Cornell charges students $1,800 for racially-segregated rock climbing class, frantically scrubs website when confronted

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[–]specialsauces 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (22 children)

even as a very white caucasian, i could look them straight in the eyes and say: "I am black".

how many people that identify as black are as bright as the stars and the sun? thats my point. some black people aint all that black.

just like transbenders that identify as female, i could identify as female and just walk into the ladies restroom and start pissing in the sink.

it is either allowed by law or it is not allowed by law.

[–]thoughtcriminal 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

You can do this with google business. They asked me if my business "identified as women owned" or "identified as black owned." Clicked them both because it's meaningless and gives me an automatic advantage over anyone who didn't click it. I still show up in regular search results. But now I also show up in the "black owned" results they promoted this last month and "women owned" they will probably promote this next month (woman's month). Stonks. I'll do it again for "LGBTQIA+ owned" in June if they add that.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I also show up in the "black owned" results they promoted this last month and "women owned"

Woman, black owned.

iDK

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (19 children)

Beside the point.

You'd also be welcome to join them, regardless of what you call yourself.

The legal way in which you can call yourself black, asian, Native American, or any other ethnicy is if you are an 8th of one of those. and the choice to call yourself one or more of those ethnicities is entirely up to you (as long as there are the ancestor records or DNA evidence to prove it (eg. if you are applying for a job that favors non-whites).

[–]specialsauces 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (12 children)

what about transgenders? they call themselves female.. are they at least 1/8th female?

why cant we just go back to the good old days when we had school shootouts like columbine?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

So my FBI friend tells me that you're already surrounded, and to come out of your basement with your hands up.

[–]specialsauces 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

nah, i have neighbors that are fbi and i have neighbors that are local police and sheriffs and fire department..

i just smoked a cigarette with one of the local firemen about thirty minutes ago.

if they want to talk to me, they know where i am at.

[–]Airbus320 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Ignore him, he is a male 🤢

[–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

i am not male, i am female, i am lesbian.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

That's what they tell me.

They too mourn the innocent people at Columbine High, and would like a word.

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    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

    What a coward.

    Get help.

    [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

    So why are you still on saidit again?

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Serious question, Airbus: do you agree with this?: "there is no need to mourn the children that were killed at columbine. they deserved what they got."

    [–]thoughtcriminal 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

    DNA evidence to prove

    Ah yes, I can't wait to live in the utopian society where I'm asked to provide evidence of my ethnicity and a DNA profile to the state so they can determine where I am on the privilege hierarchy prior to looking at my resume. Only then, will we all be truly equal.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I too am annouyed by it. It's called reverse discrimination (in the US, and in the UK: positive discrimination). I think some of the "affirmative action" programs have expired, but new 'diversity' programs are taking their places. Whereas I agree that there should be less discrimination when hiring people, the solution shouldn't be a bean-counting exercise. There should be a matrix that assesses the number qualaified underrepresented or marginalized people in the field, along with various other statistics.

    [–]thoughtcriminal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I think we agree until the last part where you mentioned a matrix. I think we should remove discrimination as much as possible from the hiring process. But I don't see hiring underrepresented people as necessarily being a positive thing on its own.

    The first question to ask would be why are they underrepresented. If it's due to discrimination, let's address it. If it's due to some other factor, like choice, it's not a problem. If the goal is to get underrepresented people in specific fields, I think that should be addressed before they're applying for a job - through education, socioeconomic factors, accessibility to quality education, etc. Addressing the root causes will naturally lead to representations in fields that maximize individual choice and fairness, rather than quotas and artificial balances of immutable characteristics based on statistics and numbers.

    [–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I believe a German party introduced a similar system in the 1930s.

    [–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    DNA evidence and ancestry records are transphobic though.

    [–]bjam27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    They should be tried for violating title 9 for restricting access. If the races were reversed they absolutely would be.

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      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

      You aren't very bright, are you?

