And why do we hear so much of TAMU and nothing of Columbia University?

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From: Adam Weiss
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 04:25

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Given the circumstances, students at Texas A&M are acting alot more 
mature than their Ivy League counterparts at Columbia University in New 
York City.

TAMU students held a bake sale in which minorities were charged less for 
cookies than whites.  Columbia students did that, too, and much more. 
In addition to the affirmative action protest bake sale that was held at 
Columbia, an underground student newspaper (called "The Fed") published 
a racist comic strip.  And as though that wasn't enough, the marching 
band (a group that is at most schools officially sanctioned by the 
university) performed a racist routine at one of its shows.


So, why has the Texas A&M controversy garnered national press while only 
New York based media outlets are reporting on the events at Columbia?

As someone who grew up in Maine and moved to Texas by way of New York 
City, the answer is as simple as it is troubling.  The answer is that 
modern Northeasterners on a whole are as racist if not moreso than 
modern Southerners and Texans, but they are deeply in denial of it with 
history as their excuse.

It's the sad truth.

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