UConn Building ‘Black Only’ Segregated Dorm
Is this progress? It feels like we’re going backwards.
Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.
This Taxpayer-Funded University Is LITERALLY Building A Segregated Dorm
The University of Connecticut is building a new residence hall that will segregate black people away from the general student population.
The new, segregated, all-male residence hall at the taxpayer-funded, flagship state school will be called ScHOLA²RS House, reports Campus Reform.
The awkwardly long acronym ScHOLA²RS stands for “Scholistic [sic] House Of Leaders who are African Amercian [sic] Researchers and Scholars.” ScHOLA²RS House will be among seven distinct communities at UConn’s $79 million, 210,000 square-foot NextGen Residence Hall, which is set to open in the fall.
It’s not clear if the words “Scholistic” and “Amercian” are purposefully misspelled for some reason.
In any case, the mission of the segregated dorm is “to groom, nurture, and train the next generation of leaders to address grand challenges in society through the promotion of academic success in undergraduate programs at the University of Connecticut and in competitive graduate programs.”
The concept, supporters of the neo-Jim Crow dorm say, is to increase college graduation rates for black males at UConn.
UConn education professor Erik Hines, the faculty director for the dorm, observed that black males at the school get diplomas at a rate of just 54 percent. The rate for all students on campus is 82.5 percent.
“It is a space for African American men to, one, come together, and validate their experiences that they may have on campus,” Hines told Hartford Fox affiliate WTIC-TV. “Number two, it’s also a space where they can have conversation and also talk with individuals who come from the same background who share the same experience.”
This Taxpayer-Funded University Is LITERALLY Building A Segregated Dorm (The Daily Caller)
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“It’s not clear if the words “Scholistic” and “Amercian” are purposefully misspelled for some reason.”
Maybe it goes part an parcel with ending plural words with a “z”. Part of their culture. Or something.
How totally stupid. The real world doesn’t accommodate this kind of nonsense.
A black only dorm? Next thing you know they will want their own bathrooms and drinking fountains. Wait..
Exactly what I thought.
The return of ‘separate, but equal’?
So basically, the time I spent in jail back in the 60’s for protesting segregated facilities – housing, restaurants, etc. – was a total waste. I voluntarily got a “criminal record” and in the long run accomplished nothing?
Am I wrong to feel angry, and cheated, by the way this is turning out?
Maybe the misspellings are part of the Common Core on Ebonics.
This, we are told, is a means “. . . to address grand challenges in society . . .”
Maybe Mel Brooks had it right 2000 years ago. “Let ’em all go to hell except for Cave 76!”
It looks like they fixed the mispellings on the Uconn webpage that was linked.
Still, I’m really glad I never gave any money to my Alma Mater, at least not voluntarily.
misspellings 😀
Migration of black males to these segregated dorms could result in the default segregation of other dorms. Would that be an intended consequence? Also…take photos of the newly renovated dorm for black males. Keep track of the progress of, crime, wear and tear, and maintenance costs of the dorm versus other dorms. Betting that data will tell a very interesting tale.