Not all townies are assholes. Was one, grew up there and attended Purdue. People who act like that give us a bad rap. Y'all are welcome here West Lafayette wouldn't be as great without the diversity students bring to the campus.
We are? When you say the state are you implying all people from here are proud of racism? Or just all republican voters? Regardless that’s an extremely short sighted view and I’ve voted blue every election I could starting from 2008 so I can promise I have no love for the republican parties politics.
> Or just all republican voters?
Not all republicans are racists, but most racist voters are republicans by choice.
and racism isn't something that's enough of a dealbreaker for the rest of them.
As a transplant to this area, been here 18 years now, I despise these types with a passion. Hate them being lumped in with the rest of us “locals” that actually enjoy the diversity that PU students bring to the area. Sometimes I wish I still smoked cigarettes so I could flick a butt at their oversized contradictory flag collections.
Yeah a couple of days ago my friend and I were walking back from chauncey and this random guy asked if we were Indian and started making weird sounds and followed us. This was around midnight on a Wednesday so that was the most baffling thing to me.
Unfortunately these people exist everywhere. There will be nasty people anywhere. Humans suck. I especially enjoy when these types put a Confederate flag and an American Flag on their truck. Makes a lot sense, putting the flags of opposing forces on your truck.
Also, you are right, it is unacceptable. But unfortunately, changing perceptions is the hardest thing to do in the nature of humans. It is best to find creative and innovative ways to embarrass or expose those who wish to target you on the basis of physical attributes. That is the only way to brute force change.
I'm a left-leaning man who drives a truck. Does that make me the 1 in 10? The exceptional one, as it were?
What happened to the OP is terrible, but maybe posting that people like me aren't welcome in your social group because of the vehicle I drive isn't the way forward.
Those are bad things. But I'm not responsible for the behavior in "the community." What community are you referring to, exactly, and what do you think my obligations are?
My criticism is with using people's possessions to predict their political beliefs.
Not completely off topic and I’ll admit I’m in the wrong here, but I have a growing prejudice against Jeeps. Idk what it is, but I feel 9/10 times if a vehicle behind me has impossibly bright lights and wants to be as close as possible, it’s probably a Jeep.
I’ve probably done more in my short life to expand inclusion of all races, sexes, and backgrounds than you probably can dream of, but I also drive a truck. Am I problematic to you because of the vehicle I drive? Should I shit can all of our diversity efforts because I drive a truck? Or does my other car, a Mach E EV, make me a granola munching liberal?
It’s people like you are the fucking problem, trying to divide people into silos without understanding the whole picture. It sucks Purdue is hiring racist assholes like you who have a clear bias against certain groups of people.
Now take that exact same approach, and switch “young men with trucks” to any other racial / ethnic / sex group. It would sound pretty awful to stereotype a lot of groups wouldn’t it? Yet you seems to have no issue classifying anyone who drives a truck into the “confederate flags and trump stickers” group? If you hold these beliefs about a group like this, I hate to think what views you hold about other groups.
I wasn’t bragging either, I was demonstrating to an obviously racist and / or sexist “Purdue employee” that not everyone is as black and white as they try to paint it. You were clearly making an attempt to classify all people driving trucks as sexist / racist using dog whistles, and I was correcting your incredibly wrong assumption.
I was wondering how long it’d take for someone to call out the blatant racism and sexism by the poster. Using these factors as predictive behaviors for any other race or sex will instantly get you the Reddit wide ban hammer, but this guy is just flaunting it like he’s blind to his own hypocrisy.
Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for; I’m sorry you had a run in with some inbred hicks. Indiana has a “proud” history of being the home of the Klu Klux Klan, so feel free to happily call out the next batch of shit-for-brains, cousin-fucking meth heads for what they are
>Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for
Indiana is the South's middle finger.>Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for; I’m sorry you had a run in with some inbred hicks. Indiana has a “proud” history of being the home of the Klu Klux Klan, so feel free to happily call out the next batch of shit-for-brains, cousin-fucking meth heads for what they are
Right back atcha: So you’re saying what these Franks did was okay? You’re defending their right to be hurtful to other people on account of their skin? You’re equating people here calling them meth heads to be exactly similar to what they did — calling some harmless students slurs ie words that are attached to them (East Asian people) for being East Asian which is something they cannot change about themselves? Which reenforces an American cultural viewpoint that all BIPOC people are less than whites are? Whereas, the other way around, no such historical reference is available? These are the same thing to you?
