Heard one of the morons associated with this march on the way home, and just had to post it. First, the march:<\/p>\n
More than 200 members of Purdue University\u2019s student body, staff and faculty marched today in protest of racially charged vandalism and inequality at the university.<\/p>\n
Shortly before noon, a long line of people snaked out of the Black Cultural Center. Many in the group held signs carrying messages that read \u201cAn Injury to One is an Injury to All,\u201d or \u201cIf not now Mitch, when?\u201d referring to Purdue President Mitch Daniels.<\/p>\n
The crowd \u2014 some black, some white, some Asian, some women, some men, some young, some older \u2014 made its way down Third Street to the Memorial Mall, then to the steps of Hovde Hall, the building that houses the offices of Purdue\u2019s top administrators.<\/p>\n
The march started quietly. And then came the chants, made up of loud and varied screams.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me what diversity looks like!\u201d \u201cThis is what diversity looks like!\u201d \u201cThe people are the power!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What had them so fired up? Was it a Klan rally? A lynching? Rap Music? Nope.<\/p>\n
Just before 1 p.m. today, Purdue\u2019s University News Service released a statement saying the incident that triggered the demonstration was not an intentional act of vandalism but an unintentional transfer of words from a sticky note during an educational seminar.<\/p>\n
After conducting interviews with various users of the room at the center, police found that an instructor conducting an interactive seminar wrote the words on a large sticky note attached to the mirror during a discussion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If racism is so damn rampant on campus, why have the march in relation to an incident that isn’t even racial?<\/p>\n
Kind of undermines the whole thing, no?<\/p>\n
Just more kids who lament that they weren’t around when it was actually dangerous to point our racism. Instead, they just invent shit out of thin air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"