More racism , now Harvard

[randys1]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/19/harvard-police-investigating-after-tape-placed-over-portraits-black-law-professors/OaexgDJcyJPP3YyFh2ubeL/story.html

Harvard police are investigating after students at the law school discovered someone put strips of black tape over images of black professors.

[KamaAina]

1. I wonder what this guy who studied con law at Harvard thinks about this

[whitefordmd]

2. Sounds like someone wants attention.

“The Harvard University Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime,”

Is anyone concerned that putting a piece of electrical tape on a picture is now a hate crime.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. No

Anything else?

[whitefordmd]

4. Nope, thanks for your input.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. I won't apologize for lack of context

I matched yours.

[whitefordmd]

7. You kind of lost me here

Not clear on what you mean by lack of context and why you should apologize?????

I simply thought charging someone with a hate crime for putting two pieces of electrical tape on someones picture is a little over the top. Very stupid yes. Sophomoric yes. A hate crime not so much.

You seem to disagree and I respect that.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. It's not "someone's" picture

There's a very specific reason for the people who's pictures they chose. You're dismissing it by framing it in a way that leaves out key facts.

As someone pointed out in another thread, this may be a response to a previous blog, posted by an author who started putting black tape over the Harvard crest. By the way, I think said author of that blog is a bigoted idiot herself, but that's another issue.

[whitefordmd]

9. I think your view that I am dismissing it is mistaken

It simply troubles me that what appears to be stupid college pranks starts out being characterized as a hate crime.

Whatever happened to getting the facts first?

[Rex]

10. Oh it was just a prank!

Kewl story.

[randys1]

6. go away

[Rex]

11. Hmmm...who else likes to call hate crimes, college pranks!?

Seems we have a real winner here.