*Paige Shoemaker may have gotten a little too comfortable with her white privilege. Perhaps in her case, here at Kansas State University at least, it just expired.
The blonde, blue-eyed student who says her diverse group of friends at school knows she is the “least racist” person claims “no one in our group was offended” by the photo of her and a friend on Snapchat.
KSU apparently decided they don’t need that kind of attention and has since kicked the girl to the proverbial curb.
In the event you don’t speak that language: Shoemaker has been kicked out of school. She is no longer enrolled. The school has said, Buh-bye!
The photo (shown above) has two students, one of whom was Shoemaker, the other Sadie Meier, wearing black-clay masks on their faces, only eyes and lips exposed, along with the caption, “Feels good to finally be a nigga” while throwing up signs of crossed fingers.
SIDEBAR: What the hell IS that sign, anyway? Hit me back in ‘comments’ to inform, please.
The photo caught the attention of the virtual world; and the weight of overwhelming response nearly shut the KSU Facebook page down.
Maybe Shoemaker would have had better luck if some of her Black friends had appeared in the photo with her. Just saying…
In the video at EURthisNthat, a social media expert explains how Snapchat is NOT private, in spite of what people think, and wonders ‘what was this girl was thinking’ when she posted the insensitive video which her followers were privy to as well.
But stuff really hit the fan after another student, Desmund Weathers, posted Shoemaker’s image to Twitter. His post, accompanied by…
‘Welcome to Kansas State University. Where breakfast in the morning is some K-State Family with a side of racism,’
…was retweeted more than 15,000 times in one day.
Angry responses came in from all around the world (where are all of these people when we REALLY need them!!!) saying things like…
Article continues at EURThisNthat.
