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University announces “White Awake” safe space for white students
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Grace GottschlingInvestigative Reporter@Grace_Gotcha Today at 8:52 AM EDT

  • The new group is now one of four in the university’s “Diversity Issues” program series.
  • The announcement has been met with wide criticism from students on social media.
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The University of Maryland at College Park announced Friday a new diversity support group to create a “safe space” for white students to discuss their feelings about “interactions with racial and ethnic minorities.”

The support group, called “White Awake,” will help white students who may “sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before, during, or after interactions with racial and ethnic minorities.”

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[RELATED: University offers guide on 'talking to kids about whiteness']

“This group offers a safe space for White students to explore their experiences, questions, reactions, and feelings,” the description explains. “Members will support and share feedback with each other as they learn more about themselves and how they can fit into a diverse world.”

The description asks students if they want to “improve [their] ability to relate to and connect with people different from [themselves]” or if they want to become a better “ally.” The new group is now one of four in the university’s “Diversity Issues” program series.

The group is being led by Noah Collins, who works for the UMD Counseling Center, and will be held once a week. Collins specializes in group therapy and is interested “especially in the areas of racial and cultural awareness,” according to his faculty bio.

[RELATED: Hiring process for new UMD diversity chief raises 'red flags']

The safe space has been met with harsh criticism from students on social media.

“I am ashamed over the execution of white awake nor do I fully understand its clause. ‘How they can fit into a diverse world’? Why do they need to attend therapy sessions on how to be a decent human being in society?” a UMD student wrote on Twitter. “Why do they need to have these sessions to learn how to coexist?”

“Just like classes. You can’t take one class and feel like you have all understanding over a certain subject,” the student added. “It takes practice, it takes problems, it takes more than one course, so ‘White Awake’ has good intention but I am skeptical over the fairytale result.”

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[RELATED: Texas students launch 'No Whites Allowed' magazine]

Campus Reform reached out to Collins and UMD for comment but did not receive a response by time of publication. If and when a comment is received, the article will be updated.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
Crazy,



Add This to the Questions We Need Answered About Botham Jean’s Killing

Posted at 8:14 pm on September 13, 2018 by Sarah Rumpf


When Botham Jean was shot and killed inside his apartment by Dallas Police Office Amber Guyger on September 7, it sparked national outrage — and rightfully so. Guyger’s defense that she accidentally entered the wrong apartment and Jean failed to follow her verbal commands is a woefully inadequate justification for using deadly force. It took several days to charge Guyger with manslaughter, and many have questioned whether the Dallas Police Department is going too far to protect one of their own officers.





Tonight, new developing news gives additional weight to that question. A story posted by the Dallas Fox affiliate announced, “DEVELOPING: Search warrant: Marijuana found in Botham Jean’s apartment after deadly shooting.”


As the story notes, several search warrants were signed by judges and executed a few hours after the shooting:

The search warrant executed in Jean’s apartment at South Side Flats specifically sought fired cartridge casings, fired projectiles, firearms, ballistic vests, keys, evidence of blood, video surveillance systems, and contraband such as narcotics and other items used in criminal offenses.

The inventory return yielded:
2 fired cartridge casings
1 laptop computer
1 black backpack with police equipment and paperwork
1 insulated lunch box
1 black ballistic vest with “police” markings
10.4 grams of marijuana in ziplock bags
1 metal marijuana grinder
2 RFID keys
2 used packages of medical aid

Let’s be very, very clear about something: whether or not Jean was using or possessing drugs is not relevant under the facts of this case as we currently know them. Guyger’s defense is that she went into the wrong apartment, thinking it was hers, not that she believed there was some sort of crime or dangerous situation happening inside Jean’s apartment and she needed to intervene.

So why was the warrant issued to include searching for drugs? Collecting the fired cartridge casings and other evidence directly related to the shooting makes sense. Investigating the personal life of a victim — who, again, Guyger has made no claims was doing anything illegal or dangerous to justify her entering his apartment — seems not just irrelevant, but potentially an attempt to distract or smear his reputation.
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Bitch deserves the death penalty right law and order guy?
 
Hüsker Dü said:
So, besides you saying t is a buffoon, you still believe he has America and the American people's best interest in mind?

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Where did I say I "believe he has America and the American people's best interest in mind" ?
Makin' shit up again duck...tee'n' it up are ya?
Well, he's picked two very well qualified men to serve on the SCOTUS
Unemployment is at 50 year lows and in some sectors record lows.
Wages are climbing, industries are investing money in America...so he's doing better than BHO ever did.
Didn't read your links Daffy, so sorry.
If I did I'd just have to post ones that say and conclude the opposite.
 
Lion Eyes said:
Where did I say I "believe he has America and the American people's best interest in mind" ?
Makin' shit up again duck...tee'n' it up are ya?
Well, he's picked two very well qualified men to serve on the SCOTUS
Unemployment is at 50 year lows and in some sectors record lows.
Wages are climbing, industries are investing money in America...so he's doing better than BHO ever did.
Didn't read your links Daffy, so sorry.
If I did I'd just have to post ones that say and conclude the opposite.
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I see you are once again having trouble following along, or are you simply demeaning yourself again?
 
Justafan said:
You better watch your mouth, because inevitably it’s going to be a person of color taking care of your ass as you get older. I dare you to talk crap to the nurse or hospital team when you’re in a time of need.
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That's been going on for ages in the Nursing Homes, now the incidents of what YOU are
describing is relatively very LOW.....YOU had better watch YOUR ass because if what
YOU want here in California happens YOU will be part of the Lower caste system YOU
brought here to the United States whether YOU like it or not....

Funny how that works isn't it !
 
Acetylene in a trashbag with a Loooooooooong fuse...or a loooooooooong extension
cord to a sparkplug at one end and decent battery at the other.....

