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Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Blacks
Associated Press February 18, 2017 at 6:55 am 25 Lead Stories, News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and university remains out of reach for black students today, the student government said Wednesday.

The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high schools are overrepresented. The group said consideration of ACT and SAT scores in applications restricts opportunities for the poor and thus upholds “white supremacy.”

Race relations have been a contentious issue at the Wisconsin’s flagship campus for months. The university has proposed some measures aimed at improving diversity.

“The university’s rhetoric suggests that it is committed to diversity and inclusion, so this legislation compels the university to move towards action – which is imperative,” the resolution’s author, ASM Student Council Rep. Tyriek Mack, said in a statement. “If no one challenges the university’s empty promises, then the racial composition will remain stagnant.”

The resolution demands free access to the university for all black people, including former inmates. That means free tuition, free housing and no fees, Mack said. That would save a black resident undergraduate student about $20,000 a year.

The resolution goes on to call for the university to use 10 percent of donations to bolster financial aid and study the feasibility of test-optional and geographically weighted admissions.

The language mirrors demands that the Black Liberation Collective, a national network of black youth focused on higher education, has made to nearly 90 campuses across the country.

Black students currently make up about 2 percent of Madison enrollment. University spokeswoman Meredith McGlone noted the proportion of “students of color” has grown from 11 percent to 15 percent over the last decade. She said the school supports the spirit of the resolution but that it’s unclear whether the methods it proposes are legal or the best way to accomplish those goals.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank has proposed giving first-generation transfers from two-year schools free tuition for a year, contingent on funding in the upcoming state budget, and a recent $10 million donation will be invested in expanding the Chancellor’s Scholarship Program, which supports minorities, McGlone said.

ACT and SAT scores are not the only factor in admissions to the university in Madison, but their inclusion is required under regent policy, McGlone said.

Last spring, pictures of swastikas and Adolf Hitler were posted on a Jewish student’s door, someone hurled racial slurs and spat at a black student in a dorm, and police arrested a black student during class for spray-painting anti-racist messages on campus buildings. Minority students spent the semester pressuring administrators for change.

Last month, a student who was imprisoned for burning down two black churches tried to start a white supremacist group on campus. He abandoned his efforts following intense backlash, but the student government criticized Blank for saying he had a legal right to express his views.

The university in August proposed building a black cultural center, introducing discussions about social differences and expanding ethnic studies courses and diversity training for all faculty and staff.

In-state undergraduate tuition has been frozen for four years and Gov. Scott Walker has proposed a 5 percent tuition cut for resident undergraduates in the second year of the upcoming state budget. Representatives of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee haven’t responded to an email Thursday seeking comment.

Asked for comment on the resolution, Mike Mikalsen, an aide to state Sen. Steve Nass – a Republican and one of the university’s most outspoken critics – responded by calling ASM a waste of student fees.

Madison Bevan, a sophomore from Los Angeles who identifies herself as black-white biracial, called free access for black students a good way to bolster their numbers on campus. She said one student in her dorm told her she was the first black person they’ve ever seen.

“There’s such a small number of (black) people on campus, it’s very easy to feel like you’re alone,” she said.

Chinese graduate student Yuhong Zhu said the resolution is awkward and he’d rather see more scholarships than a blanket offer of free access.

“I wouldn’t appreciate if the school offered me free tuition just because I’m a minority,” he said. “We should at least have to work hard for it.”

Jared Akers, a white student at the school, said the resolution was “odd” and that free access for blacks was unfair.

“That,” he said, “kind of seems like a handout more than doing them any favors.”

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Associated Press writer Cara Lombardo contributed to this story.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

The Marxist educators have so indoctrinated the students that they honestly believe allowing unqualified people to attend classes and disrupt and/or slow down the education of those who are ready to learn the subject matter has any redeeming social value. Alinsky strikes again and it is frightening.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Obviously we are not teaching critical thinking in our schools!

Carol Kelly

Indeed it is. It begins in many elementary schools and by the time they reach college, they have been completely PROGRAMMED! And in some cases, druggies. Why should any race be singled out for free education at the college level? Shouldn't that be reserved for the brightest students who've studied hardest?

reconreb Loc: America / Inglis Fla.

Demand !! Fk-em what the hell they gonna do boycott the school , burn it ?? Demand my ass .. How come they are not on their knees thanking the good lord they live better than most of the world population .

Ricko Loc: Florida

poppa-These students are expressing what they have been taught by liberal professors. Most blacks do not expect anything for nothing and are willing to work to advance themselves and pay their own way. They, along with other ethnic groups , have been held back due to lack of decent paying jobs. That should change in the next year or so. America First !!!

currahee

Why are these brain-washed students so afraid of black people that they are willing to give them "free stuff"? "Black" people are "people" just like "white" and "brown" and "yellow" people are "people." Who cares about righting the wrongs of slavery for anyone particular people of the past? Let's give these brain washing monitors of negative philosophy that hide under the label of "professor" the freedom to look for other work.

plainlogic

It's been going on for decades, people have been appeasing the liberal BS until recently when their eyes and ears were opened during the BHO regime and the CLINTOOON RUN. They've been caught red handed, now it's out of control of the liberals hands.

Big Bass

Yes - all those bleeding-heart liberal students, and they alone, should pay every last cent for the blacks' education and housing.

Carol Kelly

I'm afraid "most blacks..." doesn't really say it truthfully. Perhaps some.

Carol Kelly

Kickaha Loc: Nebraska

I worked and put myself through college, no student loans, no grants, no free money of any kind. I had to study to earn the grades I got. If we quit handing everything to them and make them earn it, maybe they would appreciate it more and learn if someone doesn't earn it, there's no one to take it from. Maybe they would even learn what it is like to have what they have earned and given to some lazy ass deadbeat.