Issue of the Week LXXX: San Jose State University Discrimination Task Force Issues Recommendations

I believe that the recommendations are a good start, but it is not going to be easy and it most definitely is not going to change over night. It will take time to build up these programs and build a following supporting them, but the idea is there and it is a start.

I think what they have suggested should immediately be implemented to try to bring about change. Although nothing will happen overnight, it is a great start and they have the potential to change at least how crime is conveyed. There also needs to be a change in the students, though.

I think it is the university to make sure that the students who stay on campus live safety life. So when it comes that even this incidents occur of harrasement a even the parents can start blaming the University administration for not insure enough safety to the students, so i think it is better for the stuff member to keep on visiting the dorms frequently so as to make sure everything is okay.Furthernore, students themselves should live peacefull and accepting each other as they are all students and they are there to study and fulfill their goals, color of someone's skin is not the factor to create quarrels or to act against each other as we are all human beings .

I suppose this is a good start toward ensuring that nothing like this happens again, but unfortunately no amount of supervision or awareness will completely stop hate crimes like this. The education part of his proposition is appealing to me because I do believe that there is a general lack of knowledge about the differences between races among, especially the youth of the United States, but I believe it is a good place to start. It blows my mind that things like this still happen, in the name of the confederacy, as if there is still hope for the sentiments represented by the flag that they waved in his face. Hate crimes like this accomplish absolutely nothing, and it is important for more people to understand the social situation that we currently face with racial inequality, and instead of falling back to slavery-like treatment such as this, fix the justice system which still reflects the racist sentiment of the Jim Crow era.

This is a good start but like you all have said that these changes won't happen over night. And because these changes won't happen over night I feel like people might give up on these changes because they don't see the results fast enough. We sometimes get impatient and give up on things that don't have quick results. In this situation that can't happen. So I really hope that the school stays with it and actually keeps enforcing the right actions and attitudes needed to find the change.

It is sad that there are people who would do things like this to their fellow humans. However, I suppose there will always be those kinds of people.

I like the suggestions that the committee at San Jose State University has submitted. They seem to be well-conceived. I believe that if once established these recommendations can make a difference for some people. Other universities should think about introducing such committees following to help discrimination diminish. It would be a positive change nationwide.

I cannot believe some of the things that young people do to each other in college and think that it is funny. It definitely crosses the line when you hurt someone and locked them into places or printed by clock around their neck. I thought it was interesting this article names each of the suspects except the juvenile and I hope they are prosecuted greatly. I think the idea of the anonymous hotline is perfect because it gives everyone the opportunity to safely report anything suspicious without worry about any action being taken against them. I think that diversity training is very vague term and doesn't go very far

I think recomendations can only do so much. People who are brought up with hatred toward others may not benefit from a diversity training. If the school allows things like this to happen to its minority students, why would anyone who is considered a minority want to go there let alone pay for on campus housing where this goes on. Some people grow up in places where they have little interaction with minorities and then go off to a big college where there are many.

I think that these recommendations can only go so far as well. I feel like some people are so ignorant and don't want change. I feel like people who contribute to racial acts should be confronted and punished in a certain way. No one should have to experience hate because of their skin color. It amazes me that some people have the audacity to still be so cruel. I think the school should make some more regulations just like high schools have regulations and actions about bullying.

I love the recommendations set out in this article. Although it's a small step it is definitely a great step in the right direction. I really like the idea of putting in a safe link that allows you to anonymously report racial bias. I think this is an idea that should be used at all campuses. As well as diversity training, this could be an efficient tool to have. The more people know and are aware, perhaps the less frequent it will happen. I'm not saying this will end racism or hate crimes but becoming aware to the situation is the first step. Kids in general can be cruel but I think if recommendations like this are set in place then the future will look a lot brighter for racial equality.

I think the suggestions made are very well thought out, however they are just suggestions. If these are true accusations, serious work needs to be made. These accusations were not minor racial slurs or teasing, but physical abuse that should have never happened, let alone on campus. I feel the way the article was written gives off a very passive, submissive vibe. It sounds like they are beating around the bush and not taking direct action. Some of these suggestions should have already been established and put in place to prevent situations like this from happening. The task force is a great idea, yet serious action needs to be taken.

I find it interesting that the guy involved was suing the school. Was the school negligent in some way? Where they aware of these four boys and did nothing. I do not this what happened to him was right but to go after the institution that these kids attended seems unjust and unfair. The boys who committed the crime need to punished, it is things like this that can lead to things like the killing of Matthew Shepard. I like the fact that the school brought in an outside source to get an idea of how to fix it, and I think giving students the opportunity to do that right thing.