Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in private group chat

Post by bjl » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 4:48 PM UTC

ziggysak wrote: post #183

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Racism is not simply about belief, otherwise there could be no such thing as racist action. Personally, I couldn't care less what people believe, I care what people do . And in this case what they did was clearly racist.

So should black comedians be jailed for their jokes when they generalize about other groups? Should Dave Chapelle be in prison for making jokes about white people, since that's what you're implying? Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. What these kids did was not racist.

Post by vinceguidry » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

cuck33 wrote: post #186

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How telling that you created a throwaway to post this.

i hate usernames, facebook, real name, i believe in merit not a reputation. If i you want to hate/like me based on posts thats ok, but not if you judge me on reputation/points.

Post by kbenson » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #98

ziggysak wrote: post #79

I think an article such as this one is a clear example of the generational differences between older and younger people. I'm fairly close to these kids' age and I've browsed memes from /r/dankmemes and enjoyed them. The thing is, is that these memes are supposed to be self-aware of how offensive they are. That's the joke. They're meant to be so offensive and ridiculous that reactions can be drawn from outside spectat…

It's not a new thing. Dead baby jokes have been around forever, and popular comedians often use similar black humor. The article mentions the card game cards against humanity. Which is pretty popular and based on the same premise. I used to really like black humor. I frequently told dead baby jokes and similar stuff. Thank god that wasn't recorded. I'm alarmed to see many of the comments here outraged over the stuff…

Post by misterbowfinger » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 4:52 PM UTC

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I agree that what they posted was offensive. But we can't start holding graduating high school students to the same standards we hold world and business leaders. Ironically, we didn't for Trump, but that's certainly the idea. Revoking one's admission to Harvard is a really rough way to teach the lesson of what you're supposed to and not supposed to say. College is the time to not only learn new ideas, but also to un-…

I don't think that standards should be lowered for high school seniors. These are people who are legally allowed to vote, join the army, buy guns, etc.., and for these people it's go to Harvard. They should know that it's unacceptable to share memes about sexual violence, racism, and whatnot, especially on Facebook. When I was in 6th grade (I'm 21 now), my school gave us the talk about the internet, saying that whate…

  Maybe getting the acceptances revoked is just the kick in the ass that they need.

Post by ziggysak » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 4:53 PM UTC

bjl wrote: post #191

ziggysak wrote: post #183

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So should black comedians be jailed for their jokes when they generalize about other groups? Should Dave Chapelle be in prison for making jokes about white people, since that's what you're implying? Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. What these kids did was not racist.

First of all, where did I say anything about prison? Second, this was clearly antagonism directed against someone of a different race, and is therefore racist.