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Fascism at UCLA! |
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by Amit Patel
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20 May 2002
Modified: 21 May 2002 |
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Greeks gather for 'Hate-Free' evening, and suffer consequences if not in attendance. Labor on... |
By Sabrina Singhapattanapong
Daily Bruin Contributor
About 1,700 sorority and fraternity members gathered Wednesday to view the documentary "Journey to a Hate Free Millennium." Many left in tears.
The event was part of the annual Greek Education Program sponsored by the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Asian Greek Council. Each house was responsible for producing an 80 percent turnout to avoid fines.
Matthew Friedrich, vice president of Zeta Beta Theta fraternity, said that attending educational events should be considered a priority and that "we're not just about getting drunk and partying."
The documentary was produced by Brent Scarpo, founder of New Light Media Productions, to educate students about how they can combat hate through tolerance.
"Hate begins with a single word. Be aware of your language," Scarpo said. "We have to end the hate and treat each other with the utmost respect."
The film featured news footage of the Columbine High School shootings and interviews with family members of hate crime victims, including Matthew Shepard, a gay college student beaten and left to die on a fence in Wyoming, and James Byrd Jr., a disabled black man chained to a truck and dragged to death in Texas.
Alpha Phi member Diana Gil said that students tend to lose sight of what is going on in the world and how they have the power to do more positive things.
To show how anyone can be a victim of hate crimes, Scarpo asked students to sit down upon hearing hate crime statistics pertaining to their race, religion or gender.
Black students were the first to sit, followed by Latino students, Asian students, American Indian and Arab students. The bulk of students who remained standing sat down as Scarpo cited a hate crime statistic about women.
According to the American Psychological Association, "more than half of all women murdered in the first half of 1980 were killed by their partners. If you are a woman, sit down," Scarpo said.
In the end, all but a group of white male students were seated.
Scarpo then asked those saddened by Sept.11 to sit down – no one was left standing.
With 1 million frequent flier miles under his belt, Scarpo has visited over 160 college campuses and hundreds of high schools and middle schools across America over the past three years.
In his concluding address, Scarpo spoke of the silver thimble he received as a graduation gift from his mother. His mother asked him to fill it to the top with love, care and respect.
At the end of the night, students left with a silver thimble in hand.
"We will no longer allow people to walk around with empty thimbles," he said, asking students to fill their thimbles with love and compassion just as his mother had asked him to do. |
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Sounds More Like Anti-Fascism to Me |
by ML
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20 May 2002
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This actually sounds like a good idea, considering some of the nonsense that goes on in this town involving fraternities, in particular regarding the "Chief" issue.
I suppose if someone were a committed racist, you could be a part of the 20% from each chapter that didn't have to attend, that way you could keep your racist beliefs, unsullied by exposure to commonsense, without having to intellectually challenge yourself.
And tell us, Patel, whether you appear "white" enough to pass without having to ever have been exposed to the nasty racism that underlies much of American society? |
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A Pattern |
by observant
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20 May 2002
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First IMC is spammed by apparent Holocaust-deniers, appearing to be authored by people with Jewish sounding names.
Then we get spammed by apparent racism-deniers, appearing to be authored by people with Hindu sounding names.
Use your Bullshit Detectors at full power when encountering these subjects on the Newswire. It looks like someone is pushing division and denial on us. |
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Spammer? How DARE You! |
by Amit Patel
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21 May 2002
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Why is a dissenting opinion characterized as a "spam" post? Do you have any idea what you're talking about? |
