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A group of students at Cornell University have been accused of racism, when it was reported that they were throwing bottles at black students while referencing the Trayvon Martin shooting. The Cornell Sun is reporting that members of the Sigma Pi fraternity house were throwing the objects at black students early Sunday morning.
Sigma Pi President Zach Smith said that the fraternity has “figured out who the perpetrator was, and will turn his name over to police.”
Smith also claims that the person responsible was not a member of the fraternity.
Cornell University Police Chief Kathy Zoner has confirmed the reports of racial references at the time of the incident. She said that Ithaca police have been called in to investigate.
Beverly Fonko said that she was walking home with one of her friends when she saw objects being thrown from the roof. She claims that when the fraternity members were asked to stop, they continued to throw things, including a bottle of Jack Daniels and a can full of beer.
Fonkwo says that the students told her to “‘Come up here, Trayvon,’ and started making all these other racial comments,” Fonkwo said.
“I feel like it was targeted and racially motivated … we felt very threatened.”
Sade Samakinwa, another student who witnessed the event, said that they were frightened after the incident took place.
“I think the most shocking thing was not that bottles were being thrown but that they were shouting Trayvon,” Samakinwa said. “To use that boy’s name so disrespectfully while disrespecting someone is absolutely insane.”
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JOHN HENRY HILL
May 11, 2012 at 2:26 am
When we say history, we must include the entire planet, not just one hemisphere. There are global parallels of humanity and the lack thereof.
shaunty
May 10, 2012 at 3:45 am
What is unfortunate it that we as a people sit back and do absolutely nothing…Malcolm said it best and i quote” if a man bring up his weapon against you, you must be able to react within the very realms of those individuals because violence is the only thing they understand. I am Bi-racial myself but ignorance is just ignorance. It has know respectful person. White people have a law to protect them even in their evil acts but we must organize with other leaders such as the black Panthers, and Muslim groups who are more than willing to help correct everyone of these parasites….Real Talk.
Frank TALKER
May 9, 2012 at 11:35 am
Whites are so Institutionally Racist that even a higher education cannot prevent their ignorance of the world around them – it actually makes it worse.
Herman Hawkins Jr.
May 9, 2012 at 11:15 am
This looks more like 1912 than 2012. I sense a lynch mob mentality with those folks. Fortunately all they had was beer bottles. Any more dangerous weapons the victims might have been more like Trayvon. Sad but true.
Adam
May 9, 2012 at 8:02 am
Hi friends
I want to tell you something i am white and my brother is black what do you aspect from us can i have to kill him or wait for him to kill me.
We both eat together live together but one day some of white people beat him so hard.
hi friend i request you people please stop this
regards
Adam
onesilverbac
May 9, 2012 at 2:26 am
In Virginia Beach 30 young black men pulled a white woman and white man out of the car, beat them while screaming the exact same thing. They were both reporters for the local paper, the editor refused to print a story for fear of a riot.
At Mississippi State University 3 black men broke into a dorm room, shot a white student hollered out for Trayvon and then ran.
Enough said people… you know we are no different than they are.
Big Will
May 14, 2012 at 8:00 am
Before leaving this comment I googled the incidents you spoke of, only to realize they do not exist. There’s only one reason you would invent such a bald face lie…
Randor707
May 9, 2012 at 1:56 am
These college students weren’t born with racist minds. White redneck parents with depraved corrupt morals taught this depravity to their children. I know this very well bcoz I was raised in a white racist environment by white racist parents. Since I was old enough to think for myself (about 14) I rejected this racist hogwash. For the past 50+ yrs I’ve vigorously opposed redneck racism.
wanda
May 9, 2012 at 1:37 am
when these folks start drinking, then you can expect almost anything to come out of their mouths. Yes, unfortunately, racism is still alive and well in this day and time, even with a black man residing at the helm of this country. What we must do is to fight ignorance with intelligence and fortitude
Angela Thomas
May 9, 2012 at 12:34 am
This is truly a sad situation only a fool will think not. Trayvon’s name should never come up in a dispute against any blacks, are the group of fraternity that immature to leach off of what have happen to someone’s kid and toss our way. Real fraternity groups does not pull c**p like this, they need to be punished for this no matter what the cost at their expense. If I was there in charged I would dismiss the whole group and re-select. I’m sure that Trayvon’s parents run into everyday garbage like this, it has to be heart breaking for them, so all of you ignorants out there show some respect, LEARN AND EARN SOME.
Meanchick
May 9, 2012 at 12:10 am
Doesn’t surprise me. White dudes get real brave with black women AFTER they get drunk and most times, it’s from afar.
