University agrees to pass Black students who are too busy demonstrating.

[Sparko]

Yup, all ~1300 characters of it.


First, the thin article didn't actually say the university was honoring the petition.

Yes, it did:

And the university thinks it is a good idea: It is currently advising professors to pass black students on the basis of race after an online petition gathered more than 26 000 signatures.

Second, the one professor interviewed described her policy as applying to all of her students, not just the black ones.

The petition specifically mentions accommodating BLACK STUDENTS. She said she supported the petition. That indicates she is talking about black students not white ones.

Third, the university isn't going to implement a policy that would result in it getting sued for racial discrimination.

So that sounds like your opinion, not evidence.

[Leonhard]

I'm not making any judgement either way, I'm just posting the actual petition so people can read it.

Source: Change.org Petition

The University of Washington has sent out a mass email to students about the current events involving Black Lives Matter. The email addresses the most recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor and how UW acknowledges the deep-seated pain and extra trauma this has caused us in the Black community. It goes on to say "many of us were already struggling to deal with the shift to emergency remote learning, financial hardships, family health issues, and the emotional strain related to the pandemic" then ends by saying "We have no answers in this message".
Well, we have one for you: give Black students a break! We are already DISPROPORTIONATELY impacted by this pandemic in terms of health care access and financial hardship. Now add state-sanctioned violence, how do you expect us to enter finals in this headspace?!

We are tired of empty words and promises. We are tired of sentimental emails that do not materialize. Give us equitable responses that meet our needs now! You need to encourage and demand professors to accommodate their black students during this time. If UW truly understands our pain, UW will be a part of alleviating it.
We can't sit back and watch as injustices unfold before our eyes. We don't have the privilege that white and non-black students do to ignore what's happening and stay at home to study for finals. We are busy fighting for our rights and for the rights of future black children and students to sit down and study. The least UW could do is demand professors to accommodate us during this time.

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[Leonhard]

And the university thinks it is a good idea: It is currently advising professors to pass black students on the basis of race after an online petition gathered more than 26 000 signatures.

I've tried to find evidence of this. As far as I can see all that is talked about is accomodation, which might mean something like moving exam dates.

[Whateverman]

Yes, it did:

And the university thinks it is a good idea: It is currently advising professors to pass black students on the basis of race after an online petition gathered more than 26 000 signatures.

That's not the same as "agrees to pass Black students who are too busy demonstrating". The former implies the decision is left up to individual professors.

The petition specifically mentions accommodating BLACK STUDENTS. She said she supported the petition. That indicates she is talking about black students not white ones.

And yet her words and the words of the article don't reference the students' race.

She only sent emails to her black students??? I'm positive they were sent to ALL of her students, for the reasons i've listed