You can also get through on social media. Lively conversation already going on on facebook. cspanwj. T to or email address is journal cspan. Org. Do u. S. Colleges have a race problem is our question. Here is the wall street journals morning alarticle. Universities are struggling to balance the Free Exchange of ideas with students growing desire to be shield by offensive views. At the heart of protests that have roiled campuses around the country. The missouri to yale to university of california, public and private schools have become embroiled in conversation and controversies that has faculty concerned about the stifling of free speech, and many students upset that their appeals to rid campuses of intolerance and racial insensitivity are being given short strip. While the tension between Political Correctness and open en colleges foriv decades, a Hunger Strike in protest over racial incidents that forced of the university of missouris president s on monday have supercharge the debate that is from the wall street journal this morning. There is a side article at past to this larger article. Cmomedy at college is no laughing matter. Concernsians, rising about students reaction to potentially sensitive subjects like those that have roiled the university of missouri and Yale University are no joke. Stars such as chris rock and Jerry Seinfeld have said they College Shows anymore because the audiences are too easily offended. Have contracts that for bid performers from using certain words or even broaching entire subjects. 202 the area code. 8000 for democrats. For republicans. Fourth line set aside for college students. Nick kristof, the columnist in the New York Times, this is from yesterday. It is entitled the zoo yale and free speech. On University Campuses across the country we have also seen wesley students cut funding for a newspaper after it ran an op ed criticizing black lives matter. Among holyoke, nick kristof cancer the production of the vagina monologues because they felt it excluded transgender women that is nick kristof writing yesterday in the New York Times. We begin this morning with a call from omaha, nebraska. Justin, you are on the air. Republican line. Im republican. I have an Associates Degree in criminal justice. When i went to the community college, it was pretty diverse ethnically but id dont understand quite what is going on here. It seems like the left is really pushing an agenda. You understand that part of American Government is somewhat philosophical. That is why love cspan. I dont understand what is going on here. It is like suddenly all the rules have changed. Everybody has a point of view that were all made with our own gifts and talents, but this is just outrageous. Again, this is only my opinion. Back someoneou into a corner and forced them to side, depending on which media outlet you watch, im a white, right wing bigot and thats not true. But im not going to be personally intimidated by this stuff. I just, i dont understand it. Carson recently reacted on foxnews to what happened at the university of missouri. Dr. Carson were being a little o tolerant excepting infantile behavior. I do not care which side it comes from. To say that i have the right to violate your civil rights because you are offending me is on american. It is unconstitutional. And the officials at these places must recognize that and have the moral courage to stand up to it, because of they do not, it will grow, it will exacerbate the situation, and we will move much further toward anarchy than anybody can imagine and much more quickly. We simply cannot allow those kinds of things to happen. And we must encourage open dialogue. Host colleen on our Facebook Page opstposts. U. S. Colleges have a liberal problem since they all teach hate, they should not receive taxpayer funding. The students are being taught to hate their country, hate people because of their religion, hate those who have strived to crime the to climb the ladder of success. Marie is a democrat in new york. Youre on the air. Caller im looking at what is happening right now and it is making me very sad. The late college in 1970s, early 1980s, and when i look at what is happening with my kids at college. I went to a place that was incredibly inclusive. Everybody had a voice. We were welcoming to each other. There was a sense of unity. Buwhat i see right now is divisiveness. Host and what do think the cause of that divisiveness is . Caller maybe it are as political environment that is creating that for our students. Our political environment. I think there has to be a whole lot more listening and a whole lot more discrimination demonstrations spread at universities across the u. S. This is in the New York Times. At Claremont Mckenna college in california, a junior class president resigned tuesday after facebookver a photograph that showed her posing with two women who were wearing some boroughs, panchos and mustaches for halloween. A campus demonstration followed on wednesday. Richard an independent in massachusetts. You are on washington journal. Do u. S. Colleges have a race problem . Caller no. The race problem is brought on by the blacks themselves. Everything that i hear is always race, race. If you go against them, you are a rcacist. This is the problem. The government has to interfere and say hey, lets knock this garbage off. Im getting sick and tired of hearing race. Every time we have an american an africanamerican i watched this show for 11 years, and im getting so fed up with this race stuff, its ridiculous. It is a sad day when we are pitting each other against each other on the government is not doing nothing but siding with them. That is my comment. And i thank you very much for listening to me. Host from orlando is mark, a democrat. Caller yeah, im surprised at how people want to trivialize the idea of race. You know, racism is rampant in our country. You know, and there was one time when i was living in a blighted neighborhood