San Diego College Students Punished For Making Fun Of Negro History Month

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Student TV Show That Mocked Black History Month Shut Down by UCSD

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_re_us/us_black_history_mock_party;_ylt=AhJHf.zzOY9g4RDgUohK2_1H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1dDg4aDltBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bi1jaGFubmVsBHNsawN1bml2ZXJzaXR5dHY-

So it's a crime now for anybody to not bow down and worship the schvartze during Neo-Nubian History Month? Are these students going to be prosecuted?

Dr. Brennan Fan

University TV show mocking blacks sparks freeze
By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press Writer
2 hrs 13 mins ago

SAN DIEGO – The University of California, San Diego has halted funding for student media after a TV segment ridiculed black students outraged by a party mocking Black History Month.
The head of the school's student government froze funding for print media outlets last week after one, The Koala, ran a student TV episode calling black students ungrateful and using a derogatory term for blacks. He also pulled the student-run television station off the air.
Associated Students President Utsav Gupta suspended funding for about 15 of the school's 33 student-funded media outlets to avoid the impression that he was judging content. He said Koala or any other outlet may continue to publish, just without student funding.
"Some students are drawing the incorrect conclusion that this is muzzling free speech," he said in an interview. "The right to free speech does not equate to a right to funding."
In a letter posted on a new university Web site to address recent racially charged incidents on campus, Gupta said the organization "will only open (the TV station) again when we can be sure that such hateful content can never be aired again on our student funded TV station."
Gupta also pleaded for patience with other student media outlets until a committee can craft a new policy on student-funded media.
The Koala, which has a reputation for airing offensive material, made fun of reaction to an off-campus fraternity party Feb. 15 that urged partygoers to dress as ghetto stereotypes to commemorate Black History Month.
Gupta, who called the program "deeply offensive and hurtful," said the segment aired without approval from the two station managers. That's a violation of the student-run television charter, prompting him to pull the station off the air.
A group of state legislators has demanded an investigation into who was behind the party, including possible student suspensions and revocation of fraternity permits.
Tensions were running high before the TV program aired Thursday. Only about 2 percent of the school's 29,000 students are black, a historically low number that the Black Student Union highlighted last week when it presented a series of demands to administrators that aim to improve the racial climate.
School administrators said on the Web site that they are "exhaustively investigating" the string of incidents and that potential sanctions range from letters of censure to expulsion.
The Koala, which receives about $7,000 a year in student funding, also stirred up controversy in 2005 when it aired video of a student performing sex acts with an unidentified woman. Kris Gregorian, the editor-in-chief, declined to discuss the latest incident.
University administrators have taken a hands-off approach to the news outlets.
"This is students policing students," said Judy Piercey, a UCSD spokeswoman. "They are essentially having to police themselves."

[Rubystars]

Only about 2 percent of the school's 29,000 students are black, a historically low number that the Black Student Union highlighted last week when it presented a series of demands to administrators that aim to improve the racial climate.

It looks like the racial climate has already been improved.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

That's 2 percent too high. If colleges admitted on merit alone, and not affirmative action or sports scholarships, there would be about ten negroes in college nationwide.

[Ithaca-37]

"The right to free speech does not equate to a right to funding."  In fact, I agree with this philosophy.  However, when was the last time that you saw a leftist organization lose its government funding?  That doesn't occur even when there's criminal behavior involved (ie ACORN).

"A group of state legislators has demanded an investigation into who was behind the party, including possible student suspensions and revocation of fraternity permits." ..... "School administrators said on the Web site that they are "exhaustively investigating" the string of incidents and that potential sanctions range from letters of censure to expulsion."

Well, so much for free speech.

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[HiWarp]

Only about 2 percent of the school's 29,000 students are black, a historically low number that the Black Student Union highlighted last week when it presented a series of demands to administrators that aim to improve the racial climate.

It looks like the racial climate has already been improved.

You know I'm really getting sick and tired of this crap. So 2% is too low for the Black Student Union. Hey A'holes, here's a thought...work your butt off, make decent grades, open your mind and increase your numbers if you can. If you can't then you aren't working hard enough or you just don't have the brains so shut the F up. That's right, not everyone has the fully functioning brain capacity to excel intellectually. And the solution is NOT to whine and demand that others do "something" for you so you can artificially excel.

Sorry for the rant; just a way to blow off some steam. It obviously isn't directed towards anyone here, unless it's being read by a guest who's lurking and fits a particular profile. Yeah, you know who you are! Now shut off your computer and read a book!

[briann]

That's 2 percent too high. If colleges admitted on merit alone, and not affirmative action or sports scholarships, there would be about ten negroes in college nationwide.

I went to a private university that didnt use affirmative action, and out of my class of 200, there was every nationality imaginable, but not one black person.  There is simply no way they could pass the GMAT.  It has to be dumbed down for them.