Columbia Professor Targeted With Noose: “I Will Not Be Silenced”
NEW YORK
Hundreds of students and faculty members at Columbia University in New York City rallied Wednesday afternoon to protest the hanging of a noose on the office door of a popular African-American professor.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
It is very disturbing, although not surprising under the current presidential regime, that racism is becoming apparently much more overt. It baffles me how news like this, Jena 6, and that of the young African-American woman from West Virginia that was maliciously tortured and raped by several Caucasians using racial slurs, receives less than a third of the media attention given to Michael Vick for his alleged cruelty to DOGS. This is a tremendous slap in the faces of African-Americans, and Americans in general. Until we rally, and picket for our \
October 11th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
It is very disturbing, although not surprising under the current presidential regime, that racism is becoming apparently much more overt. It baffles me how news like this, Jena 6, and that of the young African-American woman from West Virginia that was maliciously tortured and raped by several Caucasians using racial slurs, receives less than a third of the media attention given to Michael Vick for his alleged cruelty to DOGS. This is a tremendous slap in the faces of African-Americans, and Americans in general. Until we rally, and picket for our “human rights” as much as our majority counterparts do for “dog protection”, a noose may become the least of our worries.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Isn’t it interesting that the more outcry there is against the hanging of nooses, the more nooses are hung? Perhaps if we brush all of this under the carpet it will go away. Everytime these news stories air on tv or the internet, more youths are exposed to racism and its symbols which will result in more interest on the part of the impressionable ones.
October 11th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Yes, let’s brush all of this “under the carpet” so that white supremacists like Mr. Hansen can sleep well at night. Give me a break!
I’m not sure of what “youths” Mr. Hansen is protecting from being exposed to racism but I can only guess that he is referring to white kids since youths of color are exposed to racism on either an overt or covert level on a daily basis.
Interest (and action) by white folks in the elimination of racism and racist acts is necessary to end racism.
October 11th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
It seems like Columbia is going through some things considering the recent visit from the president of Iran, this noose issue, and the expansion issue regarding Columbia’s push into the Manhattanville section of West Harlem against the will of many residents and shop owners. In the spring of 2008, Columbia “celebrates” the 40th anniversary of the student and community rebellions that occurred on campus over racism, expansion, the Vietnam War, and student power. It appears that history is rhyming with the present. We’ll see how all this turns out.
October 11th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
I wonder, if we (BLACKS) should just ignore some of the symbols of HATRED, because they are symbols that send a STRONG message but… why play along with the game . As long as there is this place called our world, there will be this kind of behavior displayed. I really think WE should be larger than the symbol. Maybe, after a while, the message will be — “that” don’t move them, so why bother going to the store and buying the rope. Personally, if I was called the “N” word, i would just look around for the person they were talking to. I KNOW my name is ****** ******.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
“I’m not sure of what “youths” Mr. Hansen is protecting from being exposed to racism but I can only guess that he is referring to white kids since youths of color are exposed to racism on either an overt or covert level on a daily basis.”
I grew up in a prediminantly white area and never would have equated a noose with racism as a teenager. My first exposure to racism was having a car full of black guys yell racial slurs at me and call me a racist while I was walking to class as a freshman at college. I had never seen these guys before so there is no way they could have known anything about me other than that I was white. I was raised to be colorblind but after several experiences like these, my eyes were opened to racial tension, something I had never felt before. By drawing attention to racism, we breed more of it. White society doesn’t support racism but minority communities act and talk like we do. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
October 12th, 2007 at 5:13 am
I can not believe that in 2007 we still have such racis acts, I hope the people that did this get put in jail where they can learn a litle more respect. We can never go back to the old ways we must learn from past mistakes.
Sincerely.
Ramon Quintero
October 15th, 2007 at 1:03 am
I can’t believe that this person thinks they are above anyone to have done this….shame on their soul