Did the Diversity Culture shield the VT Shooter?
If Seung-Hui Cho had been a white student, would stronger action have been taken?
The Washington Times has revealed that Cho had a series of run-ins with the authorities:
Officials confirmed today that the gunman behind Monday's killing spree at Virginia Tech had previous run-ins with campus police for "annoying" two female students.
Officials also said Seing-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old from Centreville, had been admitted to a mental health facility in 2005.
Apparently, the VT school leadership handled his stalking internally:
Campus police Chief Wendell Flinchum said in November and then December 2005, campus police met with Mr. Cho after receiving complaints from female students.
In November 2005, "Cho had made contact in phone calls and in person with a female student." The student informed police, but "declined to press chargers," describing Cho's contact as "annoying," Mr. Flinchum said.
The investigating officer referred the case to the school's office of judicial affairs, which handled the discliplinary process.
The Chicago Tribune also reports that he had at one point started a fire in a dorm room. If I had started a fire in my dorm room, written demented poems that scared my professors, and then had stalked two females, I am sure that my discipline would have been permanent expulsion from the university.
This begs the question, did the pressure of diversity and 'retaining students of color' shield Cho from the consequences of his actions?











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