White Student Union: Towson University Student Matthew Heimbach Discusses Controversial Group
Just another day in POST racial America! The student behind a controversial White Student Union at Towson University claims that the group is necessary to fight "inherent anti-white bias in academia and mainstream society."
The group, started by Towson senior Matthew Heimbach, has sparked a debate about the balance between students' First Amendment rights and clamping down on what many have condemned as racism at the Maryland University.
Heimbach is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "white nationalist" who has argued black hate crimes against whites exponentially outnumber white-on-black hate crimes.
The panel who spoke with Heimback included the Southern Poverty Law Center's Lecia Brooks; Harvard student Julian Lewis; journalist and advocate for "racial realism," Jared Taylor; and Lehigh University Professor James Peterson.
Heimback argues that "every single other ethnic group has an advocacy group for themselves. We have a black student union, a Hispanic student union, an Asian student union. We have groups for every other group of people except for white students. So if white students are allowed to come together and advocate for our own best interests simply would bring us into the realm that every single other group is allowed."
Brooks put forward an opposing point of view: "The differences between a white student union or a white group ... you see it as you want to defend what you think you are losing. Whereas people of color or other marginalized groups organize around a common interest." She also said that both Taylor and Heimback were advocates of white supremacy and white separatism.
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Well here’s the thing The name White Student Union. White is not a race. It's a world view.
Caucasian is the race. A view based on ill conceived notions that White is a race and has been victimized by the imagined idea that "White" people are suddenly victims of some grand conspiracy. That White is losing it position in a culturally changing America. It's a juvenile fear that arose out of the Black Power movement. The counter, a segment of the Caucasian population felt obligated to counter "Black" with "White." They felt that after centuries of dominating the world via, military and financial power, the rise of people of color in the World (i.e African American, Asian, Native Indian, Latino) was some reason to raise a White counter revolution to remind the World who the people were who were responsible for all things great, and that position should never be diminished by the rise of fair and legal rights being offered to people of color, particularity the Negro.
Further more If this group can do what their supposed to do in terms of becoming a student group then by all means. To be quite honest, there are some things that stick out to me.
- No one in this group put together a mission statement, list of possible events, etc to show the type of programming that will occur should their application go through?
-What need is there for a white student union at a predominantly white institution? Clearly, the white race is not a minority at Towson. There are student union type of groups (ie BSU, CSA, LASO, etc) that were started by the MINORITY groups students at Towson. All of these groups, as far as I know, don’t deny membership to anyone of a different race. So if this white student union plans to deny membership to non whites, it’s a fail.
-I have not found an HBCU (historically black college or university) that has a BSU. What need is there for it? None.
-With all the different religious groups, cultural groups, greek councils etc Towson clearly does not have a problem allowing people to express themselves PROPERLY through meetings, events, etc.
I’m not a fan of people either they be black white or otherwise, throwing around the racist card BUT when a student, or group starts to exhibit the same beliefs, etc of white supremacist groups, and such you are bound to be met with a little opposition. It doesn’t matter how much you change the name of the group, how much you try to mask what you’re really about, what’s done in the dark always comes to light. So far I haven’t heard anything constructive and promising for this group.
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