"Colorless Constitution"

When you were a kid, did you ever join a club; you know, the secret kind that only you and a few friends belonged to and nobody else? I remember the “Little Rascals” had the “He-man Woman Haters Society” that wouldn’t allow the pretty little Darla Hood to join. The boys later relented and disbanded their club because Alfalfa was enamored with the lovely Darla. 

We have Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls and Cub Scouts which each have rules that only allow certain people to join. We have athletic teams, debating clubs, chess clubs and foreign language clubs in almost every high school in America; each of them have requirements that may exclude some students from joining them. Adults have Elks, Moose, Friars, Mensa, VFW and the American Legion, all of which have rules and bylaws which can exclude some people from joining them. These are all pretty good organizations to belong to; I even belong to one myself. Churches are also a bit exclusive, as they have doctrines the members must accept to participate in their services. 

I will now give you a “short” list to read, and you can guess what each name has in common.

Johns Hopkins

Indiana University
Towson University
University of Kansas
Harvard
Loyola University
Northern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University
University of Alabama
Cabrini College
Brown University
University of Kentucky
Brigham Young University
Amherst

This list is only partial. I don’t have enough space to print every name that has the same thing all of these organizations have in common.

Now for what you have been waiting for; what do they all have in common with one another? Each of these “institutions of higher learning” has a Black Student Union on their campuses. There are literally hundreds of colleges and universities all across America that have Black Student Unions where black students can congregate and discuss issues of interest to one another. They form committees and organize demonstrations on a regular basis with little interference or controversy. I live in one of these university towns and I don’t recall anybody complaining about the activities of the Black Student Union. The citizens respect the right of black students to have an organization like this one; it is covered under our Constitution’s 1^st. Amendment. 

Recently, a young man named Patrick Sharp from Georgia State University wanted to start a club called “The White Student Union” and has been met with a barrage of criticism from some black organizations and left-leaning groups. The young man has stated this is not a racist organization; it’s not the “KKK”, yet some alarmist liberals wish to deny this young man the same rights they endorse for the “New Black Panthers” or “La Raza”; both of which have a racist agenda. 

The Black Student Union Conference is set for November 15-17, 2013 in Illinois at the Lincolnshire Marriot Resort Hotel. The organization has quite a bit of money and money brings power and influence. This young boy has neither power nor influence; he just wanted to start a club on campus and has been attacked for his beliefs. Let’s act like the Americans we’re supposed to be and give him the same rights we give to the “New Black Panthers”, Louis Farakhan or “La Raza”; it’s all one Constitution; we need to follow its precepts, no matter what color we are!