More on Cockroaches and Animalization of Fellow Claremont People

Some people commenting in the comment section have felt that I have gone too far in pointing to the historic use of the word "cockroach" in describing fellow human beings by Ms. Rachael Ballard SC '11 most certainly has racial overtones. I do not back down from criticizing the use of that language and feel myself absolutely justified in its usage. To compare a man to a beast is to lower him to be less than human.

Did we not hear just that when Pomona students wanted to ban the alma mater after there was a question as to its origins in minstrelsy? Did we not hear the same kind of argument when people suggested that the White Party evoked the animalization of black women?

Here's a more Claremont specific example for those of you so searching for one.

As many of you know, I am currently enrolled in an independent study with our dear old professor emeritus, Harry V. Jaffa. Professor Jaffa informed me a few weeks ago that the founder of the BSU once compared him to a "pig" and said that he was deserving of slaughtering like an animal.

I do not think that these instances are atypical of black power groups, which by their very design, reject the political and natural equality of men. If race matters, which they all contend it does, it must matter positively and therefore reject political and natural equality of man, the very basis of which unites the human experience and gives purpose to the principles of the Declaration.