and i was, because i am a white guy, i had people speak to me in a way that was subject was predicated by the fact that i was white. Its horrifying. Because what response you make when someone says, you are certain color. Therefore, you are without value. That is what racism is doing. There was an article in the Orlando Sentinel by a sports editor. Everything that is going on at the university of missouri is adolescent and do you want football teams, you know, bringing this much power to bear . You know. We wont even go into the economics of sports and colleges. They way they abuse people that play. But i mean, you cant ignore the problem of racism and expected to go away. And trying to trivialize the problem is no solution. I do not know what the solution is. It has been ongoing since the day they wrote the constitution and put in the 3 5th law. Anyway, that is what i wanted to say. Host from usa today. University of missouri interim president. Here is his picture. The governing board of the university of missouri on thursday named a black law professor blame white people who do not understand racial inequality. I blame our ugly history. Our republican line. Susan, what do you think what is going on on College Campuses . Caller oh, i think it is just horrible. Just breaking up the community, breaking up our nation. That general men who started the Hunger Strike, that youngman, i aad yesterday how hes in Congress Like because of the system, the man is putting him down. He comes from a family who makes 20 million a year. That guy. Derstand as far as the swastika, the fecal matter in the bathroom, theres been no evidence that that actually happened. Read, they cannot find anyone who is actually seeing it. Seen it. I think this whole thing started up with the hands up, dont shoot. That was a lie. When lies are perpetuated, this is what happens. Again, michael sam, the Football Player went to missouri, this college. Racial he never met with discrimination. So i dont know. I think it is a whole hoopla over nothing. The headline from cny central. Com. Ithaca college appoints diversity officer amidst controversy over racism on campus. Shawn, nashville, tennessee, independent. Caller it is just amazing how, canto say white,s, how they overlook a whole history. Aesar when they went to egypt. Want to talk about lies and racism . It exists. Whether you want to bear your head to it, then you be ignorant thoset, and good luck to students in all the black college Football Players to protest. Hit them where the money hurts. Host guy in glen bernie, maryland, in the suburbs of washington. Democrat, guy, you are on the washington journal. Caller yeah, i mean, its hard for everybody to assume they have an opinion about what someone else goes through. Until you have walked that individual shoes, youre only seeing from the outside. You do not know what that person goes through. We want to solve this race issue, when people begin to see people as people and not a color of people, then things will change. But until that happens, a lot of the what color you are, that stuff should not even matter. Ourou want to be fair in Justice System, we are supposed to be not having, we dont see race, and we do not see gender. Then let the Justice System truly be blind to color and judge and make their opinions based on the facts. Host guy, what do you think about the appointing of a diversity officer at Ithaca College or the call for more Cultural Centers or the hiring of more africanamerican professors at the university of missouri . Caller that could be a double standard. On one hand, if you hire afroamericans for certain jobs, that individual will be put in a tough situation. If he shows too much fairness, then he is not going not doing his job. If he does not show enough fairness, he is criticized. It reminds me of what a couple of comments i heard about the president , that he had not done enough for black people. Can you imagine if he got in office and he started doing things that pertain to the black people . Then he wouldve been called, favoritism. So that is a rough job to have. But if it is fair across the board, cant nobody complained. Host 202, the area code. 7488001 for republicans, 7488002 for independents. College students we want to hear from you as well. 2027488003. Our next color is an independent from missouri. This is betty. Where is new cambria . Nortn missouri. Im an alumn and i have three children who are also an alumn. Host give us your viewpoint of what is going on. Caller im just very saddened usingomeone isnt direction to understand the psychology and the sociology of human nature in that we cannot mandate peoples hearts. Anything needst to be addressed in a proper manner. And when it is forced or when it is done by coercion, all it does is half the opposite of the desired effect. And that concerns me greatly for the overall effect of human rights and maintaining the equality that we have all lived through. I went through the same thing whenever i was in school there. And all the progress that we have made seems to me like it is being diminished or being even way that now it is going to be worse than it was before. There are ways to do things that people will accept and people will learn to change, but this is taking progress back many years, as i watched things unfold. If you read the comments on social media, and what concerns me is that they have not had any of the people who disagree with this process because of the far ear of saying something that is not politically correct. Host what do you think about the fact that the president ste step down tim will and they appointed an africanamerican is a new president of the system . Tim wolfe stepped down . Caller that is a loaded question because i figured that is the way it would be. Does that just placate, now we have done this . Because it does not matter who is the president or who is in charge or how many diversity people you have, that does not change the hearts