Thursday, February 23, 2017
Higher Education: The Higher You Go the Dumber You Get
First they came for the notebooks, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not use notebooks.
Then they came for the Post-it Notes, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not use Post-its.
Then they came for the whiteboards, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not use whiteboards.
Oh those whacky universities! They’re at it again, attempting to save the Snowflakes from themselves. I’m sorry to report that while this news comes from Michigan State University it could just as easily been from Anywhere U, even the venerable University of Michigan, political correctness being more valued than knowledge these days:
Starting this fall, Michigan State University will no longer allow students to hang whiteboards outside their dorm-room doors, saying the ubiquitous dry-erase boards have become too much of an outlet for anonymous, hateful messages.
MSU residential services spokeswoman Kat Cooper told WLNS News. “You know, once in a while, someone writes something that isn’t very nice.”
Cooper told the Detroit News that “in any given month, there are several incidents” of negative messages, some racial and others sexual.
Basically, whiteboards are no longer an essential communication tool for today’s college students,” he said. “They are an attractive nuisance whose utility no longer outweighs their abuse.”
For those reasons, the university decided to remove whiteboards from the list of items allowed on dorm doors next semester, Cody said.
Though university officials said there was no single incident that led to the ban, the Lansing chapter of the NAACP hailed the decision on Facebook as a response to a recent case in which someone allegedly wrote the n-word on a whiteboard belonging to an African American honors student at MSU.
“It’s been a while but MSU Police have informed us that ALL dormatory (sic) white boards will be removed asap,” the group wrote. “Victory!!!”
Honey, if that’s your idea of victory I guess you can look forward to a whole lot of hollow WINNING! in your future. ...
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