Civil Rights Poseurs

IUPUI is going down the same patronizing path of most other large Universities, by beginning to give into the demands of a few. What the students should be demanding is that the University provide a rigorous learning environment for all students. Should IUPUI play a prominent role in providing higher-education opportunities to students from inner-city Indianapolis? Yes! Should these inner-city students avail themselves of every opportunity to benefit from IUPUI and the other colleges and universities found within the City of Indianapolis? Yes!

If the idea of a student union is for students to unite together, why would anyone request or provide a separate student union for one segment of the student population? It makes no sense. And if it really is that important to have a black student union, then these students should figure out how to start a building fund and solicit money from black alumni and others who would be equally supportive of this endeavor. They might find that if they tried to accomplish their objective(s) on their own, others might voluntarily help to achieve those goals.

The reality is that these students have learned, not from the real leaders of the Civil Rights Movement but from the poseurs of the post Civil Rights Era, to whine and cry for selfish reasons instead of fighting for the betterment of society.