prove it because otherwise it's apparently her that are making people uncomfortable. And of course since "it wasn't a big deal" she is overreacting by default. Maybe overreacting isn't such a bad thing, maybe it simply evens out the jerks a bit.
    • kelukelugames 11y ago
      A thousand times yes. People equate overreacting with "complaining about something I don't understand." Sadly, I include myself in this generalization. I need to work on empathy.