Sunday, March 09, 2008

Reading About the Fight Against Racism = Racism.

Kafka would be proud. Bizarro, too. More insanity at the link.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Put Down the Book and Step Away From Your Co-Workers:
"At Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI), the image to the right is considered Not Safe for Work. Can you guess why? ...I'll let IUPUI Affirmative Action Officer Lillian Charleston explain:
The Affirmative Action Office has completed its investigation of [redacted]'s allegation that you racially harassed her by repeatedly reading the book, Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan by Todd Tucker in the presence of Black employees...

We conclude that your conduct constitutes racial harassment in that you demonstrated disdain and insensitivity to your co-workers who repeatedly requested that you refrain from reading the book which has such an inflammatory and offensive topic in their presence... Furthermore, employing the legal "reasonable person standard," a majority of adults are aware of and understand how repugnant the KKK is to African Americans, their reactions to the Klan, and the reasonableness of the request that you not read the book in their presence. "

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