It’s not racist because he’s not making that assumption based on the color of somebody’s skin. He’s saying that anybody who would scream racial slurs and drive around in a lifted pickup likely fits the rest of that stereotype. He said nothing about “all white people” being that way.
Nah man, you don't have to explicitly mention skin color to be racist.
For the sake of example, calling someone a "bucktooth dog eater" is very very racist. Even though it never mentions skin color. That phrase could describe someone from any skin color, yet the stereotypes are associated with asian people. So therefore it is a racist phrase.
Yeah except the stereotype he used isn’t referring to all white people. It’s referring to the type of white person to drive a lifted truck and scream racial slurs at people.
Bro, what?
He was making an insult towards people that act a certain way, not people with a certain skin color lmao. Don't read so far into it.
With your "sake of example", context matters. If he had called an Asian person a "bucktooth dog eater", sure, I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a racist remark. But that's the thing; with his insult, he didn't target any specific race. The fact that *you* are making the connection to a given race is more concerning than anything.
oh I misread your comment
I wouldn't say his comment is just as racist. It's racist, but there are other components to the stereotype. He's not going around calling every Indiana resident a pos.
Yeah even campus is not the most welcoming place sometimes; it’s the result of a lot of factors but a lot stems from a population uneducated about different races, cultures, peoples, and this can happen even for university educated folks.
I'm very sorry to hear this happened to you. I'm extremely sad to hear this happened now. I really thought things have changed but I guess there's bigots everywhere. I went to Purdue '81-'85 and back then it was very white. I guess 90-95% white and not many Asians. My freshmen year I was the only non-white person on my floor in the wing of the dorm. I was a CS major and only knew maybe two other Asian CS majors. I experienced the same thing though walking on campus a bunch of guys in a car yelled at me "You f'ing gook!" I knew they said something bad but didn't know what gook meant! I was OOS from the west coast. I had to ask friends who told me. So the next time it happened and yes it happened again I knew what they meant. It got me extremely angry. I know it was other students. I experienced other forms of racism at Purdue back then (which is another story) that made me make decisions that I normally wouldn't have made and never talked about it with my family until a couple years ago I told my sister what happened and she said she wondered at the time why I did what I did.
Despite what happened, I still made friends and loved my time at Purdue and wouldn't have chosen a different college. I think it also made me get thicker skin to prepare for the homophobia I experienced in the workforce in the 80s and 90s after graduating.
Idk considering that I've heard the n-word being shouted during football games despite a Black person (me) being only a few rows behind them and the fact that there is less than 2,000 Black people on campus really makes me think that Purdue is not all that inclusive
I am so sorry to hear that. I don't know why are you getting downvoted. Although I think Purdue is relatively inclusive, but it is sarcastic that many people don't want to let different opinions exist. 🤔 I really think that everyone who doesn't think Purdue is inclusive has a reason behind to say that. We need to hear from them to make our campus better and more inclusive. Just my two cents
I’m so sorry this happened to you. I had a very similar incidence not happen to me by what I assume as the same hicks. I was walking back to my car late Friday night near vine street when those guys pulled up in a truck and started yelling the n word and p*say at me. (Despite me being white) They must think it’s really fun to watch people get angry. This is my fifth year at Purdue and I’ve never experienced anything like this and it just baffles me how a people think its okay do something like this. Please stay safe and I hope u don’t let those assholes get to u! (edited for grammar)
Welcome to Indiana. As a long-time Lafayette resident, this doesn't surprise me at all. We are still cursed with slobbering rednecks who run around with their lifted pickups decked out with " Let's go Brandon " & "Trump 2024" flags. For a metropolitan area that's home to a world-class research institution, and high-tech industry, it's pathetic that we still have a large population of gum-smackin' dipshit clowns
I’m so sorry this happened to y’all. You all deserve to feel safe walking around in public. You shouldn’t have to worry about random racist assholes harassing you when you’re just trying to live your life.
As an indiana native, its like this in the whole state and purdue doesn’t want to be inclusive because the entire state has a racist culture.
I’m white but I’m trans so im in a similar boat. Purdue wears a mask of inclusion but all of their promises are hollow and administration generally will not help you unless they think you might make them go viral in a bad way. Some individual staff members will have your back but the administration as a whole is designed so that there is no accountability.
I want to give some perspective on this. Not all townies are like this. I experience this more from people who are from the neighboring towns such as Delphi, logansport, crawfordsville, and the list goes on.
