Montclair Sends a Message of Hate

As you may have heard, Montclair State University (MSU) has been in the news lately due to some bias-crimes against the LGBT community. The response from the gay and lesbian community, as well as its supporters, was one of  tolerance and resilience. The community held an educational lecture and had several tables set up at an event aimed to expand respect and acceptance toward the LGBT community. After an exceptional event, MSU bigots struck again, this time they lashed out against black students. This article explains further:

Hatred Found in the Heights

*Breaking News* Anonymous racist messages written on door and walls

– By Tanja Rekhi, News Editor

In the wake of the peaceful rally in support of the LGBT community yesterday, black students were targeted with hateful graffiti consisting of anonymous racist messages written on doors and walls of the Heights.

“Nigger black bitches you will die wit da phages,” was written on one door last night. The walls have also been marked with derogatory terms.

The message has caused an uproar within the African American community and many have taken to e-mailing university president, Dr. Susan Cole. Students have voiced that they are angered that the administration has not immediately acted upon the incident—notably occurring during black history month.

Aisha Salaam, president of the NAACP at MSU said, “As NAACP president this is not something I tolerate; I don’t take it lightly. I feel as though if we call each other the ‘red hawk family,’ we need to act accordingly.”

While some students are questioning the safety of the campus, others have  come together and have begun planning a rally at the Student Center scheduled for 3:00 p.m this afternoon.

More to come on Montclair’s administrative response.

These image have been provided by Andre Schneck of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

It’s sad, to say the least, that this level of ignorant hatred is being rampantly and brazenly spewed across a campus whose goal is to expand and enrich the minds and lives of young people. I hope that the school and community finds and punishes these participants for their threats of violence against others. Everyday I feel that we, as a culture, take several small steps backward. Has it only taken us 60 years to forget?

Links to Article Sources:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/montclair_state_university_pol_1.html
http://www.themontclarion.org/archives/3743212

Angry Mob Murders Gay Man

Whether or not you support gay rights, I think you’ll agree that HUMAN rights cannot be denied. This article is horrible enough to read on it’s own- but the accompanying video is hard to stomach.

Original article can be found here: http://unicornbooty.com/blog/2011/10/10/gay-african-man-beaten-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-extremely-graphic-video

Gay African Man Beaten, Burned Alive by Angry Mob

If it sounds like we’re being vague here (Africa is a big, big place), it’s because the details surrounding this video are hard to come by. One thing everyone agrees on however is that the victim in this video is gay. Several media outlets are claiming this nightmare went down in Uganda, but again, we’ve seen no evidence locking down a location or even a name for this poor man.

Real talk, this is the most graphic and shocking example of violence we’ve ever seen in our lives. This video is not for the faint of heart. Hell, it’s not even for most human beings. We honestly argued with one another here in the UB office over who had to cover it, because none of us could even stand to make it all the way through the video.

A gay man is beaten to a bloody pulp by an angry mob in this video, doused with some sort of flammable liquid, buried under a pile of wooden rubble, and then set ablaze. You will cry. You will want to throw up. You won’t make it through the video.

It’s graphic and disgusting and the saddest thing we’ve ever seen. But this man was reportedly one of us, and nobody even seems to know his name. How could a man be turned into his own funeral pyre by dozens of hateful attackers somewhere in our world without anybody even knowing where it all went down?

No matter who he was, or why he was subjected to this torture, this mystery absolutely must be solved. And those responsible must be brought to justice. And if it does in fact turn out that this killing occurred in a nation that criminalizes homosexuality and allows murder to go unpunished, then this harrowing result of that political and cultural climate must be shared with the world to shame that country into changing their ways.

Link to Video below:

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhu536vRJhP15Vardd