Black student hangs ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs at school

[Alan C.]

Black student admits hanging ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs near school bathrooms, water fountains

 

Cries of racism broke out across the campus of the University of Buffalo this week when students found Jim Crow-esque signs in a building on campus.

Someone had posted “White Only” and “Black Only” signs near several bathrooms and water fountains in Clemens Hall.

“It brought up feelings of the past of a past that our generation has never seen which I think is why it was so shocking for us to see,” Micah Oliver, president for the Black Student Union, tells ABC 27.

More than 100 students turned out to a Black Student Union meeting to discuss the signs.

“There was fear expressed, anger, disappointment – all of that,” according to Oliver.

And then, Ashley Powell, a black graduate student, stood up in the meeting to admit she had hung the signs, claiming it was part of an “art project,” The Buffalo News reports.

Students were reportedly “outraged” and “walked out” of the meeting. Other students denounced Powell’s project as “racist” and “an act of terrorism.”

According to the News, “the project was for a 400-level art class titled ‘Instillation: Urban Space.’ Powell said the goal of the signs and project was to see what people’s reactions would be to them.”

“I apologize for the extreme trauma, fear, and actual hurt and pain these signs brought about,” Powell said in the statement, according to The Spectrum, the student newspaper.

“I apologize if you were hurt, but I do not apologize for what I did. Once again, this is my art practice. My work directly involves black trauma and non-white suffering. I do not believe that there can be social healing without first coming to terms with and expressing our own pain, rage, and trauma.”

 

[thebeardslastcall]

And no one just took the signs down as a bad joke and moved on unoffended. These people want to be offended and why they would think the signs were serious is a better question. Having a big meeting about it instead of even finding out who was responsible for them? This culture sure does love to have meetings about nothing and to be offended. Like people talking over a running water faucet about what to do about running the water instead of just stepping in, turning it off, and moving on without a word. "What are we going to do about the running water?!" "Can you believe someone left the water on and it just keeps going!" "Look at all that water being wasted, what are we going to do about it?" Silly people.

[A4E]

Reminded me of this add running on the screens some years ago:

 

[Donnadogsoth]

"extreme trauma"?

 

I think they should have a talk with Jesus about experiencing "extreme trauma."