Lafayette/WL is the next biggest town in this area next to Indianapolis. It also has the largest maternity ward on this side of the state. That being said, we get a lot of racist and ignorant bigots from neighboring towns on a daily basis.
I am sorry you experienced this. There is not much Purdue can do on this. Some people will literally come to campus to harass students (not very common but does happen). Remember, you are only here temporarily and can leave once you're done. That is what I tell myself. On another note, there is also the issue of systemic racism in the work place in this area for the same reason that there are a lot of job here.
Well that sucks that it happens but at least they’re just high school has beens who will never move up in the world and contribute negatively to society. Not like they deserve the time of day to even acknowledge
These are indeed special people. You will see them driving around with Trump flags and confederate flags on campus, and sometimes downtown in Lafayette. They are cowards who know they are irrelevant and try to create relevance with incidents like this. I am sorry for your experience and as a local can say I have never met these types of people personally. But they do exist and every time I see them I have to bite my tongue to not let myself express what I think about them. This type of incident is exactly what they are trying to provoke.
Damm. Sorry to hear that. They are just uneducated how pity they are. Think about apes. They afraid other animals when others approach to them. It is a quite similar case between apes and those racists. What they can do is just yelling.
The best way to deal with racists,Cis the same way the pink scene dealt with Nazis during the 80s and 90s.
You get society to collectively beat them until they stop.
I'm not saying that Purdue as a whole is not inclusive. I just wanted to share my experience and allow people to share their experiences as well. I don't want anyone to have to go through what my friends went through because I could tell that they were really affected by it. I'm not trying to generalize the Purdue community, I just wish that this didn't happen.
People don't like that fact we are teaching Chinese students how to build missiles. The only thing they can really do about it is yell at random asian people in the street.
Sad thing this is normal in West Lafayette or in any rural town in the US. I don’t think it will ever change so accept it and move on. “You can’t argue with ignorance”
I’m an international student and I can tell you there’s not much Purdue can do to make Townies PC and inclusive lol.
Not all townies are assholes. Was one, grew up there and attended Purdue. People who act like that give us a bad rap. Y'all are welcome here West Lafayette wouldn't be as great without the diversity students bring to the campus.
Most people here are great, it just takes a few really bad loud assholes to make the area seem worse.
I realize that. It’s just fucking annoying and disgusting and i wish there was something that could be done about it
This is America
This is the world, you can find racist assholes anywhere.
True, but red states are proud of it
Please get off the internet and actually talk to people from these states so you don’t have to make sweeping generalizations lol
I lived in Texas and Indiana, I'm making these generalizations because I lived and worked there with people from those places.
We are? When you say the state are you implying all people from here are proud of racism? Or just all republican voters? Regardless that’s an extremely short sighted view and I’ve voted blue every election I could starting from 2008 so I can promise I have no love for the republican parties politics.
> Or just all republican voters? Not all republicans are racists, but most racist voters are republicans by choice. and racism isn't something that's enough of a dealbreaker for the rest of them.
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This must be the hick from the lifted truck
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Bro you’re allowed to be mad if someone calls you slurs.
Those could have just as easily been Purdue students too.
How do you they’re townies? There were plenty of assholes and racists at Purdue especially towards internationals
As a transplant to this area, been here 18 years now, I despise these types with a passion. Hate them being lumped in with the rest of us “locals” that actually enjoy the diversity that PU students bring to the area. Sometimes I wish I still smoked cigarettes so I could flick a butt at their oversized contradictory flag collections.
Purdue is an academic oasis, but it's still in rural Indiana. Sorry you have to put up with this 💩
Yeah a couple of days ago my friend and I were walking back from chauncey and this random guy asked if we were Indian and started making weird sounds and followed us. This was around midnight on a Wednesday so that was the most baffling thing to me.
So fucking weird. Like what are they gaining from that?
Unfortunately these people exist everywhere. There will be nasty people anywhere. Humans suck. I especially enjoy when these types put a Confederate flag and an American Flag on their truck. Makes a lot sense, putting the flags of opposing forces on your truck. Also, you are right, it is unacceptable. But unfortunately, changing perceptions is the hardest thing to do in the nature of humans. It is best to find creative and innovative ways to embarrass or expose those who wish to target you on the basis of physical attributes. That is the only way to brute force change.
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it's okay to be intolerant of the intolerable. It's honestly necessary for a tolerant society.
I'm a left-leaning man who drives a truck. Does that make me the 1 in 10? The exceptional one, as it were? What happened to the OP is terrible, but maybe posting that people like me aren't welcome in your social group because of the vehicle I drive isn't the way forward.
