Racism at UVa

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I was hoping to hear from any who had not yet posted on the other threads that I read.

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<p>Well, you attacked us a bit after this comment.</p>

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I am still concerned about this. Out of 143 views, no current student feels strongly enough about the fallacy of these claims to refute them. Hazelorb’s links are both outdated and filled with conflicting accounts about racism at UVa.

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<p>Half those views might have been yours. and the other half may have been the regular students who saw this thread and were tired of typing up the same thing.</p>

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nor have I presented data of any kind.

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<p>Precisely the problem. You haven’t provided any credible source for the source of your quotes (see below) or your research (see below).</p>

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In my research of schools to which I may apply, I have repeatedly come across accounts from current students and alumni about the lack of tolerance at the University of Virginia.

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Can any current student or recent alumnus comment on the validity of these comments?

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<p>You asked us to verify information…which is data.</p>

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“There are a lot of snooty, arrogant people at this school, especially the women, and there are a lot of classless, supersexist, racist people. Indeed, a majority of the student body is from Northern Virginia, and they tend to be WASPy, middle/upper-middle class, and somewhat close-minded.”

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“Racism thrives vibrantly throughout its student body, and their ignorance is what causes disgust amongst those few who DO NOT think in this way–because as a University of Virginia student, they are all marked the same”

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<p>Quotes…information…data.</p>

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I don’t think it’s unfair to expect new responses from current students instead of links to outdated threads that brought to rise more concern on my part.

A lot of the current students posted in those “outdated” threads.</p>

<p>I think you may have posted with good intent but you went awry in 2 places. </p>

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<li>You had this line before your question.

Normally, I don’t put a lot of stock into isolated negative comments about a school, but those related to racism, sexism, and sexual intolerance in the student body at UVa are disconcerting.</li>
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<p>Can any current student or recent alumnus comment on the validity of these comments?

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<p>That detracted from your question: tolerance of hate crimes, not necessarily restricted to racism.</p>

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<li>The wording of your question. How are we supposed to argue the validity (or lack thereof) of something we haven’t seen? </li>
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<p>Again, I think you had good intentions but just chose the wrong route in approaching the question. I hope the information I posted helped you. Cheers.</p>