A drunk white man got so disrespectful with me and my daughter that another white guy came to defend us, while a black man stood there pretending to be on his phone.
Our black men are partially to blame. They disrespect their sisters on a daily basis and punk out so often when sometimes POSSIBLY taking an a*s-whipping for your sister is worthwhile. Brothers need to stand up for sisters, not just the ones you’re dating or attracted to, but all sisters. When it comes to disrespecting sisters, there should be azero tolerance rule with ALL black men.
Big Will
May 14, 2012 at 7:51 am
If black men followed your suggestions, they would also demand that interracial dating for black women be prohibited, would that be acceptable to you??
tawanda
May 8, 2012 at 11:40 pm
i would have called together a group of black students and gone up there and beat the living s**t out of them. is this wrong? it was sself-defense!
Vee
May 8, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Not wrong to me…..that’s what I’m talking about. Only a punk throws things and calls names from a distance. If they had any b***s, they would have confronted the ladies head on instead of hiding on the rooftop.
Vee
May 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm
I totally agree with Catperson. The racism is not post racial but have been here all along. This incident should be treated as a hate crime and the perpetrators should be convicted accordingly, but we all know that’s not likely to happen. Black People it’s time to RISE UP AND STOP THE FREAKIN MADNESS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! As long we keep trying to politically correct, we will never get ahead. Folks will continue to do what they’re doing to humiliate blacks and get away with it. @Comeonnow….we can’t put this on the brothas. Sistas need to learn to protect themselves. I do agree that the brothers need to fight for us, but the reality is that most of them have white women they choose to protect instead of us (i know I’m gonna catch flak for this, but oh, well). I am a 2nd degree black belt and will f** a person up if they try to mess with me. Fighting back is the key..we just have to do it so it’s self defense and let the law work for us instead of against us.
Kam Steele
May 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Just goes to show, just because you send a Dummy to College, doesn’t mean that they’ll get educated.
Cortez
May 8, 2012 at 7:11 pm
The New Black Panther Party and the Fruit of Islam need to pay these pale faced winter monkeys a little visit and see if these cowards pick up and throw a bottle then.
comeonnow
May 8, 2012 at 9:12 pm
No, real Black men who give a d**n about their people need to do it, and the NBPP does not fit the bill. We don’t need rhetoric, we need a*s whippings.
This is why Black women are increasingly giving up on Black men and don’t think they’re worth s**t. You’ll beat our a***s all day, kill each other, but won’t go after the real enemy.
comeonnow
May 8, 2012 at 6:36 pm
We know how these beasts act, but my question is where are the brothers? White folks do these things because they know they can, without much consequence. I hope no one thinks these fools will be punished to any reasonable degree, they’ll probably just get a warning from the dean.
Anytime something happens like this to Black women, our men need to be out protecting us or taking vengeance. A group of Black men should be paying that frat house a visit, and if none of their peers are up for it, these girl’s fathers and uncles should be.
liberaly curly
May 8, 2012 at 6:23 pm
a buch of low down dirty ignorent fools trayvon died at the hands of a ruthless killer who was just as raciest as these sigma pi fools i wonder how therte black frat brother feel about these out burts if the tables were turned the black frat would have been kicked off the yard permantly
NICHOLAS
May 8, 2012 at 6:02 pm
The name of the person is known, and will be turned in to the Campus Police. The Sigma Phi fraternity is very sorry for that persons actions while a guest at a fraternity party. A crack head excuse if I ever heard one. What concerns me, is that group felt comfortable enough to attack young girls in front of fraternity members. What is the culture of the school with a yearly tuition of $41,000, with an enrollment of 13,000 students, female to male ratio 50/50.
SweetPea
May 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm
I really think this is sad…but what makes matters worse is that no one wants to own up to the responsibility of the crime…I say crime because this is clearly a hate crime and the individual (s) responsible receive the punishment of a Felony and at least 1 year of imprisonment. If these students were black doing this to Whites, then they would receive the punishment I propose for whites who participate in racial bigotry such as this. It is super sad, and I agree with every commenter here on this board because they are right. However, I have one more thing to add to everyone’s commentary; all of the recent news with racists stand your ground applications towards blacks only,is more than enough reason to also put those people out of school permanently for referencing Trayvon in their infinite actions of terror.
valintyme
May 8, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Punk b*****s throwin bottles at women.This should be a hate crime.
Makar72
May 8, 2012 at 5:30 pm
The reality is not only that a lot of Caucasian-American people don’t get it, also that they do not want to get it! This thread of racial intolerance runs so deep that there is no hint of shame in using a dead kid’s name to humiliate some fellow students. America look at yourself!!
