It's hard to believe the president of a college would make such an ignorant statement, until you come to discover, Hillsdale College is a longstanding, loyal and proud sponsor of the Rush Limbaugh Show.
On Wednesday, during a subcommittee hearing on Michigan’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards, the president of Hillsdale College, Larry Arnn, referred to minority students as "dark ones,"
"They said we violated the standards for diversity because we didn't have enough dark ones, I guess is what they meant," Arnn said. Audio
In his testimony, Arnn was describing a time when state officials visited campus to check the diversity in the college's enrollment. Many legislators criticized Arnn for the language:
“You’re the president of a college. I would expect better out of you,” said Rep. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights, who later in the day called on Arnn to apologize.
House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel, D-Auburn Hills, said this of Arnn’s remarks.
“It’s shocking that a supposedly educated individual from an institute of higher learning would repeatedly use inflammatory and bigoted rhetoric. I call on him to immediately apologize to the students of Hillsdale College and to all Michiganders,” Greimel said.
Republican members of the subcommittee have declined to comment.
Hillsdale released a statement (which has been blurred out) later on Wednesday in which it said:
“No offense was intended by the use of that term except to the offending bureaucrats, and Dr. Arnn is sorry if such offense was honestly taken. But the greater concern, he believes, is the state-endorsed racism the story illustrates.”
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The name, Hillsdale College, jumped out as it came down my Facebook newsfeed via Inside Higher Ed. Over the past year and a half, Hillsdale has received thousands of messages from Limbaugh protestors in FlushRush, StopRush and BoycottRush asking them to pull ads. The college has remained staunchly loyal to the hate radio host. I've segued this diary into the Rush protest, to further highlight Hillsdale's affiliation with racism sexism, and lgbt-hating bigotry. Other loyal Limbaugh sponsors/advertisers including: Amberen, SweetJack, LegalZoom, Comcast, Ageless Male, Lifelock, Blinds.com, Stamps.com, Regus, Lear Capitol, Income At Home/Herbal Life, 1-800-Flowers, Lunch Dates, Wave Home Solutions, Gold Bond, Midas, Visiting Angels, MyTV, New Vitality, Keller Williams, Heritage Foundation, 1-800-Donate Cars, Power Swabs, Idrive, Bank On Yourself, Total Transformations AARP and iHeart.
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Sources: All Michigan, Inside Higher Ed, The Detroit Free Press:, StopRush Database