of the people. That does not change the whole tone of the college. I wonder if in reality everyone could look in their heart and say what does the attitude, what the whole environment feel like at the university . I think they would admit it is a lot bigger mess now than it was previously because now everyone is in an uproar and there is no in between of lets meet each other somewhere in the middle. It is like it slid from one direction now to the opposite direction. That does not a cop was anything for relations between human beings. Host that is betty in new cam i bria, missouri. Steve says missouri has a problem with racism. David is a republican in st. Joseph, missouri. What do you think about that sentiment . Caller it is a bunch of garbage. Lie, justasd ed ionon a like a protest in ferguson is still based on a lie. The black lives Matter Movement is based on a lie. This whole thing. This socalled student was not even a student there that made these comments. He was some kid from out of town that put this stuff on facebook. The swastika picture is years old. Been on thehas internet for a while. But it was taken way back in the 1960s. It is the stepping down of the president here of the college, that was the placate. And these people dont even want be, discuss anything about it because they went to a conventionpeech on another campus and spit on th e people there. Youre not supposed to criticize them, say, you are wrong about this or that. They are the only ones that are supposed to be able to talk. They are the only ones that should have things their way. It is just like the black lives Matter Movement. Blackont care uabout Police Officers or victims of crime. They dont care about any victims of crime, no matter what race. Killing cvocate ops. And what for . Because they want the criminals, because they are black to get away with what they do. They should not be put in jail. You cant stop them. If you and stop them in any way, you are racist, you must be sent to jail. You know, its all based on a budget lies bunch of lies. So the anarchists and other races of different color can have their way. Host that is david in st. Joseph, missouri. Wayne in richmond, virginia. Democrat. Caller im glad i got on after this crazy guy just talked. Im not going to say any names but im going to put it to you like this. I am a 55yearold black man. Virginia. Richmond, i have been watching cspan all my life. The racism that you see and hear is because of the cell phones and so forth. The new media. It has been going on for years. Right now i am being chased around virginia by the police department. The fraternal order of police are a very powerful organization. White people in the south will factffect except the that black people have been disparaged, hurt physically, emotionally for 400 years. They will not even admit slavery happened. They call it different names. It has damaged us. Our elites, our black Supreme CourtJustice Clarence thomas, all our elites, colin powell, they have left the black community. Our community, we do not own anything. All the stores are owned by asians are mexicans or someone else. And im talking about from norfolk all the way to richmond. Virginia is one of the most corrupt Police Departments and course you have ever wanted to see in her life. Host wayne in richmond, virginia. Missouri u has a problem with free speech. Why no protest when a white professor calls for muscle against an asian student . If you cannot get through on the phone lines, i recommend you go to facebook. A lively conversation going on there. The u. S. Has a race problem. Where are these colleges located . Yes, in the u. S. Course they will have the same issues. Just watch the comments that will appear on this post. Josh goes on to say that colleges are nothing more than microcosms of their communities. If the community has a race issue, the college will more than likely have a race issue as well. Rose is calling and from hamilton, ohio honor independent line. You are on washington journal. Do u. S. Colleges have a race problem . Caller i think the whole country has a race problem. But what i am calling about is something i think is a true contradiction and that is ben carson. I have seen it several times and ive not heard anyone comment on it. His statement that you think tot i hav ee the right violate your civil rights because you offend me. I think that is a contradiction to what many of the people on the right did when a county she could violate the civil rights of a gay couple who wanted to get a marriage license which was their constitutional right. And id like to hear people, done that because i dont understand how you can take that type of a comment and not. Apply it to other issues also as far as being offended at someone and thinking you have the right to violate the civil rights because they offend you. Thank you for cspan. I watch it every morning. Host this is from the wall street journal. An adult on campus. We have been wondering all week what heaven to the grownups on american University Campuses. It appears we have a sighting. Mitch daniels, the president of Purdue University spoke up wednesday about the chill roosevelt at yale and missouri in a letter to the Purdue Community two years aog, a student Led Initiative created the we are purdue statement of values host that is the wall street journal. In. Calling democrat, mount pleasant, michigan. You are on the air. Thisr i appreciate opportunity. One of the things that i think is really important about this is that people are calling in and denouncing what happened at the university of missouri. Must understand that that university itself, that whole community, the faculty, the students, the football team, all said at the university of missouri was out of control when it comes to the history of diversity. I taught for 40 years at a university. There is racism on every campus. I do not know that everyone has to have a demonstration about it, but obviou