Color blind when calling out racism. Update to this previous story.
Via The State
After University of South Carolina officials suspended a student in connection with a photograph of a racial slur on one of the school’s whiteboards, the South Carolina NAACP issued a statement that said the racist comment is evidence that some “wish they were still in Dixie.”
Although Lonnie Randolph Jr., president of the S.C. NAACP, said the decision by university officials to suspend the student after the photo appeared on social media was a step forward, the student’s actions are a step back in social equality.
“This actual act shows we still have racism in our climate,” Randolph said. “There is nothing OK about making racist remarks.”
The student, who was not named, also faces university code of conduct investigations, USC President Harris Pastides said. A school spokesman would not say if the student faces expulsion.[…]
But Randolph said the racism recently seen at college campuses across the nation is a small part of a larger problem.
“The entire system needs to change and the many people who support what this young lady (wrote) need to change,” Randolph said. “Look at what happened at Clemson University; look at what happened at the University of Oklahoma; why is it that so many Americans get such pleasure trying to destroy one group of people?”