Hot Topic: Tuskegee University Student Bullied

Hmmmmm....this is still going on???????????????????/I went to 'skegee in 1969--they made my life miserable..it wasn't called bullying or harassment then..just plain calling out and insulting..I stayed at Olivia Davidson Hall, after transferring from James Hall or vice-versa don't remember.

I wasn't weaker, I was a young, tall red haired long haired student from New York.I with stood cat calls such as Miss New Yerk no not York! lol)--shouted across the campus, a light skinned sister from Buffalo New York whom I had never met, almost made herself sick hating...I walked past a meeting of the dorm or house mother to hear her lament how much she hated me..
Oh I just hate her, she said--the counselor then told her to concentrate on HER life..I heard as I was on my way to the shower.

When I went to New York, a group broke into my room and stole personal articles, (I still am missing my gold scissors from Spain), they cut the sewing on my expensive leather bags, they threw chicken bones? yeah that's real--hahaha- chicken bones under my door, rang the buzzer all night...then, I was young and innocent, having grown up very bourgeois in East Elmhurst, Queens and not accustomed to fighting...I went on to become an anthropologist, they laughed at me and told me we don't even have anthropology in this school (yes I knew that, I had planned to major in Elem. Ed-and transfer) btw the chick that said that, is cool, we are friends today..the bullying ended in having to call law enforcement and it was ooogly!

Now, my son who is watching me write this says, you know mom they ought to have a Nigguh Police Force--and when you are acting "a fool" they ought to tap you on the shoulder and say, "excuse me sir, but you're acting like a ni**h" and take them to People training school... lmao!! and that is a great skit and am sending it to my girl....to include in her comedy act..now back to bullying...yeah--it was the reason I ended up ranking out Lionel Ritchie's sister Debbie, my so called room-mate at Olivia Davidson Hall. because she was a coward and didn't have my back...next time I saw "Skeet" Lionel, with buck teeth Brenda Ritchie) in New York, he says to her she (meaning I was the terror from Tuskegee) well you know what? in my own way I fought back..but I will never forget -how they made me feel , they were the TERRORS --so coming from being around Black Americans with class, graduating from a Jewish High School, the worst thing for me was to go to Alabama in 1969!

I knew I should have gone to Howard!!! lol--anyway sis , thanks for posting, some people know about my life at 'Skegee--some would never imagine. I understand explicitly what you are speaking of, and I wish you the best. As you know two of the issues are you're are light skinned, speak the king's English and are not hood--and your beautiful name probably grates the hell out of them! Jia Ireland!

Now you know why some foreigners and dominant culture society hate black people. Then we all get lumped in. Now with cyberspace it is worse! That was some experience,but I perservered. Not everyone is anthropologically trained or that forgiving.

Jai

U make some good points, but you also generalize to the point of irritation. Stop saying "blacks" as if all blacks at HBCU's do x, y or z. Some do, some don't and I'd hold that the majority of HBCU students "don't" do the things that you mention. I went to an HBCU and the population is as diverse as that of the world...good points, but be judicious about your language otherwise you run the risk of just venting...

And sorry for the typo on your name...

I too attended tuskegee University from 92 to 96, and I was bullied also. I wasn't bullied because of the clothes I wore or because I was smart. i was bullied because of my lighter skinned complexion, or as my bullies would call me "white girl." These girls lived in the dorm with me which was Residence hall, and before I could get a good year in tuskegee they were bothering me. There were times when they were hanging out front and see me coming from class and would open the door to the builing and as I approached the door, they would slam it shut in my face. So, I definately understand how this guy was pushed to the limits. Whoever has this video should report it and blast it on tv, and get all of the dumb asses who were stupid enough to have their faces on camera expelled. You are there for an education, and if you don't want to get an education, then leave the people alone who are there to get one! Now we all heard on video this guy same that he would kill them, so if one of them turns up dead, we will all know why!