      [–]specialsauces 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

      i am smart enough to know that there is a fence with razor wire around my white house.

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      Kind of proves the initial point. Have any other gems?

      [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

        I can see now that it's not PC to note that you aren't very bright.

        I think the definition is now: differently abled.

        Have your parents referred to you as 'special'? If so, they were right.

        [–]specialsauces 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

        my parents are dead and gone, may they rest in peace.

        your parents called you a faggot.

        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Did they call you: 'special'?

        (My parents are none of your business.)

        [–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        i am sure that your parents are very nice.

        everyone is nice, on some level.

        even stalin was nice to some people.

        [–]DiscoStegosaurus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        This site really needs a downvote button for obvious fourteen year old trolls, like the guy you responded to.

        [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        I agree, even if specialsauces genuinely appears to be a sociopath, and really likes mass murders and the torture of innocent people (per his other posts). I wish I were kidding.

        /u/magnora7 seemed to be interested in my earlier suggestion to have votes that range from 'insightful' to 'inciteful'.

        [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

        Yes, a dumbass staff member (who lists classes online, not a professor) goofed when he/she did not explain that this statement does not exclude other people:

        This class is for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of color.

        https://web.archive.org/web/20201202163126/https://scl.cornell.edu/coe/pe-courses/spring-pe-courses/rock-climbing/BIPOC-rock-climbing

        And soom fixed it to say:

        This class is designed to enable Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of color underrepresented in the sport of rock climbing to learn the sport and to feel included and supported. The class is open to all Cornell students interested in learning rock climbing with this special focus.

        https://scl.cornell.edu/coe/pe-courses/spring-pe-courses/rock-climbing/BIPOC-rock-climbing

        The course could not have been "racially-segregated" per Cornell rules, and did not note that non-BIPOC people were excluded, and no one "frantically scrubs website"

        That's not how university administration works.

        The assholes at that website allow for this freshman student to post clickbait that's easily debunked.

        https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/campus-reform/

        What happened is that an idiotic staff member failed to list the course correctly, and then corrected it.

        [–]asterias 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

        This class is designed to enable Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of color underrepresented in the sport of rock climbing

        Is there someone/something prohibiting them from rock climbing in the first place?

        [–]specialsauces 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        basically, people of color first trained us to not be racist towards them and now they pushed whites out of the game.

        now, it is blacks that are racist.

        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        No, unless one considers class differences.

        One could argue that a rock climing course designed to be more inclusive to under-representated or traditionally marginalized people is itself really calling into question the conflation of racial descrimination with problems of access due to class status.

        [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        😮

        [–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

        the one thing that can not be debunked is the fence with razor wire around my white house.

        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

        You can thank the gravy seals, Qanon, Twittler, Guliani, and all the 'special' patriots and aspiring Columbine High mass-murderers who tried to locate and murder politicians. God bless...

        [–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

        the columbine boys were not targetting politicians, no way.. the columbine boys were mocked as outcasts in their school, so they sought revenge by entering the school with some fairly nice weapons.. i dont know what they were, but they were basic assault weapons. i have watched the columbine videos omg several times.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSzOz8J9QKk

        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

        I get it: you insist on defending mass murderers of innocent people, that you like thinking about the guns, and that you like the videos.

        So there is absolutely nothing redeemable about you. Congratulations.

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          [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

          Be careful from socks fren

          [–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

          in today's world, one must be careful of everyone. There are some that know how to get my gps coordinates, and then they could come and kill me.

          anyone that works for google has my precise gps coordinates and they know every route that my phone has ever taken.

          there is no privacy now.

          [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

          There will be when this smartphone world is over from too much 5G fren

          [–]specialsauces 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

          when i was young, i lived with almost no food for approx ten days. i had only a few bites of food for those ten days.

          when hunger and thirst sets in, you will be happy to sit inside of a microwave oven if there is food in the oven.

          [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

          😮

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

          Open wide, Airbus.