NAACP wants action against racial graffiti

monk · Nov 21, 2008

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rbell · Nov 21, 2008

The blog does a good job of illustrating one of several problems with hate crimes.

That having been said, I hope authorities find, and nail, the vandals.

monk · Nov 21, 2008

rbell said:

The blog does a good job of illustrating one of several problems with hate crimes.

That having been said, I hope authorities find, and nail, the vandals.
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Thanks for your feedback.
And I too think they should nail them.

North Carolina Tentmaker · Nov 21, 2008

The students have been found and identified as noted in this link:

http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/112008-obama-graffit

From the link

CHARLOTTE (AP) — An apology by a North Carolina State University student for painting racially charged graffiti at the school’s free expression tunnel in Raleigh is only the beginning of the healing process, the president of the state NAACP said Thursday.

The student, who remains unidentified, said in a statement on the school’s Web site that he regretted the fallout from the disparaging remarks he painted on campus about president-elect Barack Obama in the hours following his historic victory.

The tunnel, built in 1939 and donated to free speech in the 1960s, was painted white after reports came out about the comments. One reportedly said “Let’s shoot that (N-word) in the head.”

“My intentions were simply to express my views on the outcome of the election, but went too far,” the student stated. “I am very sorry for my actions and for the anger and fear brought to NC State. I am also ashamed of the bad light spread on this prestigious university.”

The three other students expressed remorse in a written statement released by a school spokesman Wednesday.

“There’s a deeper issue here,” said NAACP President Rev. William Barber.

“Is this free speech, or is this hate speech?

We need to clearly define that. Otherwise we have opened this up where you could say this about anyone, anywhere ... then simply apologize after the damage has been done.”

Chancellor James Oblinger said the student who accepted primary responsibility will participate in diversity training and will be assigned community service.

In a meeting last week with Oblinger, Barber said he outlined five demands for handling the incident. Those included expulsion of the four students, clearly defining hate speech and including diversity and race courses in the curriculum.

He said more should be done than letting the responsible parties off with a “slap on the wrist.”

On the Net:
Student statement: www.ncsu.edu/about-nc-state/chancellor/speeches-and-writings/free-ex pression4/student-statement.php
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The key here is what William Barber said above, is the free speech or hate speech and how do you tell the difference? Racism is bad ok I am not defending racism. But we still have racists in this world. Are they allowed to express themselves anywhere? Is even the "free expression tunnel" off limits to that much freedom?

What if instead of racism we were talking about other ideas. Ideas that homosexuality is a sin or and unborn child holds an immortal soul. Are we free to express those ideas?

Bottom line-I don't like what these students did but unless there were posted rules defining free speech and specific prohibitions for what they wrote I don't think anything should happen to them. There was an expectation here that freedom of expression was allowed.

Before the masses open up on me answer me this, if they had painted shoot whitey in the head instead the n**** would your outrage have been the same? If not who is the racist?

monk · Nov 24, 2008

NC Tent Maker Said:
Before the masses open up on me answer me this, if they had painted shoot whitey in the head instead the n**** would your outrage have been the same? If not who is the racist?

I think any threat or call to violent action should be dealt with regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.

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