tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post5197468871698669254..comments2023-10-31T09:46:47.703-04:00Comments on The Desultory Life & Times of a Public Citizen: I didn’t have to worry about these things at my HBCUCitizen Ojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-72034520774298908662009-06-13T12:07:18.694-04:002009-06-13T12:07:18.694-04:00i doubt I'll ever know the full story.
But, b...i doubt I'll ever know the full story.<br /><br />But, black folk like easy fights. Like Jena 6. That was an easy bandwagon fight. GREAAAAT! Stuff like this isn't so easy and simple.<br /><br />As we found out with Jena 6.the uppity negrohttp://uppitynegronetwork.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-55994218877181127142009-06-11T12:26:14.742-04:002009-06-11T12:26:14.742-04:00@ uglyblackjohn: I cannot answer your question. Th...@ uglyblackjohn: I cannot answer your question. This case has the potential for being similar to the case of the young man who was the ABC prep school student who was killed in NYC. (I am blanking on his name right now.) Turns out he actually *was* involved in drug dealing--largely in an effort to "keep it real" as a Black guy in the eyes of his *White* classmates...PPR_Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595767225403599855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-47078691513745176322009-06-11T12:23:41.996-04:002009-06-11T12:23:41.996-04:00Anon, maybe they do know something about this youn...Anon, maybe they do know something about this young women that the rest of us do not. How, exactly, do they "know" she was involved in drug dealing? Why was the other young woman--who was actually this suspects girlfriend--also not denied graduation privileges? Is Harvard being consistent with how they apply the revoking of privileges for someone who has not been found guilty of (or, if I understand it correctly, even formally charged with) a crime? <br /><br />At the very least, *someone* in the Black Harvard community should be encouraging the asking of these questions. I have some first-hand experience with Harvard (tho it has been many years now). I know how tenuous Black lives can be there. But I also remember how hard many Blacks there tried to distinguish themselves from Blacks in nearby Dorchester or Roxbury. <br /><br />In this case I think it is at least possible that there is some of that going on--a distancing based on class.PPR_Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595767225403599855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-19883732981730981282009-06-09T22:18:01.339-04:002009-06-09T22:18:01.339-04:00sorry, but according to everyone I've talked t...sorry, but according to everyone I've talked to among the African American community Harvard, the girl was heavily involved in drug dealing and had a history of being dishonest and rubbing a lot of people the wrong way. She is either in trouble because of the drug dealing company she kept or possibly something she did, not her race, and instead of addressing and owning up to this reality she has thrown all of her african american classmates under the bus by playing the race card. She was denied graduation privileges because she was tied to drug dealing and a murder on campus. Period. To call this racism trivializes the struggles of the other 99% of African Americans at Harvard who are not involved in criminal activities at school. African Americans at Harvard are a very vocal bunch when it comes to injustice or discrimination on campus and their silence when it comes to this issue is telling. Maybe they know something that the public doesn't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-24057067426428786712009-06-09T00:05:49.062-04:002009-06-09T00:05:49.062-04:00@ PRB - Do you think that because she is at Harvar...@ PRB - Do you think that because she is at Harvard - that she is now viewed by many as selling out and becoming "one of them"?uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-25070902292221886702009-06-08T16:11:43.036-04:002009-06-08T16:11:43.036-04:00She is not accusing White men of a crime against h...She is not accusing White men of a crime against her. She has not been tasered by police. She is not a celebrity Black faculty member. She has a "ghetto" name. She was from the hood. She does not have anything immediate to offer other Harvard Black students' self interests.<br /><br />...I think that about covers the "why" behind the lack of Black Harvard interest. Probably the lack of Black blogosphere support as well.PPR_Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595767225403599855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-58470350798115423002009-06-08T00:07:22.283-04:002009-06-08T00:07:22.283-04:00They're trying to keep their "status"...They're trying to keep their "status".uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.com