The Noose From SLU: Student Leaders Resign Over Controversial Photo

• I dont get the quote "Only for use on white people"

• I dont get it...?

• I suggest that anyone who doesn't understand why the noose is such a potent symbol look at this page: http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/african/2000/lynching.htm

• James Diamond you are right in regards to the picture being taken prior to the rise of racial tension at SLU, and it is sad that it has taken this long and a photo of this magnitude to get the university to acknowledge that there is a problem that, but it does not change the fact that discrimination and an atmosphere of intolerance and ignorance has been created and allowed to build at SLU. You say you fail to see how this is news, it is news because it does show the university in a bad light and forces them to take action, and be more proactive and reactive in creating a policy designed to send a message that this type of behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated or condoned. I read your assertion about keeping order on the frontier but the noose was more commonly used as tool of discrimination in the 300 during slavery and the post slavery era, come onbe realistic. Lets take this unfortunate incident and use it to educate our community and work towards preventing future events like this.

• How about it? Don't see any nooses on there, don't know if this guy is a "student leader." Doesn't look like news, does look like someone's pussy hurts, though.

• Hmm. How about this SLU employee's twitter account: http://twitter.com/L_Snoogie

• Bottom line James Diamond, you DO NOT TAKE PICTURES WITH NOOSES- the negative connotation it has had for lynching blacks years ago trumps all other meanings. You also have to take into consideration the fact that the university's minority students are greatly outnumbered by Caucasian students, so how likely it is do you think that they were taking the photos trying to be anti-white? Say if you were a racist white and understood how many other white people there were around you at school, you might in fact try and find someone who's just as racist as you and take some "stupid" photos and think nothing of it. The reason this is news is that these supposed members of the student government were trying to help reduce prejudice and discrimination after the recent events on campus but at the same time had done it themselves under the hood. Having them resign is in fact relevant but only because the school doesn't need their insights on how to fix this problem when they're one of the few people aversively causing it. This news going nationwide I think is a joke however. By bringing up old dirt and making it work against the student government whos members do in fact want change right now, can't make change if there are people constantly throwing old dirt at them. The members resigned and that should've been the best way to solve one problem taking into consideration how old these photos are- some people just have to understand that it is what it is. Whoever decided this matter was necessary for the entire country to know about wasn't thinking because you can't move forward if you're constantly bringing up the past that can't be changed. All this time while student government is worrying about the publicity these pictures have posed against them, they could have been making more and effective policy changes about overt racism on campus. You can't make fun of racism when it still exists Mr. Diamond. People need to grow up already and start living constructively in the 21st century.

• Not really. They hold posts in the Student Government Association. I'm assuming that it's not just a bullshit organization, people who vie for positions like those are usually the ones who move onto other governmental type positions, they're supposed to be representing their peers, and thus should be held to a higher standard. You called them "student leaders." Brilliant fucking example they're leading by.

• OK "Slu Student." Generally when anonymous bloggers write, "BEFORE PEOPLE START CALLING ME RACIST, REMEMBER I'M AN AFRICAN AMERICAN!" that means they're NOT. SLU Student, your analogy makes no sense at all. Because we have no idea what context this picture was taken under, we have no idea what to make of it. This seems like an immature attempt to make fun of racism while still taking a risque photo. I get a kick out of the fact that nobody seems to be suggesting that they were being "anti-white." After all, nooses were used to enact frontier justice for hundreds of years in this country and the majority of victims were white. Anyone ever seen a Clint Eastwood movie? This whole thing is so stupid; why is this news? Two student leaders taking a stupid, immature photo? The attention to this reflects poorly on the university for only one reason: we seem to have too much time on our hands. The worst part is all the news outlets are saying things like, "This is especially relevant considering the recent campus events." Well, but this picture was taken MONTHS before those events--so it is entirely unrelated. It just so happens it got released now. This whole event is blown up simply because of poor timing. At SLU, we should have more pressing matters than a photo that is "racially charged" only in the sense that racism can be vaguely inferred. Isn't it more racist to read racism into what is clearly a silly, stupid photo?

• I dont support or condone what these students did, however let me ask how this is any different from African Americans using the N word all the time?? Its just as bad but no one brings it up. Oh and before people start slamming me I am an African American student who attends the University

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