Adisa said:

” I think it’s fair to assume that in 2009, it is possible for persons of African descent to be treated unfairly.”

Adisa:

And it’s fair to assume that it’s possible for a person of Irish descent to be treated unfairly and on and on ad nauseum.

My grandmother was treated unfairly- somebody thought she was old.

At issue here is this group is on campus where there will be no discriminating going on. Not by race, religion, or sexual orientation. Not to mention that the intellectuals there are the ones that should be setting the example in how a color blind society behaves.

There are two points in this post. First is that the University should not allow race-based organizations on campus. The fact that the members of this group are all employees is even more disturbing. And to that point, if they are being treated unfairly, what’s their beef? Let’s fix it. What does skin color have to do with it? Besides, the point of the article was a Juneteenth celebration, perfectly appropriate. It was not about black employees at UWF are being dumped on. If that happened, that would be news. So the question remains, why is the Black Employee Association there in the first place?

The other point was that the celebration was a week late. Why was that? Only someone from the University can answer why that was. The administration still run things there, right?

But I’m not picky, if you (or anyone else in town) are not an administrator but have an answer to any of those questions, I think we will all benefit from your input.

Also Adisa, thank you for your comment.

Well, I think it’s fair to assume that in 2009, it is possible for persons of African descent to be treated unfairly. I would guess that the members of the Black Employee Association would vote to dissolve the organization if it were not needed.