ABSURD – AT 10:51 A.M. ET:  Apropos of our post just below, there is news of a proposal at the University of Michigan that defines the very culture of too many campuses.  From College Fix:

A student activist group at the University of Michigan is demanding campus officials provide them with “a permanent designated space on central campus for Black students and students of color to organize and do social justice work.”

The demand is one of several lodged by “Students4Justice,” who this month ratcheted up campus demonstrations to pressure administrators to cave, complaining in a newly launched petition that President Mark Schlissel has snubbed their demands.

The clamor for a segregated space for students of color to organize social justice efforts comes even as the public university builds a $10 million center for black students in the center of campus.

In their demands, students explain why the new black student center is not enough, “because we want a space solely dedicated to community organizing and social justice work specifically for people of color.”

“We want documentation of past, current, and future student activism and this should be a permanent space that is staffed, and has resources for students to organize and share resources,” the demand letter states.

Leaders of “Students4Justice” did not respond to requests from The College Fix seeking comment. Campus spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told The Fix that at “this point, our colleagues in Student Life have been working with the Students4Justice leaders to better understand their concerns. This is our normal process.”

COMMENT:  I have a better idea.  How about studying physics, chemistry, math, and engineering.  Why do I think that might result in a better society than all the "movements" and "social justice centers" combined?  Because I look around and see what works, and who's doing what works. 

The fact is that people of color, from southern Asia, get off planes at American airports every day and get great jobs at high salaries.  Why?  Because they've studied what we need.  Because they're focused.  Because they spend more time honing their expertise than marching in demonstrations.  Because they understand that one of the greatest antidotes to poverty and racism is being needed, not demanding more "programs."

But that's a tough lesson to sell on campuses dominated by the socialist left, and worse.

February 23,  2017