Talk about a Boom....

Note : Not recommended for any Liberals to try at all, requires a rational brain
to perform this irrational act...


PS...Static electricity is NOT you friend !
 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Faking Your Way to Racial Equality
By Robert Weissberg
Since the mid-1960s, billions have been spent to close race-related gaps in educational achievement. While these gaps have been somewhat narrowed, they have remained substantial and seem impervious to nearly all nostrums – everything from early intervention programs such as Head Start to hard-headed businesslike remedies such as firing incompetent teachers. Now, given decades of disappointment, what's next?

Let me suggest that "a solution" is emerging, but it is not what gap-obsessed egalitarians have in mind. This "solution" is deception – if genuine equally of outcome is unreachable, instead, provide the illusion of success. Remarkably, this deceit is often welcomed as if it were the real thing, with little outrage when fraudsters are exposed.

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing argues that teachers illicitly boosting student test scores is endemic. Such deception is particularly alluring at schools with large populations of underperforming minority students, where the dismal numbers can bring school closings or mass firings. Such cheating has been documented in Atlanta; Baltimore; and Washington, D.C. as well as in schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and elsewhere. They are, according to the center, just "the tip of the iceberg.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Faking Your Way to Racial Equality
By Robert Weissberg
Since the mid-1960s, billions have been spent to close race-related gaps in educational achievement. While these gaps have been somewhat narrowed, they have remained substantial and seem impervious to nearly all nostrums – everything from early intervention programs such as Head Start to hard-headed businesslike remedies such as firing incompetent teachers. Now, given decades of disappointment, what's next?

Let me suggest that "a solution" is emerging, but it is not what gap-obsessed egalitarians have in mind. This "solution" is deception – if genuine equally of outcome is unreachable, instead, provide the illusion of success. Remarkably, this deceit is often welcomed as if it were the real thing, with little outrage when fraudsters are exposed.

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing argues that teachers illicitly boosting student test scores is endemic. Such deception is particularly alluring at schools with large populations of underperforming minority students, where the dismal numbers can bring school closings or mass firings. Such cheating has been documented in Atlanta; Baltimore; and Washington, D.C. as well as in schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and elsewhere. They are, according to the center, just "the tip of the iceberg.
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The politics of Racial Division are maintained by Politicians....

It's the ONLY way for them to divide humans and achieve their disgusting goals..
Otherwise we would ALL get along and that is not what THEY want !

Every Human has a unique and beautiful trait, that's what makes this world so
wonderful and special !
 

Obama repeatedly stutters, talks about himself 79 times while campaigning for candidates
September 15, 2018
By Kyle Olson

No wonder this dope won't release his transcripts.
Stuttering, babbling fool.


There were times during a Thursday rally Barack Obama couldn’t help but talk about himself, even though he was supposed to be talking about other people.

There were other times he could barely talk at all.

During the Cleveland rally for Rich Cordray and Betty Sutton, Obama repeatedly talked about himself, despite the candidates sitting behind him.

Several times, he stuttered as he attempted to attack President Trump and the success of recent Republican initiatives.



“I see you,” Obama started, pointing into the audience.

“Let, let, let, let, let me just say these, these are friends of mine,” Obama said, stumbling over his words, “I admit I am biased.”

Several times, Obama called Cordray and Sutton a “friend of mine.”

“I have worked with them,” he said, keeping the focus on himself.


Several times, Obama attempted to regale the audience with stories about when he was important and the President.

Speaking of Cordray, he said, “He had my back even when some of you couldn’t pronounce my name.”

After seemingly being forced to talk about the candidates he was campaigning for, Obama said, “But I have a broader message…”

He found a way to make a heckler about himself, too.

“I always miss having at least one heckler up in here,” Obama told the audience.

“I can never really hear what they’re saying, but I appreciate the exercise of free speech,” he said.

At one point, The Chosen One devolved into a stuttering mess, saying, “We, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we spend…”

“I know that sometimes, when I was president, even when I was a candidate, folks would say, ‘Barack, you’re talking too long.’

‘You’re like too professorial, you’re explaining stuff too much,'” Obama said people told him.

“I know, but sometimes things are complicated and I didn’t, I, I, I, and I was confident…” he continued.

Making a pass at talking about the candidates, Obama said, “And that’s why I’m here. Not just because I love Ohio, although I do. And not just because I love Cleveland,” he said.

More than half way into his remarks, he finally said, “I want to talk a little bit about Rich just for a second.”

And he was meaning that pretty literally, as he quickly shifted back to talking about himself, and musing about his own opinions.

“I, I, I can’t, I can’t even beat Sasha at Jeopardy,” he said, getting way off the subject and talking about his daughter and the game show.

About 30 minutes into his remarks, Obama said, “Now listen, I know it’s hot so I gotta wrap up.”

But he just kept going.

“But here’s something I said last week that I want to repeat,” he said, before later saying virtually the same thing.

“I said this last week, I want to repeat it,” he said.

All told, Obama talked about himself 79 times during the roughly 40 minute speech, saying “I” 66 times, “Me” 5 times, “My” 5 times, and “Mine” 3 times.

Last week, Obama gave two speeches in which he mentioned himself a combined 168 times — 63 times in California and 102 times in Illinois.
 
Christine Blasey Ford claims that Brett Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed at a Maryland high school party they attended in the early 1980s, clumsily tried to remove her clothing and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream.

"I thought he might inadvertently kill me," Ford said. "He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing."

Yet this woman never uttered a word about this "attack" and her near death experience for 35+ years?
This wouldn't be admitted into evidence in a court of law

Yet this all makes perfect sense to many in DC.
The man should be removed from the bench, disbarred and sent to prison.

Unbelievable.
 
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