Howard University Demand Resignation of White Professor for Holding Humiliating Mock Slave Auction

 Lately Howard University has been in the media a lot for many things that they have going on from accomplishments to failures. Recently the school has been in the News for a White Howard University Professor using Frederick Douglass as an opportunity to humiliate one of the few black students. We all know that Howard University is one of the Historically Black Colleges or University (HBCU) in the south that is well known for the man famous people who came from the school to either become actors, rappers, etc. On March 9, 2017 the unarmed white professor was teaching a lecture on the hardships of slavery based on the writing the denigration inflicted upon slaved during the auctions, the professor decided to show rather than tell. http://www.bet.com/news/national/2017/03/21/howard-university-students-demand-resignation-of-white-professor.html To me him showing instead of just talking about it was for the students to have an better understanding of what was going on in my opinion because we live in a day where we read everything but don't fully gasp what is going on until it happens. The teacher pointed to one of two Black men in the room, the educator prompted him to stand up while the class looked at is physical features. When pointing out that the students healthy and physical build, the professor commented that he would have been "The type of slave buyers would look for." Which would mean that this man (student) looked strong and built, yes I can see the wrong on both point of views but he took a real life demonstration to connect with his students. With me attending an HBCU I feel the teacher should have asked who would like to volunteer and ask them if they feel comfortable with him doing this in class because you never want to come across as racist in today's society we (Black) people are afraid that maybe someone close to use can be apart of the KKK with so much going on in the media with police killing blacks, Donald Trump making the comments that he does and people turning into Uncle Toms we don't know what to believe but my question is what if the teacher was black how would this go would it still result in students wanting him fired or because he is white and will not understand what black people go through that they want him to be fired? The question remains .

Students in the room immediately became infuriated with the professor and asked him to stop. However the teacher continued, when the students asked him to stop but he kept going that's when matters change now because the class felt uncomfortable and asked him to stop but he denied to do so. The students was then told to turn toward the class and watch them as they examined his teeth and weight. While noticing the look of shock on the students faces, the professor tried to reassure him that he was also uneasy. "It's Ok, I'm uncomfortable too; I'm white," one student recalled the professor telling the class, according to https://www.cagedbirdmagazine.com/single-post/2017/03/10/White-Howard-University-Teacher-Holds-Mock-Slave-Auction the professor eventually asked the student to turn around so the class could examine his buttocks,which immediately resulted in the student getting frustrated. "I wanted to hit him," said the student. "I was being racially and sexually harassed in front of my peers and only thing I could think to defend myself was by punching him." The black man or any human being first instinct is to hit or fight back which I'm glad the student ad self control because the teacher could ave flipped this to be the student is a superpredator http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/very-brief-history-super-predators like society paints young black men to be. The incident became such a heated topic that forced Howard University to open an official investigation into the matter. Students are now calling for resignation or termination of the professor. http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/242403168-story