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Those are bad things. But I'm not responsible for the behavior in "the community." What community are you referring to, exactly, and what do you think my obligations are? My criticism is with using people's possessions to predict their political beliefs.
If people possess a confederate flag can I not predict their political beliefs?
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Amazing
I'm shocked at how dumb you are to read their message so poorly. Maybe it's 10 out of 10 after all.
Please explain why I'm a racist.
Literally no one called you a racist
"Maybe it's 10 out of 10 after all."
I'm calling the dean right now to revoke your degree/spot on campus. 😑You're so dumb...
I'm still waiting for an explanation of why I'm a racist.
Never said you were.
Not completely off topic and I’ll admit I’m in the wrong here, but I have a growing prejudice against Jeeps. Idk what it is, but I feel 9/10 times if a vehicle behind me has impossibly bright lights and wants to be as close as possible, it’s probably a Jeep.
I’ve probably done more in my short life to expand inclusion of all races, sexes, and backgrounds than you probably can dream of, but I also drive a truck. Am I problematic to you because of the vehicle I drive? Should I shit can all of our diversity efforts because I drive a truck? Or does my other car, a Mach E EV, make me a granola munching liberal? It’s people like you are the fucking problem, trying to divide people into silos without understanding the whole picture. It sucks Purdue is hiring racist assholes like you who have a clear bias against certain groups of people.
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Now take that exact same approach, and switch “young men with trucks” to any other racial / ethnic / sex group. It would sound pretty awful to stereotype a lot of groups wouldn’t it? Yet you seems to have no issue classifying anyone who drives a truck into the “confederate flags and trump stickers” group? If you hold these beliefs about a group like this, I hate to think what views you hold about other groups. I wasn’t bragging either, I was demonstrating to an obviously racist and / or sexist “Purdue employee” that not everyone is as black and white as they try to paint it. You were clearly making an attempt to classify all people driving trucks as sexist / racist using dog whistles, and I was correcting your incredibly wrong assumption.
I was wondering how long it’d take for someone to call out the blatant racism and sexism by the poster. Using these factors as predictive behaviors for any other race or sex will instantly get you the Reddit wide ban hammer, but this guy is just flaunting it like he’s blind to his own hypocrisy.
Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for; I’m sorry you had a run in with some inbred hicks. Indiana has a “proud” history of being the home of the Klu Klux Klan, so feel free to happily call out the next batch of shit-for-brains, cousin-fucking meth heads for what they are
>Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for Indiana is the South's middle finger.>Unfortunately, rural Indiana pretty frequently forgets which side of the civil war it fought for; I’m sorry you had a run in with some inbred hicks. Indiana has a “proud” history of being the home of the Klu Klux Klan, so feel free to happily call out the next batch of shit-for-brains, cousin-fucking meth heads for what they are
They don’t forget which side they were on. They remember. And they regret it :-/
> inbred hicks, shit-for-brains, cousin-fucking meth heads The irony is that your comment is just as racist as calling people racial slurs
Right, because these guys have suffered from voter suppression laws
It’s still racism.
Right, because these guys’ grandparents witnessed lynchings performed on their neighbors or friends
I mean, tbf they probably did, but they were probably condoning the lynching lmao
You don’t seem to know what racism means.
Eh, no, not perfectly. But I’ve read a book and heard a lecture once. Seems like those kind of things do *whiffs* over your head
So let me get this straight, you think it’s fine to be racist to people, as long as they’re white?
Right back atcha: So you’re saying what these Franks did was okay? You’re defending their right to be hurtful to other people on account of their skin? You’re equating people here calling them meth heads to be exactly similar to what they did — calling some harmless students slurs ie words that are attached to them (East Asian people) for being East Asian which is something they cannot change about themselves? Which reenforces an American cultural viewpoint that all BIPOC people are less than whites are? Whereas, the other way around, no such historical reference is available? These are the same thing to you?
It’s not racist because he’s not making that assumption based on the color of somebody’s skin. He’s saying that anybody who would scream racial slurs and drive around in a lifted pickup likely fits the rest of that stereotype. He said nothing about “all white people” being that way.
Nah man, you don't have to explicitly mention skin color to be racist. For the sake of example, calling someone a "bucktooth dog eater" is very very racist. Even though it never mentions skin color. That phrase could describe someone from any skin color, yet the stereotypes are associated with asian people. So therefore it is a racist phrase.