Morgan Sheridan
May 9, 2012 at 4:12 am
You’re right, there are some white folks who don’t get it. But I hope you won’t overlook the ones who do get it and who stand against and denounce the racism of our fellow whites.
makar72
May 9, 2012 at 7:53 am
Morgan I see ya… and commend you and anyone else who stands up for what is “right”. The core problem in our so-called free society is that it is really hard for SOME to accept anyone or thing different than themselves. And make no mistake about it… this intolerance really runs deep!!! What is ironic is that America “The Great Melting Pot” has struggled with this concept from day one. It is especially egregious when the largest ethnic group struggles with it the most. Religion has not solved it… Education has not solved it… Technology hasn’t either, it is in the very DNA. Until our hearts are changed we will continue to struggle with this serious cancer called “intolerance.”
Al Dawson
May 8, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Those college students were just acting as they were taught as a child by their parents. One can understand racism because it is in the brains of some whites. However, you have other whites that were able to rise about that stigma. I really like to see in people what is really in their hearts. A story that I like to relate in one of my old friends. He happens to be white. On mother’s day one year we all went out for lunch together. He, his wife, his mother (Which is 92 years old), my wife and I. As we were having our lunch my friend was talking about mothers and at that point in the conversation I mention that I did not have a mother. She passed in 1979. My friends mother looked at me and said I’ll be your mother. You will never know how much warmth that made me feel. Not only did she relate that at the luncheon, she related that to her sister which was 89 at the time. Now the reason that I am relating that to you is because you can not lump all people in the same tub. My friend’s aunt did not take a liking to the fact that her sister had accepted me as a son. The moral of the story is in using the statement of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Do not judge a person by the color of his skin, but be the context of his heart.” Those students that committed the act is to be judged, not by us, but but by the proper authorities. Let’s not stoop so low in our thinking that we would have to tip toe to tie our shoes.
nancy
May 8, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Al, while i can appreciate your story, your quote was wrong. Dr. King stated that we should not judge any man by the color of his skin, but the content of his “character”.
Kam Steele
May 8, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Nancy, you are one hundred percent correct on your correction.
Barbara
May 9, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Character is the same as “heart” or mind. What makes up character–your “mind” does. What is your “heart” other than your “mind?” You can use those three words interchangeably.
Nicholas
May 9, 2012 at 2:21 am
Your story is appreciated and your point was made.
Elliot
May 8, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Will it ever end?
Ojack
May 8, 2012 at 4:29 pm
If it were a black fraternity they would have already kicked them off campus and took their house. Just like they did to the black fraternities at my school.
staccee
May 8, 2012 at 4:22 pm
WOW!!!stupid white college kids acting a jackass on a college campus? Who knew they were so ignorant? mostly all of us except their parents who raised these stupid bastards
coast cooker
May 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm
I didn’t hear fox news say a thing about it.
stayzhappy
May 8, 2012 at 4:01 pm
ain dat sum s**t! Always seein blacks from the negative point of view constantly, but they get real selective on what they want to report as it concerns one of their own…
Q-Star
May 8, 2012 at 3:34 pm
NOT surprising, at all.
I mean… what else would u expect from them racist savages?? That mess is encoded in their DNA…
Just stupid.
Catlover
May 8, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Wake up call, folks. How can a country that was founded on racial genocide, land occupation and terroristic racial violence ever be ‘post racial’? You can’t be when its foundation is based on racism. It is a colonial country and it behaves like one. Black folks, learn your history and what the system of racism/white supremacy and what colonialism and imperialism is, then you would not be surprised. Learn the truth about your history and act accordingly.
RE Ausetkmt - BadGalsRadio.com
May 8, 2012 at 4:56 pm
AMEN Catlover. You put it in exactly the correct frame of reference.
Makar72
May 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Preaching to the choir… Preacher. I know my history and I also know that it is why America will never be as great as she thinks she is. I also know that these problems are global and speaks to how deep human depravity is.
goodgiant
May 8, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Right on catlover! Until we truly understand our history and the TRUE history of this part of the globe, our destiny will be determined by the results of a “government sponsored holocaust,” which was going on long before Obama became the potus, and still going on, to this very day. This story is more evidence confirming that we have to seriously ask ourselves: Are we living in the mist of fellow human beings or are we living in the mist of “beasts?”
Again, catlover you spoke the truth that we all need to embrace on a 247 basis…
It’s sad that most of us with the monetary resources to “make a difference” have been hoodwinked & bamboozled to think that this persistence of madness is normal, when it’s totally to the contrary. I’m appalled that they don’t seem to “get” that we’re identical to a stranded group of people on an island and our only true means for survival is ourselves.
