Diversity Police Threaten Support Group

Yesterday, at 2:25 am, Mark Paul, Head of the online facebook Caucasian Support Group, wrote in a message:

First off, let me tell you that the creation of this group had no racist intents. Second off, Calvin Moore, student at RC and the President of the student action diversity council, e-mailed me and wanted to chat about the "Caucasian Support Group." I was told, in essence, that the African-American Support Group was created for the reasons that AA students have a retention rate of 20% at RC and they wanted to be able to help them with grades and just becoming asymalated into a predominantly white culture. However, he then said that this group was subversively racist, which is absolutely untrue. To put a long story short, I was told that if I didn't disband the group that Claude Huddleston and JC Thomas would be getting in contact with me... Funny how in the beginning this group was made to say, "Hey if you can have one, we can." But its become a little more then that when we're bombarded by hypocritical statements saying that African Americans can have a support group, but caucasians cannot.

The Rochester College Administration and Student Action Diversity Committee earlier criticized the writers of this blog for their use of anonymity, (during the Black History Month plagiarism case) claiming that it was unnecessary and a mistake. The actions against the "Caucasian Support Group," however, make it unequivocally clear that the hollow guarantees of fair treatment are nothing more than a shallow mask - a double standard. Dr. Barton earlier stated:

What makes our liberal arts environment Christian is the opportunity for people to take part in even difficult discussions in an atmosphere where truthfullness is sought, and humility, forgiveness, respect, grace, and trust are offerred in other-worldy measure.

Dr. Barton's comment on our use of anonymity:

"let me comment briefly on the use of anonymity. While I do think anonymity has its place (e.g. there have been many authors in history who have used it in order to say something important in what they considered a hostile environment), anonymity can also create an atmosphere where writers are not as careful with their words and critiques as they would have been if their name had been attached."

Dean Cain's comment on our use anonymity:

If indeed you all are fearful of retribution - I would say that this thinking is faulty... I believe we would all be concerned and incensed but maybe you don't know the admin or staff well enough to know we are attempting not only to serve Christ but uphold the law in the midst of helping each of our students learn to think and speak for themselves.

The disrespectful behavior of the Student Action Diversity Committee, Claude Huddleston, and J.C. Thomas obviously falls short of Dr. Barton's standard for a "Christian liberal arts environment." Instead of grace and openness, the support group is met with threats and venomous slander as being "subversively racist."

~Aquinas and Tacitus