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The response email is given in the full complaint: > Thanks for your suggestion in your email below that I give black students special treatment, given the tra
by skavi 5y ago
The response email is given in the full complaint:
> Thanks for your suggestion in your email below that I give black students special treatment, given the tragedy in Minnesota.
> Do you know the names of the classmates that are black? How can I identify them since we’ve been having online classes only?
Are there any students of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian? What do you suggest I do with respect to them? A full concession or just half?
> Also, do you have any idea if any students are from Minneapolis? I assume that they probably are especially devastated as well. I am thinking that a white student from there might possibly be even more devastated by this, especially because some might think that they’re racist even if they are not. My TA is from Minneapolis, so if you don’t know, I can probably ask her.
> Can you guide me on how I should achieve a “no-harm” outcome since our sole course grade is from a final exam only?
> One last thing strikes me: Remember that MLK famously said that people should not be evaluated based on the “color of their skin.” Do you think that your request would run afoul of MLK’s admonition?
Definitely a ridiculous response to a fairly well reasoned email. However, he definitely could have left out the sentence comparing the suffering of people experiencing racism to people who are afraid others might think them racist.
- franga2000 5y ago> However, he definitely could have left out the sentence comparing the suffering of people experiencing racism to people who are afraid others might think them racist. The student letter didn't ask for special treatment because black students were suffering because of experiencing racism themselves, but that they are suffering anxiety because an unrelated black person was killed by racists. In terms of practical negative impact on a person's life, people thinking you're racist will probably make things a lot harder for you than "someone who vaguely looks similar to me was murdered on the other side of the country". Now, I'd hope people wouldn't be dumb enough to think someone is racist just because a high-profile racist incident happened in their state, and in that case, the above wouldn't make sense, but we did see a bunch of people become violentl against Asian people just because a virus was allegedly first found in a Chinese town, so it might be a very real possibility.
- staysafeanon 5y ago>fairly well reasoned email. AHAHAHAHAHA breathes AHAHAHAHAHA! The original email from the baizou[0] student is just typical leftist neurotic derangement. The only way to win that game is to not play. I guess the poor old professor hasn't been exposed to the insane fragility of the typical leftist campus activist first hand. It's not the mid-2000s anymore. [0] https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED564/5edfb27b176ec.jpeg https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED564/5edfb27b176...