Thursday, April 13, 2017

Notre Dame Snowflakes Melt in Anticipation of ‘Unsafe’ Mike Pence Address | Mediaite

Notre Dame Snowflakes Melt in Anticipation of ‘Unsafe’ Mike Pence Address | Mediaite:
"On Monday, Notre Dame’s student newspaper, The Observer, spotlighted a protest campaign by left-wing undergraduates decrying the supposedly “racist, sexist, homophobic, [and] xenophobic” Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, who is set to be the commencement speaker this year at the university.
 The newspaper noted that the #NotMyCommencementSpeaker initiative was started by seniors Imanne Mondane and Jourdyhn Williams, who claim that Notre Dame’s “selection of Mike Pence … represents an endorsement of the values supported by President Donald Trump, which they said silences certain minority groups.”
Mondane played up that “for many people on our campus, it makes them feel unsafe to have someone who openly is offensive but also demeaning of their humanity and of their life and of their identity.”
Williams emphasized that “during his time as governor of Indiana and also during his campaign trail, along with Trump, he has made offensive statements towards minority groups…like women and African-Americans...”"

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