racist flyers highlight the school’s much-undiscussed “F’ing idiot” population

Hey guys, remember that time that guy put up a bunch of racist flyers and everyone in the community was like “Oh, this is a really poignant criticism and I totally get it and am with you all the way, dude!?” No, you don’t, because that’s not how it works.  As you’re probably aware, the current drama (aside from the Campus Safety e-mail I wrote about yesterday) is the mysterious appearance of various overtly racist flyers in some of the buildings on campus.  It’s rumored that they’re probably some half-witted response to the (arguably insensitive) Lu’au Haka dance recruitment flyers asking people if they’d like to “learn to be a Maori Warrior.”

If that’s the case, it’s pretty clear that the mature, responsible thing to do would have been to schedule a chat with one of the many mediators on this campus whose job it is to facilitate such conversations (Dean of Students, Ombuds, Office of Multicultural Affairs, ADs, etc. etc. etc.) and talk it out.

To be honest I can’t even believe I’m writing this post right now.  Not only am I bothered by the act itself, but I’m bothered that one or more of the people with whom I am associated via our mutual existence at this institution is actually *that* stupid.  As far as passive-aggressive whining goes, I thought the huge anti-smoking-gazebo sign in Howard was hard to top, but anonymous racist person(s), you have set a new bar.

Maybe admissions needs to add an interview question like “do you think racist imagery is a hilarious tool at your disposal to be employed whenever you are mildly irritated?” And if they say yes we can just send them over to Reed.