Professor Tells Whiny Students to Grow a Thicker Skin — They Don’t Take It Well – Opinion

Two black students from Coastal Carolina University met a drama teacher last September. The students wanted to bring back segregation, AKA: They wanted to do their drama, with anyone who wasn’t white. He wrote on the whiteboard all of the students who were not white. After the teacher had left, names were still visible on the whiteboard.

Now, it was time for the drama. Soon after, SOCs (students from color) entered the classroom. It was a shock to them to see the names of SOCs displayed on a whiteboard.

Racism! This is the list. It’s in, black. The board…WHITE as a KKK hood.

When you can see racism in a glass of milk and you’re a drama student? Good God, it’s like dumping a frozen turkey into hot oil. Collectively, drama nerds went KABOOM. They were able to move as fast as they could and began boycotting the department.

As dutiful toadies the administration avoided critical thinking, gave in to the demands of the drama queens and initiated an investigation to discover the Bedford Forrest author of the list. The task of finding the racist whiteboarder was assigned to professors. It turned out that this was just a listing of names. It should have ended there, right? Nah, it’s 2021.

The Drama Department’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee authored a groveling apology to the pearl-clutching SOCs.

Faculty explained that the list was…a list, dictated by a SOC, and the purpose of the list was to team up with other SOC drama queens. Faculty wanted IHOP’s future staff to be aware of the fact that IHOP was a school. “deeply sorry” and the list of names was “dehumanizing” to those who saw it. They further wrote that facts “In no way is this to be undermined[s] the feelings that any of you feel about the incident,” and that “it should never have happened.”

It was eventually found out who the whiteboard teacher was. He wrote:

“Regardless of your good intentions. … I still want you to know I’m an idiot and I am sorry.”

Steve Earnest then appeared.

CCU theater professor Professor Earnest also teaches there. He’s a conservative and a Trump voter, and being faculty in the theater department, he was cc’ed on the apology email. He wrote a “reply-all” email that stated a plain and simple truth: “Sorry but I don’t think it’s a big deal. I’m just sad people get their feelings hurt so easily. And they are going into Theatre?”

They were not acting, but the drama queens took their show to New York. Earnest told them that they are easily offended. Of course they were immediately upset when Earnest told them that they were easily offended.

A 24-year-old student named Jihad (I am not making that up) emailed Earnest with: “Grow up.” The irony was apparently lost on Jihad. The drama nerds went on a drama jihad. Earnest was to be fired or they would resign. They wanted blood because, well their feelings don’t care about your facts. They revolted because actors who still believe they can make a living “acting” don’t deal in facts — they emote. Emoting they did. They took part in vigils. Teeth were gnashed and tears shed.

Dr. Earnest was placed on leave pending investigation. CCU didn’t investigate any other matter than how Earnest would be dealt with by the mob. He was asked to retire. He said to them that he would retire. CCU said that they would terminate his employment. He advised them to grind the sand. CCU provided him with options, ranging in length from a sabbatical and termination to termination. They were told by their lawyer to “pound the sand”.

Earnest was called a racist by students. One student posted a list at the door of the theater. One student wrote: “We are not PAYMENT (keyword) for proffesors(sic) to be PROTECTED for 10 years.” I’m not sure what that means, but when you go to a college with a graduation rate of around 42%, you don’t tend to attract future Nobel laureates or even spelling bee rejects.

CCU tried to wriggle out of the situation, but Earnest was still in his place. CCU agreed that his chiding email wasn’t fireable; likely the result of counsel telling them that CCU would be sued, and lose. But alas he won’t be teaching any classes. Students are too traumatized to attend his class so he’s going to be paid to do nothing.

While he did apologize, it is always an error, however, I feel he was acting.

His office has a mug. “Liberal Tears” emblazoned on it. It’s overflowing.