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Parents of black hunger striker protesting ‘white privilege’ own lakeside home worth $1.1 million

Alex Pfeiffer - The University of the South — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:13:05 +0000

The University of Missouri grad student who led a hunger strike against what he contends is systemic racial oppression on his campus comes from a very wealthy family from Omaha, Neb., that owns at least two homes – including a million-dollar lakehouse – property records show. On Wednesday it was reported that Jonathan Butler, the student whose hunger strike helped prompt Mizzou football players…

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Professors: Motorists more likely to run over black people than white people

Alex Pfeiffer - The University of the South — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 06:31:52 +0000

Federally funded study suggests black pedestrians face racial discrimination at crosswalks A recently published study funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation claims to show that black pedestrians face racial discrimination at crosswalks. The study, “Racial bias in driver yielding behavior at crosswalks,” was published in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.

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Harvard forces all-male social clubs to accept women or they’ll ruin their reputations, students claim

Alex Pfeiffer - The University of the South — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:06:13 +0000

‘Harvard University has applied tremendous pressure on all of the clubs to go coed.’ Of the eight all-male final clubs at Harvard founded in the nineteenth century, two have recently accepted female members, and according to allegations from one of these newly co-ed groups, the remaining six will have to do so soon or face irreparable harm. Harvard’s final clubs are like exclusive…

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On 9/11 anniversary, professor demands national observance of ‘racial terror’ against African Americans

Alex Pfeiffer - The University of the South — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:11:49 +0000

Scholar also accuses Hillary Clinton of ‘white supremacy’ Many Americans remembered the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Friday with calls to “never forget,” prompting a sociology and Africana studies professor to send out a flurry of tweets calling for a “never forget” national observance on “racial terror” against African Americans. “There is not a special day on the…

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Being a ‘victim’ has become a badge of honor on campus, sociologists argue

Alex Pfeiffer - The University of the South — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:51:18 +0000

Victimhood has become a virtue in America’s shifting culture, scholars argue A journal article by two sociologists suggests the rise of microaggressions stems from a culture of victimhood that celebrates the aggrieved and perceives them as virtuous martyrs – most notably on college campuses. Making matters worse, this perception is fostered by administrations that coddle and support such…

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