Yeah, because awareness campaigns are SO OFFENSIVE and stop people from going to college. Yup.
What bothers me about anti-anti-racists and -sexists is that they're prone to confuse awareness with accusation. I happen to be an Asian-American male, attending one of the most liberal universities on the East Coast. So that makes me powerless and oppressed on one hand, and "powerful and despicable" on the other. Splendid. I'm also straight, which I guess makes me two-thirds oppressor.
Fortunately, I'm not moved to cry or drop out when feminist groups or the LGBTA club spread statistics or hold awareness campaigns. Why? Because having more information around is good, and will help people; because I understand that it's not a personal attack on me as a straight man. I wasn't the one doing the raping, but somebody else was, and people should know that. As such, I refuse to be offended.
I'm sorry, but the events described in the article don't strike me as typical of university life. If they were really that commonplace I'd be bothered.
Anyway, I urge the reader to distinguish between reverse oppression and simple awareness of what's going on around campus.
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