Debate flares after black college students seek a non-white roommate

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/11/debate-flares-after-black-college-students-seek-a-non-white-roommate/

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I saw this on Yahoo and thought to myself "self" should I post this? Nah, someone on VJ will do it for me.

[lostinblue 1,989]

That is a bit racist ... I am sure they will face discipline

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That is a bit racist ... I am sure they will face discipline

Man, have you met yourself?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I saw this on Yahoo and thought to myself "self" should I post this? Nah, someone on VJ will do it for me.

I like it when I don't disappoint you

[Ban Hammer 13,343]

they are denying someone the chance to say they have black friends. these kids should be ashamed of themselves.

[John Miller 761]

I saw this on Yahoo and thought to myself "self" should I post this? Nah, someone on VJ will do it for me.

You were not wrong, believe me.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I saw this on Yahoo and thought to myself "self" should I post this? Nah, someone on VJ will do it for me.

Sure, right when I decide to switch from camp whitey to the poc camp, the pendulum swings back the other way. Can't a brother catch a break?

[smilesammich 10,727]

makes sense to me, but i'm a big fan of context.

“When and if you understand this context, it becomes clear that students of color seeking a living space that is all-POC is not only reasonable, but can be necessary,” they wrote to The Post. “We live in a world where the living circumstances of POC are grounded in racist social structures that we can not opt out of. These conditions threaten the minds, bodies and souls of people of color both within and without the realms of higher education. We are fighting to exist.”

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Oh I see now that it's put on context and having a white roommate would threaten Thier existence racism makes perfect sense

[smilesammich 10,727]

Oh I see now that it's put on context and having a white roommate would threaten Thier existence racism makes perfect sense

you got the context wrong. and racism doesn't make sense (FYI this isn't racism).

the students aren't saying they refuse a white roommate because a white roommate would be inferior to them.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

you got the context wrong. and racism doesn't make sense (FYI this isn't racism).

the students aren't saying they refuse a white roommate because a white roommate would be inferior to them.

Now Val, you know the rules. Folks don't want to be excluded, even when they don't want to be in the same space they're fighting to get in.

[Sousuke 1,214]

It is racial discrimination and its probably illegal.

California law also prohibits discrimination based on any of the following:

• A person's medical condition or mental or physical disability; or
• Personal characteristics, such as a person's physical appearance or sexual orientation that are not related to the responsibilities of a tenant;⁴⁰ or
• A perception of a person's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, disability or medical condition, or a perception that a person is associated with another person who may have any of these characteristics.⁴¹

^{PS. There is an exception in the case of roommates for gender only.}

Edited August 12, 2016 by Sousuke

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

It is racial discrimination and its probably illegal.

California law also prohibits discrimination based on any of the following:

• A person's medical condition or mental or physical disability; or
• Personal characteristics, such as a person's physical appearance or sexual orientation that are not related to the responsibilities of a tenant;⁴⁰ or
• A perception of a person's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, disability or medical condition, or a perception that a person is associated with another person who may have any of these characteristics.⁴¹

^{PS. There is an exception in the case of roommates for gender only.}

Oh I agree. Just find it funny that the folks that are the most hurt by this are the ones who would have no issues if this was in the reverse. Personal preference if I remember correctly...

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

This is the way it has been since I was in college, I chose my roommates, I had no overt mention of criteria but amazingly enough all my roommates were lower class 2nd generation Irish kids from Boston, no one questioned my motivations because the only difference was I didn't advertise I only wanted townies as roommates. A dorm room is their home, not sure about you, I prefer to choose who I live with.

Blame the preponderance of communication methods not racism