Comments on: An Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere…Loyola New Orleans Edition http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/an-injustice-anywhere-is-a-threat-to-justice-everywhereloyola-new-orleans-edition/ Is Your Grind Live? Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jasmine Bailey http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/an-injustice-anywhere-is-a-threat-to-justice-everywhereloyola-new-orleans-edition/#comment-184 Jasmine Bailey Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:02:17 +0000 http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-184 I find it hilarious that someone who does not use the CIU (and probably dose not need to use the CIU) have such strong convictions about it. I also find it funny that this has turned into an attack on personal lives, and not the facts that R.A. Davis finds displeasing. However the truth remains CONSIDERING I THE FACT THAT I HAVE HELD AND BEEN INVITED TO MEETINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE OF BUILDING AND SIGNING THE CONTRACTS OF THE ARCHITECTS, that Loyola has ignored the cries of the students that ACTUALLY NEED the CIU. The fact that you do not visit the CIU means that you DO NOT need it, because if the need was there then i am sure you would simply walk in through the doors. Don't other students enter? Whether it is for scheduling your classes, asking a favor, or resolving an issue. THE FACT REMAINS THAT A WHITE PRIVILEGED MALE HAS DECIDED WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD WANT. STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY USE THE CIU. While i may allude to the fact that R.A. Davis' opinion does not matter (which is how i really feel) I would not deter him/her expressing his/her feelings. I have held meetings with people that actually matter and THEY told ME that my opinion does not matter. I AM A STUDENT THAT LEGITAMETLY USES THE CIU. I USE IT FOR MORE THAN JUST A SOCIAL AREA. But the fact that a student is uncomfortable with coming into the CIU just means that they are uncomfortable with BLACK STUDENTS that face the same problems AND THEN SOME. SO PLEASE do not think that WE HAVE NOT HEARD THE FACTS because baby, i have been told the facts to my face...and lied to all in the same breath. -please be real. I find it hilarious that someone who does not use the CIU (and probably dose not need to use the CIU) have such strong convictions about it. I also find it funny that this has turned into an attack on personal lives, and not the facts that R.A. Davis finds displeasing. However the truth remains CONSIDERING I THE FACT THAT I HAVE HELD AND BEEN INVITED TO MEETINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE OF BUILDING AND SIGNING THE CONTRACTS OF THE ARCHITECTS, that Loyola has ignored the cries of the students that ACTUALLY NEED the CIU. The fact that you do not visit the CIU means that you DO NOT need it, because if the need was there then i am sure you would simply walk in through the doors. Don’t other students enter? Whether it is for scheduling your classes, asking a favor, or resolving an issue.

THE FACT REMAINS THAT A WHITE PRIVILEGED MALE HAS DECIDED WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD WANT. STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY USE THE CIU. While i may allude to the fact that R.A. Davis’ opinion does not matter (which is how i really feel) I would not deter him/her expressing his/her feelings. I have held meetings with people that actually matter and THEY told ME that my opinion does not matter. I AM A STUDENT THAT LEGITAMETLY USES THE CIU. I USE IT FOR MORE THAN JUST A SOCIAL AREA.
But the fact that a student is uncomfortable with coming into the CIU just means that they are uncomfortable with BLACK STUDENTS that face the same problems AND THEN SOME. SO PLEASE do not think that WE HAVE NOT HEARD THE FACTS because baby, i have been told the facts to my face…and lied to all in the same breath.

-please be real.

