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Feb 24, 2017
5:16:46pm
spoxjox All-American
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Do any of these statements look to you like they were offended?

She was flattered — until he followed up with an "ignorant" statement that made her uncomfortable.

...she said the lack of cultural understanding is something she doesn't like about BYU.

And it's a problem reported by other black students at the mostly white university

And you know it's a problem, because the SLTribulation says it is.

Batchlor Johnson IV loves BYU, but said in the video it's not as cultured as other campuses. "Utah as a whole doesn't have that many black people so they don't know how to interact with them, to be honest with you," he said. "They ask ignorant questions sometimes or they bring up touchy subjects they really have no business bringing up if they're not really trying to learn or to understand or to have a genuine conversation."

So apparently, asking questions that involve touchy subjects don't qualify as "a genuine conversation."

Demease-Williams...has decided to leave BYU, she said, because of the lack of diversity on campus.

So we are supposed to assume that this "lack of diversity" doesn't offend her, but she just decided to go elsewhere because, you know, to-may-to to-mah-to?

"I want to be able to go to school and see black figures hold different positions," she said, and see "people of my own culture being successful [and] be in a place where people are really open."

This honestly doesn't suggest any sort of problem or criticism to you?

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