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LSU Students to protest Daughters of Confederacy on campus
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:24 pm
This should be good...
A meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on LSU’s campus this week has prompted push back from some students, who say they are planning a demonstration in response.
Cimajie Best, president of the LSU’s NAACP chapter, said the Lod Cook Hotel and Conference Center’s role as host to a group that celebrates the Confederacy sends the wrong message to students — particularly at a time when the nation is embroiled in a debate over the appropriateness of Confederate symbolism and imagery.
“It’s bad enough that we have buildings on campus named after Confederate soldiers, but I’ve come to the conclusion that won’t change in my lifetime,” Best said. “This is taking it too far.”
Best, who said she planned to file a complaint with LSU’s Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability, said she views it as LSU granting legitimacy to the group.
“It’s just a slap in the face for LSU to even be hosting such an organization,” she said.
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A meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on LSU’s campus this week has prompted push back from some students, who say they are planning a demonstration in response.
Cimajie Best, president of the LSU’s NAACP chapter, said the Lod Cook Hotel and Conference Center’s role as host to a group that celebrates the Confederacy sends the wrong message to students — particularly at a time when the nation is embroiled in a debate over the appropriateness of Confederate symbolism and imagery.
“It’s bad enough that we have buildings on campus named after Confederate soldiers, but I’ve come to the conclusion that won’t change in my lifetime,” Best said. “This is taking it too far.”
Best, who said she planned to file a complaint with LSU’s Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability, said she views it as LSU granting legitimacy to the group.
“It’s just a slap in the face for LSU to even be hosting such an organization,” she said.
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Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:25 pm to jbgleason
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Cimajie Best,
Oh come on now. That's not even close to a real name.
This post was edited on 9/8/15 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:26 pm to jbgleason
War on Women!!!
I wonder if the fine man/woman quoted in that article was upset when they met in previous years.
I wonder if the fine man/woman quoted in that article was upset when they met in previous years.
This post was edited on 9/8/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:27 pm to jbgleason
I wish those intolerant assholes would just die!!!!
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:27 pm to fr33manator
At least he/she's the best Cimajie he/she can be.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:27 pm to jbgleason
She realizes that the university doesn't own Lod Cook, right?
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:28 pm to jbgleason
No regular person cares anymore. They took a little momentum and went crazy with it.
Thank God they're not better at this.
Thank God they're not better at this.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:28 pm to jbgleason
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LSU Students to protest Daughters of Confederacy on campus
Those stupid fricks.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:29 pm to Golfer
No
Because that would require her actually looking at facts and showing logic instead of just jumping at an opportunity to scream "RACISM," like she has done here and will likely do well after shes matriculated out of the University.
Because that would require her actually looking at facts and showing logic instead of just jumping at an opportunity to scream "RACISM," like she has done here and will likely do well after shes matriculated out of the University.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:35 pm to jbgleason
Best characterized the NAACP-sponsored event slated for 5 p.m. Thursday as a “Confederate BBQ,” where the flag will be “roasted” on a grill.
It is against the law in Louisiana and four other states to mutilate the Confederate flag. Louisiana’s law sets punishment at a $100 fine and 90-day jail sentence for anyone “convicted of mutilating, defiling or casting contempt by word or act” against the flag, though it’s unlikely that would be enforced because of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have upheld the right to burn the United States flag.
Best said she has invited various campus groups to join the “Confederate BBQ” at Milford Wample Park, sometimes referred to as Stanford Park.
She said the demonstration will be a celebration of the Black Lives Matter movement but also a time of “good food and fellowship” to promote unity.
“Everyone is welcome,” she said.
It is against the law in Louisiana and four other states to mutilate the Confederate flag. Louisiana’s law sets punishment at a $100 fine and 90-day jail sentence for anyone “convicted of mutilating, defiling or casting contempt by word or act” against the flag, though it’s unlikely that would be enforced because of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have upheld the right to burn the United States flag.
Best said she has invited various campus groups to join the “Confederate BBQ” at Milford Wample Park, sometimes referred to as Stanford Park.
She said the demonstration will be a celebration of the Black Lives Matter movement but also a time of “good food and fellowship” to promote unity.
“Everyone is welcome,” she said.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:36 pm to PsychTiger
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At least he/she's the best Cimajie he/she can be.
Sounds like a damn dime store Pokemon
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:36 pm to tracytiger
Shut up, bigot
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:36 pm to jbgleason
So hypocritical for someone representing the NCAAP to have a problem with this. We should protest the NAACP they are obvious racists
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:37 pm to tracytiger
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“Everyone is welcome,” she said.
Somehow I don't think that will be true.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:38 pm to tracytiger
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Milford Wample Park, sometimes referred to as Stanford Park.
Wample?
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:40 pm to tracytiger
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the NAACP-sponsored event slated for 5 p.m. Thursday
CP time - it won't start 'til 6:30
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:41 pm to jbgleason
Well go to another school bitch. Please.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:41 pm to jbgleason
It is always entertaining to see what people in this country bitch about, when we actually had the balls and resolve to do away with slavery. Africa is where slavery in America took some of its roots, and continues to thrive this very day in Africa.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:42 pm to Shexter
Posted on 9/8/15 at 6:42 pm to fr33manator
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Somehow I don't think that will be true.
Goes without saying I would think, but I did like reading it.
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