In an interesting story out of Madison, WI, a giant rock was moved from its site on Obseratory Hill where it had stood for 12,000 years and moved to a new location near Lake Kegonsa. Both sites are on UW Madison property. The reason – the rock was once called a “n….r head” in a Wisconsin State Journal story. There are no other known times when that rock was referred to by that slur.
The rock, a huge boulder that was deposited on Observatory Hill as the last glaciers retreated from the state is estimated at 42 ton and 2 billion years old. It predates man by well over a billion years. and yet because someone wrongfully used a racial slur to describe it almost a hundred years ago, it had to be moved. Why?
Isn’t this racial sensitivity bs going a little far? This was not a Civil War monument after all, it is a fricking rock, a giant boulder, brought here by the glaciers 6000 years before the pyramids were built. If anything why not move the University so that no one has to look at that rock? The rock was here first!
Juliana Bennett, a UW – Madison senior serving as the campus rep on the Madison City Council, said removing the rock signaled a small step toward a more inclusive campus. Huh? How?
David Meyer, a former UW student and Madison resident, said he used to walk by the rock all the time but never knew its complicated past. He was glad to see it moved when he found out its story.
Kenneth Owens, another Madison resident, said, “It’s not the rock’s fault that it got that terrible and unfortunate nickname but the fact that it’s being moved shows that the world is getting a little better today.” Another Huh? How?
I’m sorry but this is absolute nonsense! It is racial sensitivity gone wild. Let me reiterate – this is a rock, not the Cleveland Indians or the Atlanta Braves or the Washington Redskins, IT IS A ROCK!
Can’t you see how foolish this all is? If you don’t like something, just ignore it. What does this rock have to do with racial sensitivity? Nothing. Someone one time referred to it by a racial slur. Ok. So what! Whatever happened to sticks and stones?
The Racinian 