October 10, 2007
Students Protest Columbia Hate Crime
Faculty and students are reeling after a noose was found on the door of a black professor's office at Columbia University's Teachers College yesterday. The NYPD's Hate Crime task force is investigating the incident and the professor has been identified in the media as Professor Madonna Constantine, whose interests are listed as "Cultural competence in counseling, training, and supervision. Mental health issues of people of color in the United States and immigrants. Vocational issues of adolescents and college students of color."
About 100 students marched to Teachers College late last night, and the Bwog reports they yelled chants like "We will not be silent!" and "Bollinger's house for justice!" Another rally will be held today in front of Columbia's Arthur Zankel Hall at 2PM, before a town hall meeting. One professor said, "You might expect this stuff at the undergraduate level, but not here. We've never had any ethnic or racial tensions." A source told the Post that the police are "investigating whether another professor put the noose there rather than a student...another professor who had a rivalry with her and was jealous over the work she did."
Teachers College president Susan Fuhrman sent out a statement condemning the incident yesterday and the Columbia Spectator received a written statement from Columbia president Lee Bollinger: "This is an assault on African Americans and therefore it is an assault on every one of us. I know I speak on behalf of every member of our communities in condemning this horrible action. I also want to express our full support of Teachers College and President Susan Furhman in dealing with this matter." Still, many students want the school to do more.
Update: WCBS 2 adds more details to the police lead about a dispute between Constantine and another professor:
Constantine told police the other professor, a woman of Indian descent, had replaced her while she was on an extended leave, and grew upset when she returned to reclaim her position."There's apparently ill will about that," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation had not been completed.
The official stressed that the dispute was only one possible lead, and that there were no official suspects as of Wednesday morning.
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Surprised the NYPD is looking at teachers
sounds like a student action
some spoiled rich brat that got a bad grade
doesn't the campus have cameras?
this is why you set your webcam to motion detect.
just remember to have your macbook secured with a cable lock. and, insure it if you can.
it was ol' Mahmoud, he don't like black people either
"We've never had any ethnic or racial tensions." HUH? Didn't they have a conflict just a few months ago regarding the renaming of some gym or building or student lounge or something for some criminals?
You can't be liberal and conservative at the same time.
I can't figure out why a white? professor would have problems with a black teacher who has segregated her teaching to "people of color" causes.
you know the black lady did it to herself. Classic jew move.
Fucked individuals try to create conmotion as a way of getting a point...what exactly? fear?
let the fuck die in solitude.
remember when the duke lacrosse students were accused of raping the black stripper and the campus went all crazy? yeah, it's happening again. what happened to those lacrosse students again? oh yeah, they were innocent.
Let's see, not a day goes by in this city where a black person doesn't rape, beat, rob, or kill a white person. It is quite rare for the reverse to happen, yet this prank is what gets the police riled up?
Hey, maybe if there wasn't relentless, daily examples of black hatred, things like this wouldn't happen.
Once again, the black leaders prove their endless hypocrisy.
a stripper was raped at Columbia teachers college?
really? it happened again?
me no remember.
won't somebody please think of the caucasian americans?! can you imagine how this is making them feel? waaaaaah!
#8 - huh? where do you get your data? who are these "black leaders" of whom you speak? ah, never mind. i should know better than to question unadulterated ignorance.
at least their parents are paying for an education in how to deal with controversies. not sure they are getting much else for their dollar at columbia these days . . .
whinny bitch U
Guest 8:
Actually, days often go by without the serious black on white crimes you mention (kill, rape, beat, etc).
Since 1975, nationally, 94% of black homicide victims were killed by another black person, 86% of white homicide victims were killed by another white person. The statistics are quite similar for rapes, assaults and all other sorts of violent crime. Even muggings affect the black community at a greater rate than they do the white community. You just don't hear about it when a black guy robs another black guy for $20 in the Bronx.
But, riiiight, facts aren't important when you're engaged in racial/ethnic fearmongering. Hitler taught us all that.
who even knows how to tie a noose? what kind of sick person would want to learn how to tie a hangman's noose?
what's sicker are the miniature one's that were made and hung on a locker. sad, actually.
this is why one should always be vigilant. technology vigilant. no one will look after you but yourself.
I understand why some are disturbed about the noose but what in the world is a protest supposed to do. Convince the government not to do this again? shame the perp, seems like a warm afternoon screw off party. Undirected protests are like Onan and his wasted seed.
I suspect this is a hoax. If it's for real, then it is a revolting act of cowardice or a sick joke. I don't think it's a "hate crime" until there's a neck in the noose.
the protest is idiotic. it makes no sense. it's just a bunch of students acting out their vanity. if they ever find out who did this there should be some severe punishment. the protest is for young students to show-off and fancy themselves activists.
$100 says she put it there herself.
Who gives a flying fuck about all this? One person puts a noose on someone else's door and the whole stupid world goes apeshit.
