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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 08:32 AM Mar 2020

Recruiter from Oklahoma Christian University told H S students to line up by skin color.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A college recruiter was fired after high school students in Oklahoma City said he had them line up by the color of their skin and then by their hair texture.

Harding Charter Preparatory High School student Korey Todd told KFOR-TV that during the Feb. 24 assembly, the recruiter from Oklahoma Christian University “barely talked about the school itself."

“He was like, 'All right, let's play a little game,'” Todd said. “Then he said, ‘Okay everyone, now line up from darkest to lightest skin complexion.'”

The 11th graders were then told to shuffle again.

Student Rio Brown said, “He told us to line up nappiest hair in the back and straightest hair in the front."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/recruiter-told-oklahoma-students-to-line-up-by-skin-color/ar-BB10zr0b?ocid=spartandhp

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Recruiter from Oklahoma Christian University told H S students to line up by skin color. (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2020 OP
The question for me is why would non-whites malaise Mar 2020 #1
Because literally all they have is the belief that someone is IndyOp Mar 2020 #3
I'm starting to think the point Alpeduez21 Mar 2020 #6
snark on: Well that's one college recruiter that's out of the running for the abqtommy Mar 2020 #2
The students should have refused MissMillie Mar 2020 #4
WTF? smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #5
Makes me wonder...... DFW Mar 2020 #7
Exactly! Greybnk48 Mar 2020 #8
They should identify this racist asshole dalton99a Mar 2020 #9
Holy crap BunnyMcGee Mar 2020 #10

IndyOp

(15,522 posts)
3. Because literally all they have is the belief that someone is
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:10 AM
Mar 2020

less good than they are - as low as they believe themselves to be “those” people are lower.

People who boost their self-esteem with racist beliefs also do the same with sexism, religious bigotry, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment and so on.

Hollow.

The exact opposite of being a person who does good and therefore feels good about themselves, others, and the world.



Alpeduez21

(1,751 posts)
6. I'm starting to think the point
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:52 AM
Mar 2020

Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2020, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Is to discourage non whites from attending

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
2. snark on: Well that's one college recruiter that's out of the running for the
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:07 AM
Mar 2020

Inclusiveness Of The Year award! snark off

Students attend these educational institutions to get an education and aren't always aware that, like Savour Faire, "racists"/ethnicists are everywhere. Since this miscreant was a 3d party we should give
the high school a break. But not Oklahoma Christian University. Now THEY might be getting an
unwanted but well-deserved earful. And a reduced number of applicants.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. WTF?
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:16 AM
Mar 2020

How was he ever permitted to get away with something like that? Figures, it was named Oklahoma "Christian" University. "Christian" these days is now a buzzword for racist.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
8. Exactly!
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:26 PM
Mar 2020

Why did the students comply with what he asked? They're high school students and they don't know how to tell someone to fuck off?

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)
9. They should identify this racist asshole
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:31 PM
Mar 2020
At Harding Charter Preparatory High School, college recruiters stop by all the time, but this gym assembly was different.

"I could already see through his BS basically,” Korey Todd said. “He was a white man.”

A man representing Oklahoma Christian University left the 11th grade class stunned.

“He was like, 'Let's play a little game,'” Todd said. "He said, 'Okay, everyone now line up from darkest to lightest skin complexion.'”

"He said, 'Okay, who is going to line up the fastest,'” Brown said.

Then, the juniors were told to shuffle again.

"He told us nappiest hair in the back and straighter hair in the front,” Brown said.

"That's when I felt uncomfortable like, 'Okay, this isn't right,'” Todd said.

"Teachers left,” Brown said. “They were crying and they were offended. Their faces just look disgusted. I know they had a talk with him after, like, 'That's not okay.'"

https://kfor.com/news/local/college-recruiter-fired-after-lining-students-by-skin-color-hair-texture-at-metro-high-school/

BunnyMcGee

(463 posts)
10. Holy crap
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:09 PM
Mar 2020

Just all balls and no brains on this councilor. I read more at [link:https://kfor.com/news/local/college-recruiter-fired-after-lining-students-by-skin-color-hair-texture-at-metro-high-school/| . The staff were so shocked that they cried, and the students knew bullshit when they saw it.
Just so brazen by this 'christian'


I see this story was found already...good

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