Normally I wouldn't waste my time perusing a site like Juicy Campus,
because it's just a bunch of anonymous kids gossiping and venting
anger. But when a fit of boredom recently brought me to the site, I
discovered something I never expected.
One of Penn's posts, "Ghetto Tours on Campus," caught my eye. But as I read through the first post, I cringed.
"Anyone else find it utterly amusing and annoying when waves of West
Philly kids come around and tour our campus? First, these people have
no chance at ever attending our school due to their inability to write
their own names, read, or do addition. It's almost like their teachers
are bringing them on campus to show them where in the future to set up
their enterprise: robbing Penn students."
The main draw of the site is that it's anonymous - all too painfully
obvious to me as I wondered who could not only write, but also
consciously think, such a thing.
But hold your horses, folks, it gets worse.
The first reply: "haha, so true. especially when i'm minding my
business walking to van pelt and then all of a sudden i'm surrounded by
5 teenage nigs on bmx bikes."
Not-so-hidden racism exposed
This UPenn columnist found out the hard way—via the Internet—that college students can and will act privileged, ignorant and racist.
