Black-Face

[Nbadan]

Race, Gates and A&M...


http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/images/blackface_nr.jpg


At the same moment, Pres. Bush was introducing Texas A&M Pres. Robert Gates as his nominee for Secretary of Defense, hundreds of students at the university were protesting a videotape featuring a white student wearing black shoe polish on his face, acting as a slave.

It is an example, some professors say, of the unfinished business Gates will leave behind at Texas A&M: ending racial hostility on campus.

"It is institutional and has permeated the university for a long time," says Zulema Valdez, a professor of sociology at Texas A&M.

Just before leaving for Washington, Gates condemned the blackface video as "so utterly disgusting that, regardless of race, religion, or background, I believe virtually any member of our Aggie family would be outraged and ashamed if they viewed it."

Sociology professor Rogelio Saenz says while Gates has done more than his predecessors in addressing the issue of racism on campus, "there have only been surface changes where deeper changes need to be made in this structural and cultural problem."

ABC News (http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/gates_unfinishe.html)

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[ChumpDumper]

It is institutional and has permeated the university for a long timeWell no shit. What does this really have to do with Gates? We're supposed to not confirm him because he has failed to eliminate every last iota of racism or prejudice in a student body of 40,000+ in four years?

[smeagol]

Dan makes no sense (again)

[01Snake]

Well no shit. What does this really have to do with Gates? We're supposed to not confirm him because he has failed to eliminate every last iota of racism or prejudice in a student body of 40,000+ in four years?

I'm sure Dan doesn't think that ....he's just throwing it out there to see what the responses are. (Actually, he probably does think that but once he starts to get grilled on it, he will go with the "don't shoot the messenger" tactic.)
:rolleyes

Typical Dan post.

[Extra Stout]

Texas A&M has a lot of inbred idiot cracker monkeys, therefore Robert Gates is unfit to be Secretary of Defense. That is impeccable logic.

The racial problems got worse when A&M adopted that 10% policy to get around the Hopwood decision, because it also allows the banjo-playing Jim Bobs to gain admission more easily.

If anything, Gates' grappling with the cultural backwardness of the Piney Woods, amid trying to build a first-tier university, could be helpful in his new job, given what the military is trying to accomplish in Iraq.

[clambake]

Banjo playing jim bobs. I love that.

[xrayzebra]

Well they are going to need a new leader at College Station. So why not just
bring one of the Harvard bunch down there. They will get things straightened out
in no time flat. All together now: Kumbaya!