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It turns out footage of people going to class and learning about stuff doesn't make for great television.
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Professor Melissa Click should be fired
- Thread starter Jayhawker Soule
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It turns out footage of people going to class and learning about stuff doesn't make for great television.
Yeah I can imagine
Yeah I think that's happening here as well. It's quite sad.
And yes Special Snowflake is way too overused. We need a new term or I might lose what little sanity I have left hearing it again!!
LittlePinky82
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Do you even have any idea what has been going on at this Missouri school? It all began when students were being harassed and called the N word because they're black. And it escalated from there. The University didn't do enough to keep students from being harassed for the color of their skin.
So now it's being a "special snowflake" to want to go to college and do better for yourself and get that higher education for a better job and not be harassed for the color of your skin?
This college has been dealing with a lot of racism issues. Why shouldn't students be able to feel safe and like they're not being harassed because of the color of their skin?
Why is it only "special snowflake" when it's black kids speaking up? Just like how cops get off the hook for the **** they've been doing to black people. There's even a case in Oklahoma of a cop who has been sexually abusing black women of all ages, including a 57 yr old grandmother, and he's probably going to get off.
I really don't blame them for not trusting the media. If they really care about messaging or anything they have social media.
esmith
Veteran Member
What is really ridiculous is that the University of Missouri is well known for their Journalism department, yet this idiot went after a student, Tim Tai, who is studying journalism. In somewhat related events student activist seem to be more apt to lash out when they disagree with someone else's opinion. Seems like these elitist children can't understand that not everyone agrees with their brainwashed minds.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...tolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...tolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/
esmith
Veteran Member
Guess you didn't know that the journalist was a student at the school. Guess only certain rights are right.
LittlePinky82
Well-Known Member
What, to not be harassed with racism on campus? That's elite now?
So you think it's fine for other students to be able to harass and call people the N word on campus? For just getting an education? People shouldn't speak up against it?
Except I do and he's there as a journalist. Not as a student. So?
And on edit he still was there and got his story. So what's the complaint? They didn't like him? Wow, imagine that. I wonder why.
And for people who don't know what's been happening there with the racism-
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...cle_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html
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As someone who was active with CORE and who was among those who sat around the police car holding Jack Weinberg at UC Berkeley, I have deep empathy for student protest, but not actions aimed at physically suppressing the rights of the press.
LittlePinky82
Well-Known Member
But they didn't. They had a sign. Wow, that's so oppressive.
The person still was there, still did their story and it got out there and look we're talking about it. So, what oppression? What they didn't want media there? Gee I wonder why.If you want oppression talk to reporters, not student reporters, in Philippines who are being jailed for their reports on the corrupt government. That's oppression. Not having a sign that says "no media."
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Frankly, I think you're confused. Please go back and review Click's actions.
LittlePinky82
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No, I'm not. I read it.
Compare this to what's happening in Philippines (not Thailand like I previously said I got them wrong)-
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/asia/philippines-deadly-for-journalists/index.html
You're at a protest. What do you expect? People to be chill?
The person apologized, the "journalist" (I used quotes because they're a student journalist) was still there, still did their story, still is talking. We're talking about it now. People in the US have no idea what oppression is.
LittlePinky82
Well-Known Member
I'm sure we're going to concentrate on her and not the real issue of the school what the whole problem came about in the first place with the protests.
So they're quick to accept her resignation but not to do really anything that matters to students on campus about the issues of racism and harassment on the property of students who are there to better their lives and prepare for their futures. We have our shiny object.
So, what she resigned. Good for her. Have a cookie. Let's now do something that actually matters with the bigger issue which is racism on the campus.
This is an issue between this prof and the student in question. Let them work it out between them. Don't lose focus on the bigger issue of the whole affair and why the protesting was happening. Why did the football players quit their team in agreement.
Obviously this school has issues that need to be addressed.
I quite frankly am not concerned with this. This doesn't mean anything to me. I'm not the person who was offended. What I am concerned about is racism on this campus and across the country.
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Learn to walk and chew gum.
LittlePinky82
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Learn to walk and chew gum.
I do. I'm eating now and typing. Wow, imagine that!
This is a distraction. Funny how quick they were to accept her resignation and not do anything that really matters about the issue on hand which brought up the protests.
She resigned. She apologized to the person who was offended/hurt. What is there to still talk about where she is concerned?
On edit from what I understand black students are 7% on this campus and this area has a long history of racism including issues with the KKK and segregation protests of the past. If students are being harassed on campus and having racial slurs why is nothing serious being done to protect students from harassment of just getting an education?
Honestly who really cares about this incident. It happened, she regretted it, she apologized and resigned. She did the proper thing a professor should do in these situations. What is the president of the school doing? Is he going to follow her example and try to make things better for everyone on campus to get an education? Why is it acceptable that a minority population on campus is being harassed on the grounds?
Why was this protest necessary in the first place? Maybe if the school was doing more than just emails and "sensitivity training" (which can help but only so much honestly) the protest wouldn't have been necessary if people felt like they were really being listened to so they can be safe on campus getting an education and the whole sorry incident wouldn't have happened.
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She wasn't fired, and it does not look to me like she left the school. At least that's how I read the article.
From what I can tell, it seems she only resigned her courtesy position with the School of Journalism, and that she retains the position she is really employed for -- teaching mass media in the Communications Department. The vote that was being taken was only related to the courtesy appointment, and not her employment by the university.
The thread is about this teacher.
LittlePinky82
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No really? I never would have guessed that. Certainly not from the title.
Oh well. She still did something more meaningful from the original incident than the school has appeared to thus far which brought about the protests in general and this incident. She cared about a student's safety where as the school doesn't seem to be caring about 7% of their campus population.
Thanks That goes far to explain your posts. But keep practicing. I'm confident that you'll do better if and when you set your mind to it.
LittlePinky82
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I'm so concerned about how you think about my "practicing." Maybe worry about your own. Just saying.