If groups of black, Latino and Asian students all had their own race-exclusive clubs at a prominent American University, it would only stand to reason that white students should be able to form a union of their own, right?
Not only would it be fair, but it would also fall under this oft-overlooked amendment to the United States Constitution — The First Amendment.
Unfortunately, administrators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign apparently aren’t fans of our founding document, because the moment white students set up a Facebook page for a new “white union” in response to a Black Lives Matter group disrupting their lives on campus, staffers were on the phone with Facebook requesting that the page be taken down.
And Facebook complied.
It started when, according to The Washington Post, a group of students formed the “Illini White Students Union” Facebook page with a mission statement that said the page was “for white students of University of Illinois to be able to form a community and discuss our own issues as well as be able to organize against the terrorism we have been facing from Black Lives Matter activists on campus.”
Even though Black Lives Matter protesters have become known for their calls to commit mass violence, including the targeting of police officers, accusing the group of “terrorism” is akin to donning a white robe and a pointy hood, according to U of I staffers, liberals and members of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“It is disturbing and cowardly that someone would create an anonymous and senseless social media page specifically designed to intimidate others, including and especially our students. When we became aware of the page, we immediately contacted Facebook and requested that it be removed,” campus spokesman Robin Kaler wrote.
She also admitted that “passions run deep” on “both sides,” but apparently, when whites get together, it’s somehow different and automatically racist.
Why can’t white students bond on campus like every other ethnic group? Call me crazy, but this doesn’t seem fair, let alone constitutionally sound.
But the “evil” white students haven’t given up, as every time Facebook shuts them down per the university’s request, they launch a new Facebook page
Racism is still racism, when practiced by any race