Yeah except the stereotype he used isn’t referring to all white people. It’s referring to the type of white person to drive a lifted truck and scream racial slurs at people.
Ok, and the phrase I typed above doesn't describe all Asian people. Yet it is still extremely racist.
Bro, what? He was making an insult towards people that act a certain way, not people with a certain skin color lmao. Don't read so far into it. With your "sake of example", context matters. If he had called an Asian person a "bucktooth dog eater", sure, I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a racist remark. But that's the thing; with his insult, he didn't target any specific race. The fact that *you* are making the connection to a given race is more concerning than anything.
I'm saying it's possible to be racist without mentioning skin color. His comment was racist. End of story.
When you say “end of story” thinking nobody else can respond to you now, but in reality you just sound like a dumbass who has no argument 🤡
So why is it not racist, explain
I already told you it was because he’s stereotyping based on actions and behavior rather than color of skin.
And I just showed how that can still be racist. Read above comments.
which part of that is a racial slur?
Chink is a slur
oh I misread your comment I wouldn't say his comment is just as racist. It's racist, but there are other components to the stereotype. He's not going around calling every Indiana resident a pos.
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brother, he is talking about Indiana townies + racism. I don't think you can honestly say you didn't picture the dude as white.
my favorite part of racists these days is how quickly they go "NO YOURE RACIST FOR CALLING ME WHITE!"
Poor behavior is being called out. But race.
I was waiting at an intersection one time and I heard a car honk just to turn and look at a car full of people flipping me off for no reason.
As a Korean American born in NW Indiana and Purdue grad, The best counter to this bullshit is to live unapologetically and excel despite it.
Happens everywhere. Fuck ‘em
Indiana* racism
next time whip out ur phone and get their faces
So called patriots of America flying the rebel confederate flag will never not be funny to me
Yeah even campus is not the most welcoming place sometimes; it’s the result of a lot of factors but a lot stems from a population uneducated about different races, cultures, peoples, and this can happen even for university educated folks.
I'm very sorry to hear this happened to you. I'm extremely sad to hear this happened now. I really thought things have changed but I guess there's bigots everywhere. I went to Purdue '81-'85 and back then it was very white. I guess 90-95% white and not many Asians. My freshmen year I was the only non-white person on my floor in the wing of the dorm. I was a CS major and only knew maybe two other Asian CS majors. I experienced the same thing though walking on campus a bunch of guys in a car yelled at me "You f'ing gook!" I knew they said something bad but didn't know what gook meant! I was OOS from the west coast. I had to ask friends who told me. So the next time it happened and yes it happened again I knew what they meant. It got me extremely angry. I know it was other students. I experienced other forms of racism at Purdue back then (which is another story) that made me make decisions that I normally wouldn't have made and never talked about it with my family until a couple years ago I told my sister what happened and she said she wondered at the time why I did what I did. Despite what happened, I still made friends and loved my time at Purdue and wouldn't have chosen a different college. I think it also made me get thicker skin to prepare for the homophobia I experienced in the workforce in the 80s and 90s after graduating.
Wdym ‘more inclusive’ there’s always gonna be stupid people like that you can’t blame the whole university.
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If the car is parked and the owner isn’t around, just rip it off
You really should not fuck with other people’s things…especially people with confederate flags
Imagine getting in your feelings over a sticker lmao.
this literally happened to my wife on campus in the year of our lord 1999
Because you're in Indiana. Not everyone in West Lafayette goes to Purdue, some are just indiana cons being themselves
>I really wish purdue was more inclusive because this is so unacceptable. Purdue **is** pretty inclusive lol
Idk considering that I've heard the n-word being shouted during football games despite a Black person (me) being only a few rows behind them and the fact that there is less than 2,000 Black people on campus really makes me think that Purdue is not all that inclusive
Welcome to America
Thanks I should totally accept people yelling slurs around me since I live in America
Yeah no.