Again, from a historical perspective up to this very moment our overall situation can be viewed as a “government sponsored holocaust.” Trayvon Martin’s case from the onset to this day, speaks loud & clear to the latter!
BE
May 8, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Hey I completely share your opinion on this issue, and would like to hear more from you. I believe that people who are conscious and aware of the flaws of our society especially how they effect the black community should stick together in dialog because these people are getting away with sweeping all these injustices under the rug. If you would like please contact me: KimaniPeter08@gmail.com
Ms.Love
May 9, 2012 at 2:24 am
THIS IS MISS COMMUNICATION, AND WHAT SOCIETY IS PROUD TO BE CALLED THE MOM AND POP TOO;
PEOPLE Hating Each Other.
We need to discriminate against our Congress who won’t Let
ANY PRESIDENT STAND UP TO THE BANKS
AND CREDIT CARD COMPANIES.
I’m sorry for the kids who were hurt.
Bless you.
and
I’m gonna do a search right now,on racism/white supremacy and what colonialism and imperialism
mean.
I think I know what it means,
however it would be nice to do a search and refresh, I hope we all do.
Cause our government is paid to suck you into buying an overpriced house or signing up for 20 credit cards,
just so they can milk us DRY …
SO, IT’S GOOD TO SEE
REALITY FOR WHAT IT IS …
NOT
NOT TO HAVE THE BIGGEST,
NEWEST …
BUT TO LOVE
NOT SERVE MONEY AS A GOD,
IN WHICH IT IS CLEARLY NOT.
LOVE IS GOD,
GOD IS LOVE,
OK.
Catlover
June 11, 2012 at 9:12 pm
You might want to read the book about racism by Neely Fuller. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing also provides excellent lectures on the subject. This would be a good start. And remember, racism/white supremacy is a SYSTEM, not an attitude, and the goal of this system is to create and maintain white dominance by any means necessary. “Prejudice” is an attitude. Examples of racism/white supremacy are everything from the klan in action to why the school system teaches Black children that their history began with Blacks being enslaved by whites when Black people are the original peoples on the planet and founders of great civilizations like Khemet (Egypt), which TAUGHT the Greeks and the Romans. It is why whites have taken our lands, resources and labor to enrich themselves (in Africa and around the world) and put us in a position of being dependent on them for livelihoods and jobs…because they got the goods, and they got it through terrorism and systematic murder. It is discrimination on jobs, housing, law, police brutality, why they channeled drugs and guns in the Black neighborhoods specifically, and then use the resulting violence and mayhem as an excuse to further incarcerate Blacks, it is why the music industry pays rappers millions of dollars to degrade Black people and glorify thug and criminal lifestyles to impressionable young people (but they don’t channel such things into white neighborhoods), it is why they change the image of famous and historically important Black people to white people…it is many things. And one of the lessons of racism/white supremacy is that SOME Blacks will wilingly participate in it to get favors from whites. Colonialism and imperialism is when a people from a foreign country goes into another people’s land to subjugate the people in some manner (or in the case of the Americas, commit genocide on them) to steal and hold the land and resources on the land. They created colonies for themselves on someone else’s land for exploitive reasons. Many people think only of Africa (for example) when it comes to colonialism and imperialism, since the Scramble for Africa in the 1800′s (you might want to research that as well) but the US is a colonial power because the people who run it and have control of the the land and resources (the wealth) are not from here. They are from Europe and the relationship they have with the colonized peoples (Native Americans, Black Americans) is exploitive. Study the definition of imperialism and colonialism from the United Nations, but remember, the US will not willingly call itself that because imperialism and colonialism is a human rights violation, and the US wants to present itself as being the shining beacon of civility (??) in the world.
Kmad
May 8, 2012 at 3:01 pm
P.S. Trayvon was an innocent victim so what’s the point of calling out his name, Trashy,knuckle draggin,so-called educated fools.
Kmad
May 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Consider the source, obviously ignorant white trash, yeah I said WHITE TRASH , when you act in this manner your bound to be called names which emulate your actions, did I say white trash? I meant it.
stayzhappy
May 8, 2012 at 3:55 pm
So true…And Im glad you make no appologies for your statement…too many times people who disagree with you wanna holla “apologize” Kiss my a*s…say what i want, and make no apology! Live with it!
Ms PC Geek
May 9, 2012 at 12:15 pm
It is better to keep your mouth shut and let folks think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and “remove” all DOUBT! Stupid is as stupid does… remember, the biggest fool is always an “educated” fool!
Lisa Lay
May 8, 2012 at 10:34 am
Sad. The fraternity should not. Be able to say it wasn’t us but just people at our party.
Deavanne Johnson
May 8, 2012 at 10:23 am
Smdh