Did You Know It Is Unfair To Be White?

[Diane Kepus]

Out side of our tax dollars paying these enormous salaries for professors in colleges and universities and then legislators telling us they are underpaid (aren't we all if asked?) is this really what we are expected to pay for when we send our kids off to college?

Despite the longstanding message that a person’s skin color should not matter in America, students at the University of Wisconsin – Superior are now being taught that it’s “unfair” to be white.

It’s part of a controversial effort known as the Unfair Campaign, designed to teach America’s youth that “systems and institutions are set up for us [whites]” and as such are “unfair.”

One of the main slogans for the campaign is: “It’s hard to see racism when you’re white.”

CampusReform reports the campaign was initially sponsored by the University of Minnesota – Duluth, but after an investigation conducted by CampusReform, that college dropped its partnership, and labeled the program “divisive” and “alienating.”

The Unfair Campaign uses online videos, billboards and lectures to help promote its message, and a variety of posters features white-skinned people adorned with facial messages such as “”is white skin really fair skin?”

UWS spokeswoman Lynn Williams told CampusReform that her school is using the campaign as an “opportunity on our campus to talk about all privilege and to create conversation.”

“We really felt that this was an opportunity for the campus and the neighboring community to learn and to grow together,” she added.

Shame - Shame - Shame!

You are promoting racism and you know it!

Williams indicated UWS has already held a number of “diversity dialogues” tied to the Unfair Campaign, with some professors talking about the project in class.

Campaign Partners

Central Labor Body: www.laborworld.org/clb_home.htm
CHUM (Churches United In Ministry): www.chumduluth.org
City of Duluth (Mayor’s Office, Human Rights Commision,
American Indian Commision) http://www.duluthmn.gov/
Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial Inc.: www.claytonjacksonmcghie.org
Community Action Duluth: www.communityactionduluth.org
Domestic Abuse Intervention Project: www.theduluthmodel.org
Lake Superior College: www.lsc.edu
League of Women Voters: www.lwvduluth.org
Life House: www.lifehouseduluth.org
Luthern Social Service – Duluth Services: www.lssmn.org
Men as Peacemakers: www.menaspeacemakers.org
NAACP: www.naacp.org
Peace Church UCC: www.peaceucc.org
St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services: www.stlouiscountymn.gov
University of Wisconsin Superior: www.uwsuper.edu
YWCA: www.ywcaduluth.org

Their website states: Who created the Campaign and its materials and how will they be used?

A committee of the YWCA, working with a Duluth area advertising agency, developed the graphics for the campaign over the course of a year. The content, look and feel were developed after extensive conversations with the committee and community partners.

Posters were printed and made available to partner organizations from mid-October 2011 through January 2012. They will be used to bring attention to the issue of white privilege as well as serve as a tool for encourage dialogue and programs that meet partners organizational objectives.

In January, the campaign will launch publicly with billboards, bus signs, additional posters, and radio and TV public service announcements. At that time, posters and other campaign materials will be made available to the wider community.

Are these people for real? We aren't supposed to make a black, brown, green, yellow or res person feel bad because of their color or even bring attention to it, but it is ok for these dingbats to support a College agenda like this and "white" men and woman are now supposed to apologize for being white?

What the heck kind of double-speak is this? Just another group who think they know what is best for others with the proverbial stick in the proverbial bucket just keep the stink stirred up!

PUT THE COTTON PICKIN BOX OF CRAYONS AWAY AND STOP WITH THE COLOR!