]]> By: 3rdshift513 http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/an-injustice-anywhere-is-a-threat-to-justice-everywhereloyola-new-orleans-edition/#comment-181 3rdshift513 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:20:43 +0000 http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-181 Eveyone is entitled to their opinion. The difference in opinion is in where the facts lie. I fully understand that some people don't want to be looked on and prodded against. Ok, cool. I also understand how some people don't want to be precieved as handouts. Me either. I'm not a handout. I'm not weak neither am I stupid so to have a University openly play me to my face when I'm paying them a service is a down right smack in my face for what I believe in and how I've been brought up. Before you speak about things or cast an opinion make sure you have ALL the facts and understand what they are trying to do to YOU and people who look like you. And, for anyone who says that the CIU was for only black people never took the time to step inside the office and conversated with Professor Martin or the student workers, or the students in there. You know why I feel that way? Because I used to be one of them. Until, I had the greatest conversation with Robert Manson, an Austrailian transfer student. Or, came in the CIU with that attitude and had it quickly refuted by Professor Martin and her student workers. Stay current on what's happening at YOUR University my fellow classmate. Because, Sissy Petty herself walked down to the CIU and commended the students for standing up for what they believed in, brought brownies and gave "good" news that the CIU would be renovated the way we saw fit. Only to find out that that was a lie. Come on, don't fight fire with plastic. I Love Loyola. I wouldn't be the person I am without the experiences that this institution has given me over the past year. Just research it for yourself before you get in it. And, please don't call people "coons" for standing up for what they believe, because if you don't stand for something...well you should know the rest. -Shift Love The Kids Eveyone is entitled to their opinion. The difference in opinion is in where the facts lie. I fully understand that some people don’t want to be looked on and prodded against. Ok, cool. I also understand how some people don’t want to be precieved as handouts. Me either. I’m not a handout. I’m not weak neither am I stupid so to have a University openly play me to my face when I’m paying them a service is a down right smack in my face for what I believe in and how I’ve been brought up. Before you speak about things or cast an opinion make sure you have ALL the facts and understand what they are trying to do to YOU and people who look like you. And, for anyone who says that the CIU was for only black people never took the time to step inside the office and conversated with Professor Martin or the student workers, or the students in there. You know why I feel that way? Because I used to be one of them. Until, I had the greatest conversation with Robert Manson, an Austrailian transfer student. Or, came in the CIU with that attitude and had it quickly refuted by Professor Martin and her student workers. Stay current on what’s happening at YOUR University my fellow classmate. Because, Sissy Petty herself walked down to the CIU and commended the students for standing up for what they believed in, brought brownies and gave “good” news that the CIU would be renovated the way we saw fit. Only to find out that that was a lie. Come on, don’t fight fire with plastic. I Love Loyola. I wouldn’t be the person I am without the experiences that this institution has given me over the past year. Just research it for yourself before you get in it. And, please don’t call people “coons” for standing up for what they believe, because if you don’t stand for something…well you should know the rest.

-Shift Love The Kids

]]> By: R.A. Davis http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/an-injustice-anywhere-is-a-threat-to-justice-everywhereloyola-new-orleans-edition/#comment-178 R.A. Davis Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:47:54 +0000 http://3rdshift513.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-178 As usual, some of my people are mouthing off just because you think you got a right. Nearly all your facts are wrong. No architect ever said the CIU wouldn't change with the new building design and Lisa Martin knew it from the very first meeting. Do not be comparing yourself or her to MLK talking on a cause. You been lied to but not by the administration. A lot of us don't go near the CIU BECAUSE of that glass wall. I don't need to be on display for anybody, and I don't need to talk to a woman who thinks she's doing the black kids good by inviting them to come lie around on her office floor. Where are the programs she is supposed to make happen? It IS a multi-cultural center, so why are only black kids ever welcomed there? The CIU was going to have a big beautiful room upstairs in the Danna Center but because of your ignorance and Lisa Martin's lies to you, you are getting what you wished for and making more trouble for the students who want to get an education at the college they want to attend. We are not discriminated against at Loyola but someone has made you believe we are. Who is that? Lisa Martin? You are alive and kicking in 2008 and you don't need nobody making you think that making a building look a whole lot better is bringing you down. As usual, some of my people are mouthing off just because you think you got a right. Nearly all your facts are wrong. No architect ever said the CIU wouldn’t change with the new building design and Lisa Martin knew it from the very first meeting. Do not be comparing yourself or her to MLK talking on a cause. You been lied to but not by the administration. A lot of us don’t go near the CIU BECAUSE of that glass wall. I don’t need to be on display for anybody, and I don’t need to talk to a woman who thinks she’s doing the black kids good by inviting them to come lie around on her office floor. Where are the programs she is supposed to make happen? It IS a multi-cultural center, so why are only black kids ever welcomed there? The CIU was going to have a big beautiful room upstairs in the Danna Center but because of your ignorance and Lisa Martin’s lies to you, you are getting what you wished for and making more trouble for the students who want to get an education at the college they want to attend. We are not discriminated against at Loyola but someone has made you believe we are. Who is that? Lisa Martin? You are alive and kicking in 2008 and you don’t need nobody making you think that making a building look a whole lot better is bringing you down.

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