{"id":706236,"date":"2021-09-01T11:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706236"},"modified":"2021-09-01T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:35:55","slug":"university-hosts-welcome-bbq-intended-for-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-hosts-welcome-bbq-intended-for-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"University Hosts \u2018Welcome BBQ\u2019 \u2018Intended\u2019 For \u2018People Of Color\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-hosts-welcome-bbq-intended-for-people-of-color%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Segregation.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A \u201cWelcome BBQ\u201d that is intended for \u201cself-identifying people of color\u201d will be hosted next month at the University of Wisconsin-Madison \u2014 the same university that had a \u201cracist\u201d boulder removed from campus this summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from The College Fix\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/uw-madison-to-quietly-host-welcome-bbq-intended-only-for-students-of-color\/\">Jackson Walker<\/a>, flyers posted at UW advertising the event read, \u201cAll are welcome, intended for self-identifying people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWelcome BBQ\u201d will reportedly be hosted by the school\u2019s \u201cCenter for Cultural Enrichment,\u201d where their stated mission includes&nbsp;\u201cembracing all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender expressions, religions, classes, abilities, or any other aspects of identity we hold,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Walker noted that the event&nbsp;is advertised on campus in several dining hall locations, but, curiously, the BBQ is \u201cnot listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/today.wisc.edu\/events\/day\/2021-09-12\">campus events calendar<\/a> nor the University Housing events and activities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing.wisc.edu\/residence-halls\/life\/events\/?tribe_events_cat=residence-halls&amp;tribe-bar-date=2021-09\">page<\/a>.&nbsp;In contrast, a \u2018Latinx New Student Welcome\u2019 is <a href=\"https:\/\/today.wisc.edu\/events\/view\/160466\">posted<\/a> online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone told The College Fix \u201cit is standard practice for Housing to use signs rather than online listings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding event promotion \u2026 it is standard practice for Housing to use signs rather than online listings to promote events organized within the hall intended primarily for hall residents,\u201d McGlone said via email. \u201cThe Latinx Student Welcome is not organized by Housing and is targeted to a broader audience, which is why it\u2019s promoted online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a large boulder was removed from the&nbsp;campus after the Black Student Union and other racial justice activists complained about it being a \u201cracist monument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rock was allegedly tainted with racism since a journalist once used a racist term to describe the large boulder during the 1920s.&nbsp;The rock\u2019s existence had apparently been oppressing students ever since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/racist-rock-university-of-wisconsin-madison\">outlined<\/a> the \u201cracism\u201d of the rock, as defined by student activists:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"34.372881355932\">\n<p class=\"speakable\"><em>Chamberlin Rock, which rests atop Observatory Hill, is named after a 19th Century geologist and former university president, Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, whose work centered on glacial deposits, according to a bio on the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.wisc.edu\/archives\/exhibits\/campus-history-projects\/chancellors-and-presidents-of-the-university-of-wisconsin-madison\/thomas-chrowder-chamberlin-president-1887-1892\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But it was a reporter\u2019s reference to the rock in a nearly century-old <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/read-the-wisconsin-state-journals-original-article-on-chamberlin-rock-1925\/article_e4cfcb52-774c-53ab-8b46-34009a0aeb64.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin State Journal article<\/a> that prompted the push for its removal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In October 1925, the university had the boulder excavated and placed prominently atop the hill to honor Chamberlin, who would die in Chicago three years later. The rock was a rare specimen believed to be more than 2 billion years old, and before it was installed on Observatory Hill, only about a foot and a half was visible above ground, according to the article. It was believed to have been carried by glaciers from Canada to Wisconsin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the 1920s, a slang term used to describe large dark rocks included the N-word, and it appears in coverage of the rock\u2019s installation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>University researchers did not uncover other instances in print where the rock was referred to with this word, but they said the Ku Klux Klan was active on campus at the time of the rock\u2019s dedication, according to an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/education\/university\/uw-madison-to-remove-70-ton-boulder-some-view-as-reminder-of-campus-racist-past\/article_cf1b2975-ef90-5df2-991e-23571d5a0afa.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the same newspaper<\/a> published earlier this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A senior and campus representative on the Madison City Council&nbsp;Juliana Bennett said the removal of the rock was another step toward a more \u201cinclusive\u201d campus.&nbsp;\u201cThis moment is about the students, past and present, that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument,\u201d Bennett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/racist-rock-university-of-wisconsin-madison\">told<\/a> the Associated Press. \u201cNow is a moment for all of us BIPOC students to breathe a sigh of relief, to be proud of our endurance, and to begin healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, Mr.&nbsp;Chamberlin will \u201cget a new plaque in a building already named after him, and the boulder will find a new home near Lake Kegonsa on other university-owned land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/racist-rock-removed-from-college-campus-after-black-student-union-activists-complain\">\u2018Racist\u2019 Rock Removed From College Campus After Black Student Union, Activists&nbsp;Complain&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cWelcome BBQ\u201d that is intended for \u201cself-identifying people of color\u201d will be hosted next month at the University of Wisconsin-Madison \u2014 the same university that had a \u201cracist\u201d boulder &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}