Conservative Students Harassed and Accused of Racism in Viral Video… The School’s Response Is Telling

The next is an installment in a weekly collection of commentary articles by Cameron Arcand, founding father of the conservative commentary web site Young Not Stupid and a contributor to The Western Journal.

From the second I arrived at Arizona State College final month, the college confused the significance of range and inclusion within the school neighborhood.

Actually, ASU’s charter says the college is “measured not by whom we exclude, however somewhat by whom we embrace and the way they succeed.”

One of many oft-mentioned tenets of this creed is the necessity to respect others’ political affiliations, and the Basis for Particular person Rights in Schooling has given ASU a green light for its First Modification insurance policies.

However a latest incident exhibits that though the college promotes ideological range on paper, the coed physique nonetheless has work to do relating to political tolerance.

A viral video from the “multicultural house” on ASU’s Tempe campus options liberal students arguing with two conservative college students.

A girl confronts the conservative males over a laptop computer sticker that claims “Police Lives Matter.”

“What did I do improper?” the coed with the pro-police sticker asks.

“You’re offensive. Police lives matter?” the girl recording the scene says.

WARNING: The next video accommodates graphic language that some viewers will discover offensive.

🚨 This madness is occurring on school campuses pic.twitter.com/BrVxICZYqP

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) September 24, 2021

The argument continues, with the girl saying the boys are “making the house uncomfortable.”

“However you’re white!” the girl says. “Do you perceive what a multicultural house [is]? It means you’re not being centered.”

“White’s not a tradition?” says one of many males, who’s carrying a “Did Not Vote For Biden” T-shirt.

“No, it’s not a tradition. White shouldn’t be a tradition,” the girl says. “That is the violence that ASU does and that is the kind of people who they defend. OK? This white man thinks he can take up our house.”

When one of many college students says he’s not racist, the girl responds, “You’re racist. Your sticker’s racist.” When he apologizes and says he didn’t imply to offend anybody, one other girl says, “However this offends us robotically as a result of these individuals kill individuals like me and like us, proper? So that you’re selling our murderers.”

Within the full video, the 2 males finally go away because the state of affairs escalates.

ASU’s dean of scholars launched a statement condemning the altercation.

“The Dean of College students Workplace is conscious of the incident between a handful of scholars that was captured in a video circulated on social media. The Dean of College students Workplace might be discussing it with all concerned,” the assertion stated.

“ASU is a neighborhood of greater than 100,000 individuals from all 50 states and greater than 150 nations. Variations of opinion are a part of the college expertise. The college expects respectful dialogue between college students in all engagements.”

It’s clear that ASU’s administration is making an attempt to draw and appease left-wing college students and college, and can doubtless sweep this incident beneath the rug.

With that being stated, it’s plain that the college has a big conservative plurality, making it extra reflective of the character of American politics than many faculties.

Let’s be sincere: ASU isn’t any College of California, Berkeley, relating to leftist hostility.

However this video exhibits that its political local weather leaves quite a bit to be desired. All college students should do a greater job respecting the ideological range the college claims to worth.