Moonlight Graham Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 So... A racial slur scrawled on a bathroom stall at the University of Ottawa’s law faculty building has shocked students and now one group is asking the university to be more pro-active in tackling racism. ... Levien said he hoped the university follows up on his recommendations, which include establishing an equity committee to follow up on student grievances and making anti-discrimination training mandatory for all students. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/11/08/ottawa-racist-bathroom-graffiti-shock-university-ottawa-students.html N-word written on stall door, students go nuts, want "anti-discrimination training mandatory for all students" even though nobody has any evidence that a student wrote the slur. Then a keener must have gone to the CBC about it because it was covered on CBC.ca, on TV, and on CBC radio. Our tax dollars covering this groundbreaking story! N-words in public aren't fun, but really? Next story: woman upset her phone # was scribbled on men's bathroom wall promising to a "good time" if called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) N-word written on stall door, students go nuts, want "anti-discrimination training mandatory for all students" even though nobody has any evidence that a student wrote the slur. Then a keener must have gone to the CBC about it because it was covered on CBC.ca, on TV, and on CBC radio. Our tax dollars covering this groundbreaking story! Pretty typical really. A while back there was a story about something about rape being posted in a washroom in a dorm at some university, and when the university found out they decided they had to have special sessions for all male students (including the ones who didn't live in that particular dorm) telling them how rape is bad and to respect women. It's all about the optics and politics. Leaders of organizations like universities want to be seen to be doing "everything possible" to stamp out discrimination/violence/etc, regardless of cost, effectiveness, or common sense. Edited November 16, 2012 by Bonam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 This is a silly excuse for a story. Some idiot wrote something stupid on a wall. Clean it off and go back to your life. We don't need training programs and other knee jerk reactions every time something like this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch 27 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's is sickening to see our tax dollars wasted in such a manner.... Almost as sickening as how soft our kids are... Grow the "f" up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Leaders of organizations like universities want to be seen to be doing "everything possible" to stamp out discrimination/violence/etc, regardless of cost, effectiveness, or common sense. Especially if they are law students looking to make a name for themselves in the field and wanting to get themselves on CBC news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) It's so depressing the way things are. It's like there's no sensible person in charge. Edited November 16, 2012 by betsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's telling that people are more outraged at the story than the racism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's telling that people are more outraged at the story than the racism. You think people should be outraged at toilet graffiti? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's telling that people are more outraged at the story than the racism. Some drunk student apparently wrote that "Canada should burn" on the memorial and no one cared so why should we care about this since it's likely someone drunk wrote this just to get a rise out of people. There will always be racism, just because someone wrote an offenseive word in a bathroom doesn't mean that everyone needs some kind of sensitivity training, that's absurd. Some idiot did something stupid so punish everyone, great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckistani Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Do we really have to use "N word" on this forum? How do we know it wasn't an Afro-Canadian who wrote the word, since many Afro-Country of residence people like to hurl it around quite a bit. Just, you know, shouting out to his dawgz. Racism is everywhere, in every direction. Toilet stalls would not be my first area of concern. Just remove it like you would other graffiti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bambino Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Do we really have to use "N word" on this forum? It's so infantilising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Some drunk student apparently wrote that "Canada should burn" on the memorial and no one cared so why should we care about this since it's likely someone drunk wrote this just to get a rise out of people. There will always be racism, just because someone wrote an offenseive word in a bathroom doesn't mean that everyone needs some kind of sensitivity training, that's absurd. Some idiot did something stupid so punish everyone, great idea People cared. They just didn't care for your conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWTT Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's so depressing the way things are. It's like there's no sensible person in charge. You ever work at a construction site and use the temporary washrooms? Some of them are absolutely disgusting,covered with vile,vulgur,obsene comments,graphic drawings and hate! Absolutely this should be looked into and it is a news worthy subject! WWWTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Bathroom walls were the plaything of trolls long before Internet discussion boards came around. Over reacting to bathroom graffiti is feeding the trolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 People cared. They just didn't care for your conclusion. Seriously? People cared that someone wrote a bad word on a toilet stall? These people who cared clearly are too sensitive for life. We should build a big bubble up north for them and they can move in there away from anything which might harm their fragile psyches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 People cared that the cenotaph was defaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Seriously? People cared that someone wrote a bad word on a toilet stall? These people who cared clearly are too sensitive for life. We should build a big bubble up north for them and they can move in there away from anything which might harm their fragile psyches. People have every right to be offended by racism. It's even reasonable to expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Seems a bit silly that everywhere a racist word is found that a training program is needed. There is no evidence that a student even put that word there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 It's telling that people are more outraged at the story than the racism. Could have been a black guy who wrote that for all anyone knows. Black people say the "n" word all the time, they say in music all the time. There is no context for them to go this crazy over silly toilet scratchings. BTW having a "Black Law Students Association" is more racist than anything here. If I were Aboriginal or Chinese could I join? Didn't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) People have every right to be offended by racism. It's even reasonable to expect it. Oh please. Anyone 'offended' by something scrawled on a bathroom stall is too delicate to be allowed outside on their own. Btw, having some memory of what being a teenage boy is like, I bet that the fuss over this will spur all kinds of repetitions. Heck, imagine how gleeful the guy was who wrote it, seeing all this making the news. I mean, it's not like he can ever be caught. And it's not like others can be either. Wouldn't surprise me to soon see it written on every bathroom stall on every campus in the country by young guys eager to see everyone run around like headless chickens over it. Edited November 17, 2012 by Argus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 BTW having a "Black Law Students Association" is more racist than anything here. If I were Aboriginal or Chinese could I join? Didn't think so. Imagine what would happen if someone tried to form a White Law Students Association... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Imagine what would happen if someone tried to form a White Law Students Association... If I were a law student at that school I might try it. It might make the CBC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunrutz Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 People have every right to be offended by racism. It's even reasonable to expect it. You can choose to be offended or you can accept that there will always be racists in all races and not go into panic mode demanding that eveyone have their programming changed, i would imagine that forcing people to attend sensitivity training likely makes more 'racists' than it prevents. Btw, do you think the same people that are up in arms about this are the same people type of people who cared about the cenotaph? In my experience most of the ultra progressives like youself who get all wound up about what some asshole wrote on a bathroom wall aren't lets say the remeberance types, those people are just as likely to be against remeberance day for glorifying war or promoting imperialism or any other number of silly things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 People have every right to be offended by racism. It's even reasonable to expect it. We've evolved into a society of people who so easily offended by everything. It's really sad actually. Some person writes something on a bathroom wall and you're knee jerk reaction is to spend money on training because this must mean that everyone who is white is a racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Did I say we should spend money on training? No, I did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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