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We do a little trolling

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Background: Rice University has a statue of its founder William Marsh Rice front in center at the main entrance. (wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsh_Rice) Unfortunately, despite donating his estate to education, he was not wholesome 100. Rice University was designated "whites only" and Rice had owned 15 slaves. Rice University is currently hyper-progressive and there has been a big movement to take down or move the statue (which holds his cremated remains btw). However, there's been some opposition, particularly from older alumni and donors. That's where you come in:

A little trolling: Rice has made an open anonymous survey for anyone to give their thoughts on the statue. Some people who care way too much about a statue with nothing better to do WILL read what you write. It's our responsibility to shed light on William Marsh Rice's buck breaking that historians have covered up. We can't let Rice get away with covering up all the broken bucks!

Also, if you want to write a more satirical bit, they featured over 200 responses last time, so the bar is low.

One thing to keep in mind: Rice students are like strawmen of progressives. I thought "fatphobia" was a right wing strawman until a Rice student unironically accused someone else of it. You don't need to tone down the absurdity as long it's the right kind.

Edit: copy paste your responses in the comments

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My reponse to the first question:

While current efforts to make this institution a more welcoming space to BIPOC are appreciated, they are fundamentally ineffective and misguided. If the University is to make itself a more inclusive space for BIPOC, it must fundamentally change its diversity policy.

Current policy is based on outdated ideas, mainly that of de-segregation. These ideas were crafted by liberals - false leftists - who willingly ignore the generational trauma and systemic discrimination BIPOC suffered at the hands of whites. There is scientific evidence that this trauma has imprinted itself - genetically, epigenetically, and spiritually - into BIPOC bodies.

All visual and textual references to white men and white culture - together with all white students, visitors, and staff - must be relocated to a designated "whites-only" area within the university campus. If this proves to not be possible - and it very well might not be seeing as much of the campus was built by and for white men -, then a new campus must be built to house BIPOC. To not do this is to subject our BIPOC friends to the full brunt of the genetic memory of their time under slavery.

And the second:

The statue is one of, if not the single biggest symbol of white culture within the campus. It must be kept within a "whites-only" space at all times and BIPOC must never again be allowed to see it.

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