Overreact much, UCSD?

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Here’s a link to the story about a student at UCSD that was suspended for hanging a noose in the library.

I agree with the suspension of the student. Even without knowing the student code of conduct at UCSD, hanging a noose in a library seems to cross the line from freedom of speech to yelling fire in the crowded theatre.

From the CNN article above:

*They include the establishment of a task force on minority faculty recruitment, a new commission to addressing declining African-American enrollment and finding space for an African-American resource center.
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What? They’re going to waste taxpayer money and student tuition on a useless politically correct task force? All because of a stupid student prank that went too far?

Every college student knows that they need to parrot, “Racism, sexism, and homophobia.” as the cause of every problem in the world. Some students lash back at the hyper politically correct atmosphere and go too far. Punish the student, but not the taxpayers or other students.

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It’s not just about the “prank.” UCSD has the lowest minority enrollment of any UC campus, and there is an atmosphere of distrust between the minority students who are there and the rest of the school population. This has been an on-going problem for years. Thee actions cited above were put into place to address those issues, not the noose.

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Do you mean the African-American/Black population is small at UCSD or minorities in general?

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Black students make up something like 2% of the student body. Not sure about other minorities’ numbers.

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Asians are 49%, Hispanics 13%, White 27%. Wiki