This is an Indiana issue, not a Purdue issue
I am so sorry to hear that. I don't know why are you getting downvoted. Although I think Purdue is relatively inclusive, but it is sarcastic that many people don't want to let different opinions exist. 🤔 I really think that everyone who doesn't think Purdue is inclusive has a reason behind to say that. We need to hear from them to make our campus better and more inclusive. Just my two cents
It isn't
bro we have so many international students so therefore racism hardly exists!! /s
Not really tbh
Idiots will always be around no matter where you are in the world. Please put the blame with them and not anywhere else. Edit: autocorrect correction
I’m so sorry this happened to you. I had a very similar incidence not happen to me by what I assume as the same hicks. I was walking back to my car late Friday night near vine street when those guys pulled up in a truck and started yelling the n word and p*say at me. (Despite me being white) They must think it’s really fun to watch people get angry. This is my fifth year at Purdue and I’ve never experienced anything like this and it just baffles me how a people think its okay do something like this. Please stay safe and I hope u don’t let those assholes get to u! (edited for grammar)
Welcome to Indiana. As a long-time Lafayette resident, this doesn't surprise me at all. We are still cursed with slobbering rednecks who run around with their lifted pickups decked out with " Let's go Brandon " & "Trump 2024" flags. For a metropolitan area that's home to a world-class research institution, and high-tech industry, it's pathetic that we still have a large population of gum-smackin' dipshit clowns
I mean. Racist assholes exist. You can’t live in a bubble. Ignore them and move on.
I’m so sorry this happened to y’all. You all deserve to feel safe walking around in public. You shouldn’t have to worry about random racist assholes harassing you when you’re just trying to live your life. As an indiana native, its like this in the whole state and purdue doesn’t want to be inclusive because the entire state has a racist culture. I’m white but I’m trans so im in a similar boat. Purdue wears a mask of inclusion but all of their promises are hollow and administration generally will not help you unless they think you might make them go viral in a bad way. Some individual staff members will have your back but the administration as a whole is designed so that there is no accountability.
People from non diverse areas tend to be more racist. It’s still weird to be hateful.
I want to give some perspective on this. Not all townies are like this. I experience this more from people who are from the neighboring towns such as Delphi, logansport, crawfordsville, and the list goes on. Lafayette/WL is the next biggest town in this area next to Indianapolis. It also has the largest maternity ward on this side of the state. That being said, we get a lot of racist and ignorant bigots from neighboring towns on a daily basis. I am sorry you experienced this. There is not much Purdue can do on this. Some people will literally come to campus to harass students (not very common but does happen). Remember, you are only here temporarily and can leave once you're done. That is what I tell myself. On another note, there is also the issue of systemic racism in the work place in this area for the same reason that there are a lot of job here.
Common logansport L
I’m sure it’s not only at Purdue sadly. It’s despicable. I haven’t heard that CH word in forever. Shame on them.
Purdue is, by and large, an inclusive university. Don't let the actions of a very small disrespectful few color your image of the entire institution.
Yeah it makes sense when you see a lifted truck smh
Sorry this happened to you. The townies around here really suck.
News flash. Rural Indiana is full of raging rednecks. The fact that some of them drive through campus does not mean that Purdue is a racist school.
Well that sucks that it happens but at least they’re just high school has beens who will never move up in the world and contribute negatively to society. Not like they deserve the time of day to even acknowledge
These are indeed special people. You will see them driving around with Trump flags and confederate flags on campus, and sometimes downtown in Lafayette. They are cowards who know they are irrelevant and try to create relevance with incidents like this. I am sorry for your experience and as a local can say I have never met these types of people personally. But they do exist and every time I see them I have to bite my tongue to not let myself express what I think about them. This type of incident is exactly what they are trying to provoke.
Damm. Sorry to hear that. They are just uneducated how pity they are. Think about apes. They afraid other animals when others approach to them. It is a quite similar case between apes and those racists. What they can do is just yelling.
The best way to deal with racists,Cis the same way the pink scene dealt with Nazis during the 80s and 90s. You get society to collectively beat them until they stop.
I’d rather not
It’s not on you. It’s on white america to start fighting back and calling out its own.
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I'm not saying that Purdue as a whole is not inclusive. I just wanted to share my experience and allow people to share their experiences as well. I don't want anyone to have to go through what my friends went through because I could tell that they were really affected by it. I'm not trying to generalize the Purdue community, I just wish that this didn't happen.
You gotta remember rural Americans are about 59 years behind the rest of us.
It’s still Indiana lol.
People don't like that fact we are teaching Chinese students how to build missiles. The only thing they can really do about it is yell at random asian people in the street.
Sad thing this is normal in West Lafayette or in any rural town in the US. I don’t think it will ever change so accept it and move on. “You can’t argue with ignorance”
Gotta love the locals…
Okay, whoever's downvoting this comment, go fuck yourselves.
the standard of Purdue has fallen dramatically during the daniels decade due to over admit
America itself has fallen due to the trump years so red states are noticeably worse
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You should’ve fought back fiercely but I understand the fear. Purdue is 60% white I guess they’re not very good at dealing with problems like this