Someone mentioned earlier the hoax in a similar situation that happened at Claremont McKenna College regarding hate speech. Everyone got themselves into a lather about expulsions and what not before they found out it was the professor herself (Kerri Dunn) who perpetrated the act. She was sentenced to one year in prison and fined:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Dunn
A similar hoax was just perpetrated at George Washington University:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_10_07-2007_10_13.shtml#1192038610
Everyone got themselves into a lather there as well about expulsions. I doubt they will follow through with their indignation.
Let's see how the Columbia incident unfolds.
(and the Jew comments only reveal the general stupidity of the commenter).
Sincerely,
WASP1
"some spoiled rich brat that got a bad grade"
Gotta love the delicious irony of a person who is outraged at an act of racism going on and spouting hate of the rich with absolutely no justification.
Well, you let one hate-monger (Ahmadinejad) appear and speak on campus in the name of free speech and education, so what do you expect? Shouldn't Bollinger being talking about how this is really just another opportunity for education? Free speech!
a salient difference is that kerri dunn was a white person who faked the anti-black slurs and played the victim. white person playing the victim... sound familiar?
The coward racist antisemite is lurking here. #8 #25 and a few in between. What a transparent fool.
terrible gesture by some ignorant scared little shit.
but its sort of funny thinking about this stupid little kid sitting at home on his computer and googling "noose making". why would anyone need to know how to do that in this age?
I think they should shut down Columbia and replace the entire campus with Chase branches and luxury condo buildings designed by star-chitects.
I just hate those hate crimes! I wish we could lynch those people in the public forum!
Ill bet it'll come out that the professor did it herself. Been done before. She'll get off because she "opened dialog on the troubling issue of racism in America"
Here's my question: Did they find the person who did this?
If not, then how do they know it's a white person that did this?
Seriously.
this is straight out of the Jew Playbook. Plant the item in question yourself.
who even knows how to tie a noose? what kind of sick person would want to learn how to tie a hangman's noose?
Many junior high schools boys can make a noose. Usually with twine or string, just for laughs. Anyone could do it by using Google.
she probably did put it there herself.
hate crimes are stupid.
indians are the most racist people on earth - lotta nerve if you ask me.
I just got off the phone with Tawana Brawley and she had a call into Al Sharpton about this incident. As soon as Al gets back from his fund raising event in Las Vegas to build his new cathedral of worship, he will get back to her and then she will get back to me.
I'll keep you posted as soon as I get info.
"It was only 40 years ago that black people couldn't drink out of the same water fountains as white people." What's that equal to, four generations in slave years?
I'm sorry but my gut tells me that Professor Constantine did this herself or was at least a participant. I hope for her sake I am wrong.
Last week it was racist graffiti in a men's room toilet. Now this. Either someone is having fun seeing how easy it is to rile up activists or it's the activists inventing new ways to keep their own fire burning. Either way, no one gives a shit anymore EXCEPT college kids (and Jen Chung.)
re 32 - "this is straight out of the Jew Playbook. Plant the item in question yourself."
Why don't you plant yourself in the ground, you nazi POS. You're no better than Sharpton.
We only learn from the Best, I mean chosen ones.
When the leaders of Columbia start inviting haters to campus, they should understand that they're creating an environment where hate thrives.
Do people really think that jews are crafty Machiavellian shysters?
Professor Constantine is a big woman - wouldn't she need a much bigger noose...?
I think this latest incident should guarantee an honorary doctorate for Reverend Al Sharpton.
hahahahahaha. this is great shows how stupid the people who placed did this "supposed" hate crime and the people who are even more stupid who protest it. they just fuel the fire.
i agree with everyone she probably plant the damn thing herself.
People of color should really get a grip on life and realize that the normal taxpaying individual people of color like the Chinese, Italians, Mexicans, Indians and native American Indians are getting sick of their moaning and groaning for a century and a half about how they suffered. If one would work out the amount of money the government has spent on those "African American" spawn it would probably work out to half a million a slave to keep their suffering slave "heritage" bullshit going.
The Negro male is genetically predetermined to be a shiftless freeloader.
It's incredible how the government is subsidizing for the black male who is behind bars and in "mainstream" society. Would anyone happen to have the numbers for the two instances for comparison...?
Wow, a lot of racism on this board. I guess the protesters are right.
Hey racists, the protesters are protesting against YOU. It is not a "undirected" protest.
I instantly thought she did it herself. Especially now that I see she had a rival. And this "rival" is not a "white woman." People of Indian descent like her are the victims of racism because in this country they are considered dark skinned. She and her family are no different.
What's the thing with skin color? It's not the color of the skin that people are talking about, it's about the attitude that Afro Americans have regarding their ongoing moaning and groaning how America has fucked them over for centuries. The truth is America has given them more than enough opportunities to improve their lot, but a signicant group of them think having six kids with six different fathers is a good thing. No wonder the kids grow up stupid and beligerant. They have only their parents to blame.
Jesse Jackson had this for a response. Please see pic below.
http://i13.tinypic.com/68mtra0.jpg