Is socialism gaining traction in our society under the guise of race relations?

Socialism was practiced and dismissed by the Pilgrims when it almost destroyed their nascent community. Free markets saved them. The path they chose led this nation to become the most successful in all of history until the progressives began chipping away at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Those early purveyors of socialism had the best of intentions, but we know where those lead, don't we? They led right to FDR's failed efforts to break the back of the Great Depression, efforts that only extended it. However, it wasn't until the end of WWII that European academics migrated to the United States and settled into our institutions of higher learning that socialism became truly viable. There is an excellent book on this subject, one that I reviewed. You can read about it in this brief blog... http://www.jackdurish.com/4/post/2015/11/the-devils-pleasure-palace.html

Personally, I think this is a fantastic opportunity for some social experimenting. Using MO University as a model, the UNC students should all be given free tents, and allowed to set up a tent city somewhere on campus. They would police themselves, no cops allowed inside the tent city except in life threatening situations (nothing stopping them from arresting people outside of it though). They can eat whatever they can grow -- but to get them through the winter, let them have MREs, two per day per person should do it. Heck, I'd even throw in free tuition for a semester, used books, a few portajohns, and discounts on camp stoves.

If I were part of the administration, and I was presented with a list of demands like that, I'd offer the protesters the option of a tent city like I described, or the option of having all their credits transferred to the institution of their choice, along with a refund of all tuition paid for the current semester -- because it is obvious that the university is not meeting the needs of the students, and the students deserve the chance to find another university which better fits their needs.

I don't think wanting free stuff that other people pay for has anything to do with race. The problem is work ethic. Some have it, some don't. I also don't think it is generational, because I have outstanding, hard-working Soldiers in that same age cohort. When those spoiled little college kids get out in the real world, they will figure it out.
What I can do about it is raise my three children right, and teach them that things earned are much sweeter than things granted. I love them too much to be their "friend".