Why Black Harvard Won’t Speak Up For Chanequa

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Most Black student group leaders have declined to comment on the situation, and several have instructed the members of their respective organizations to do the same.

I feel the same.

The article was too long so I probably missed it, but what's the basis for thinking Campbell is not involved in the shooting? Just because she was active in the Black community at Harvard?

From what I've gathered from articles and friends there, there's not a ton to suggest that she wasn't involved; rumors had been surfacing for some time that she was involved in drug dealing.

I don't disagree with the students who won't sign because they have to think about their futures too. It's harder to be a student activist now because of the unforgiving nature of the internet; plenty of the student of color activists I knew in college have done a complete 180 and have expressed a desire to shed that part of their past--it's pretty much impossible now.

It's a shame, too--she was a Prep for Prep kid, got a ton of scholarships and competitive internships, and was set to graduate from Harvard. Now, the same type of people who many people worked hard to get her away from are the ones who brought her to where she is now. I hope it doesn't get much worse for her.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

From what I've gathered from articles and friends there, there's not a ton to suggest that she wasn't involved; rumors had been surfacing for some time that she was involved in drug dealing.

Well, there ya have it. I come from the "you did it, you're done" school of thought.

The Black students should find a more deserving person and cause to rally behind if Harvard's investigation found what it found on Chanequa.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Well, there ya have it. I come from the "you did it, you're done" school of thought.

The Black students should find a more deserving person and cause to rally behind if Harvard's investigation found what it found on Chanequa.

There's also the stuff about either the victim or shooter (I forget which one) accessing the dorm through her student ID which, if that's the case, is a pretty major offense.

I think the students are correct in leaving this one alone. She also said some stuff about being targeted because she's black and poor. I think she expected Al and Jesse to come to her defense as well. If they're not touching it, it must be sketch.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

If they're not touching it, it must be sketch.

HA.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

HA.

I think they learned a lesson after Jena 6.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

No they didn't learn much. One of them (I believe it was Al Sharpton's people but it may have been another large scale activist org. for people of color if not him) in 2008 had activists in West Palm Beach taking up for these animals who brutally trapped and raped both a woman and her young son in their own apartment and then forced them into a bath tub and poured various liquids into their wounds and ran away.

The activists claimed that the animals were being treated unfairly and would not get fair sentencing. I haven't heard much about them coming back since then b/c their was a big fuss over why they would defend the criminals of such a heinous crime.

I'm just pointing out the type of people they're willing to defend (as long as they have a penis anyways).

I highly doubt regardless of what she did or did not do that Jessie nor Al nor their respective crews will rally for her. They are too busy defending men regardless of their actions.

[Little32]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

From what I've gathered from articles and friends there, there's not a ton to suggest that she wasn't involved; rumors had been surfacing for some time that she was involved in drug dealing.

This about sums it up. I wouldn't rally around someone that I didn't believe either.

As to the banning from graduation, my question is is there a policy and/or a precedent. If it is Harvard's general policy to prevent students who are facing criminal allegations from graduating, then there is not much that she can really do about it.

[Boro]

I think these comments from Black Planet, raw as they may be, get to the heart of the matter:

"Stereotypical good girl trying to ____ with a bad boy, now she want some support."

" 'The honest answer to that is that I'm Black and I'm poor and I'm from New York and I walk a certain way and I keep my clothes a certain way. . . . It’s something that labels me as different from everyone else.' Yeah, you different, _____! While everyone else is there trying to get and or complete an education, your hood rat azz is up there frontin and trying to be hard."

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Boro

I think these comments from Black Planet, raw as they may be, get to the heart of the matter:

"Stereotypical good girl trying to ____ with a bad boy, now she want some support."

" 'The honest answer to that is that I'm Black and I'm poor and I'm from New York and I walk a certain way and I keep my clothes a certain way. . . . It’s something that labels me as different from everyone else.' Yeah, you different, _____! While everyone else is there trying to get and or complete an education, your hood rat azz is up there frontin and trying to be hard."

ouch. I guess you call a spade a spade.