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African-American university students offended by cotton
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:24 am
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:24 am
The president of Lipscomb University issued a public apology after an untold number of African American students were offended by a dinner table centerpiece made from stalks of cotton.
Randy Lowry, president of the Christian university based in Nashville, had invited African-American students to his home for dinner last week.One student who attended the gathering posted a diatribe on Instagram – along with a photo of the “offensive” centerpiece.
“We were very offended,” the student wrote. “My friend … asked why there was cotton on the table as the centerpiece. His response was that he didn’t know, he seen it before we did, he kind of thought it was ‘fallish’, THEN he said, “it ISNT INHERENTLY BAD IF WERE ALL WEARING IT.”LINK
Randy Lowry, president of the Christian university based in Nashville, had invited African-American students to his home for dinner last week.One student who attended the gathering posted a diatribe on Instagram – along with a photo of the “offensive” centerpiece.
“We were very offended,” the student wrote. “My friend … asked why there was cotton on the table as the centerpiece. His response was that he didn’t know, he seen it before we did, he kind of thought it was ‘fallish’, THEN he said, “it ISNT INHERENTLY BAD IF WERE ALL WEARING IT.”LINK
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Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:25 am to BowDownToLSU
While certainly overblown and a ridiculous reason to be offended, the president had to have known that was a stupid centerpiece idea.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:27 am to BowDownToLSU
I'm sure the Cotton Bowl will be under pressure to change their name
Then I remember the bowl game and the stadium are in Texas so they'll tell these clowns to kick rocks
Then I remember the bowl game and the stadium are in Texas so they'll tell these clowns to kick rocks
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:28 am to BowDownToLSU
frick this world
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:31 am to BowDownToLSU
When will this stop? I'm offended they are offended
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:31 am to StringedInstruments
quote:
While certainly overblown and a ridiculous reason to be offended, the president had to have known that was a stupid centerpiece idea.
Why? The idea that a decorative centerpiece using cotton which has become quite popular in recent years could be offensive is the rhetoric of modern day idiocy on display.. so someone is offended by an innocuous object... I say frick them
This post was edited on 9/17/17 at 10:40 am
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:32 am to PhillyTiger90
quote:the same Dallas that tore down the beautiful Lee monument?
Then I remember the bowl game and the stadium are in Texas so they'll tell these clowns to kick rocks
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:32 am to PhillyTiger90
quote:damn good point, that's definitely next
Cotton Bowl
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:33 am to TROLA
They sell those center pieces at Hobby Lobby
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:33 am to StringedInstruments
quote:
African-American university students offended by cotton
While certainly overblown and a ridiculous reason to be offended, the president had to have known that was a stupid centerpiece idea.
My mother cut cotton this time of year from her farm and put it on the front porch on top of a bail of hay with pumpkins and stalks of corn cut from the same farm as her fall decorations. Not one black kid was offended when they knocked on the door for Halloween candy.
And if by chance this particular person can trace her ancestry to an actual cotton farm maybe she should celebrate it as well because if not she wouldn't be alive in the greatest country on earth.
frick these people.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:35 am to PhillyTiger90
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I'm sure the Cotton Bowl will be under pressure to change their name
Sugar Bowl,too.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:35 am to BowDownToLSU
I know some chicks that went to lipscomb. They were decently hot but they were "good girls" and they'd only give handjobs.
As far as the black people and their cotton. I don't care
As far as the black people and their cotton. I don't care
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:37 am to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:38 am to BowDownToLSU
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damn good point, that's definitely next
As I said yesterday, paper napkins will be next. We know where napkins come from so don't be surprised if these idiots start espousing that all trees should be cut down for the role they played during a time in history.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:39 am to Pecker
One would think that crime statistics and illegimate birth rates of their people would offend and embarrass them more so than a cotton twig.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:46 am to Gorilla Ball
quote:
When will this stop?
Never
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:48 am to BowDownToLSU
Do they wear cotton clothing?
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:50 am to BowDownToLSU
Thanks to John Deere, this hasn't been a concern for many years.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:54 am to BowDownToLSU
This reminds me of a joke I heard at least 40 years ago Black comedian Nipsy Russell said he had an uncle who died of a headache. The old man refused to pull the cotton out of the aspirin bottle, saying "Them cotton picking days are over!"
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:56 am to BowDownToLSU
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he seen it before we did
quote:Can *I* be offended by the butchering of their, presumably, native language?
he kind of thought it was ‘fallish’
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