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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Black Is a Disease': Racist Posts Roil Arkansas University
A Black students interview with a local news channel was interrupted by shouts of white power this week.https://www.thedailybeast.com/racist-yik-yak-posts-roil-arkansas-state-university
Black fraternities and sororities at Arkansas State University were targeted in racist attacks online this weekbut students say the posts are just part of a much larger problem on campus.
On behalf of the entire Arkansas State University community, I condemn the recent statements of anonymous individuals, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse wrote in a statement released Thursday. The language and labels used by persons posting about the weekly [National Pan-Hellenic Council] events on campus is simply unacceptable and disgraceful The type of statements made recently related to Black students and members of NPHC organizations are shameful and unwelcome at Arkansas State University.
KAIT 8 ABC reported that anonymous messages were posted on Wednesday night to the social media platform Yik Yak, which serves as a community-discussion site for users within a 5-mile radius. The posts reportedly targeted the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek organizations, which historically center around the culture of the African diaspora. According to the Arkansas State University chapter of the NPHC, statements were made telling Black students to get back on the boat and that Black is a disease.
Whomever is making these comments are outliers, Arkansas State University Chief Communications Officer Bill Smith told The Daily Beast. In a statement posted to Instagram, the university chapter of the NPHC condemned the hostility and belittlement directed toward Black students.
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'Black Is a Disease': Racist Posts Roil Arkansas University (Original Post)
Celerity
Apr 2022
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Patterson
(1,531 posts)1. Arkansas State University Chief Communications Officer Bill Smith doesn't know how to use "whomever"
properly.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)2. Way to get to the real heart of the matter.
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)3. Actually, maybe it is.
For a "Chief Communications Officer" not to be able to communicate correctly in the English language could be symptomatic of the ignorance and incompetence of the management of that University.
I find such things to be alarming and unsettling. Ignorance is a huge part of the problem.