Student leader says black-on-black crime is not a thing, wants to censor those who say it is

Alternative facts sure are popular on campus these days.

A student government leader at Regis University went so far as to deny that black people commit crime against each other, or at least that the subject is worth discussing (that would be news to former President Obama).

Campus Reform reports that the Jesuit university in Denver just concludedAnti-Oppression Week, which included sessions such as Introduction to Privilege and Oppression for Teachers and The Oppressive Power of Language.

But the most head-scratching comments came fromJack Flotte, director of the student governmentsSocial Justice and Spirituality Committeeandwhite male.

Heaccused his fellow whites of white fragility in leading a Tuesday session titled White Guilt, White Feelings, and the Struggle for Liberation:

He then outlined several paradigms that he considers counterproductive, starting with the demand that white people quit mythologizing black-on-black murder by isolating statistics, boldly claiming that Black-on-black murder is not a thing. Its just a bad argument. Black-on-black crime is not a thing. Dont talk about it. Shut it down when people talk about it.

Ironically, Flotte encouraged his audience to research everything. They could start with Obamas remarks about black-on-black crime at a televised town hall:

It is absolutely true that the murder rate in the African-American community is way out of whack compared to the general population, Obama said. And both the victims and the perpetrators are black, young black men.

Though faculty werent ordered to attend the events, Anthropology Prof. Damien Thompson who led or co-led three events encouraged his colleagues to go to as many events as possible and said he would attend like 98 percent of them, according to Campus Reform.

The publication also notes this Friday event listing prodding faculty to attend:

10:30am 12:00pm Steps of Dayton Memorial Library. Call to Action Rally (This event in a student planned and organized rally; faculty, administration and staff who have not attended one of Thursdays faculty anti-oppression training sessions, should attend the anti-oppression training that begins at 9:00am). Multicultural Affairs Committee.

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