OR Professor objects to white students being excluded from campus for Day of Absence
I'm a bit surprised this hasn't already shown up on ISF, so I'll go ahead and contribute.
Here's the scenario: A professor at Evergreen University in Oregon protested a policy shift for the campus' annual "Day of Absence". Historically, the Day of Absence has seen minority students and faculty voluntarily absent themselves from campus on that day, in order to demonstrate the value of their contributions and presence at school. This year, however, it was proposed that instead of people of color choosing to stay home... they should instead insist that white people shouldn't be allowed to come to school. The professor, Bret Weinstein, protested this proposal as a move in the wrong direction: Quote:
Article: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...ring-professor Video of the student objection outside of Professor Weinstein's office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCZNCmMFwcI Personally, I agree with Professor Weinstein. I am fully supportive of a day of absence, and if it were deemed appropriate by those involved I would happily absent myself in order to show support for that message. But I would be very offended if it were suggested that I not be allowed to come to campus on that day because of my skin color. I am also struck by the complete lack of discourse being demonstrated by college students. |
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Isn't evergreen that hippy school with no grades and no real curriculum?
Imagine my surprise. |
And the professor is a self proclaimed progressive. Ah, the progressive teacher/student relationship comes full circle.
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The students at Evergreen State sound as if they'd be happier at a Seminary than at an institution of rationalism and higher learning. |
Ouch. Do you suppose someone finally realized that our minority "Day of Absence" was actually our secret white person "Day of Celebration"? I told you this couldn't last! ...and that even one of these slow minority types would eventually figure it out!
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Almost all of the protesters were white and most of those look like they take full advantage of the college's lunch program. Put down the fork and learn to read. What was racist in the Professor's letter?
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I'ld enjoy the day off and go soak in a hot spring somewhere.
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Exclusion from a day of absence? How many people are going to show up by mistake just because of the confusion surrounding a double negative?
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I'm sure the school could never survive without multiculturalism. The whole idea is stupid - A Day Of Absence, A Day Without Mexicans. How about a day without preachy asswipes? Just one day.
Oh thank you great school for showing me the errors of my ways! We would not be able to survive without your incredible progressive wisdom! Your moral superiority is inspiring! Now blow me. |
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http://www.theolympian.com/news/poli...153826004.html The rest of their coverage is well worth reading as well. |
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Anybody giving credence to any of this needs their head examined. A Day of Absence! **** off. If the world had an Eternity of Absence from these PC idiots it would be a better place.
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For anyone who is interested, this video comes from one of the Alt-Right channels I keep an eye on, it includes a video from the students protest. Presented to show how the story is playing amongst the Alt-Right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amvwQptFwXM |
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Between right wing idiots that believe any issue can be decided in their favor by using military force and the goof balls on that campus, we may well be doomed.
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Anti-racism is the new racism. |
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I tend to have sympathy for the professor in this story. But I can't seem to muster it this time. This insane ideology was shaped and molded by Weinstein and his fellow professors at Evergreen. They taught this ideology. Their students listened and believed it. This is a monster co-created by him. That it has turned on him now isn't sad, it's poetic justice.
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Baron & Bogative- Do me a favor and post why you think that alt right video that was linked was either racist or anti-racist.
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FIREing Weinstein
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has a thoughtful article on this incident. "Whatever you think of the content of Weinstein’s now infamous email, threatening a professor’s safety, driving his class off campus, and demanding his firing because of his protected speech should trouble anyone who cares about the free exchange of ideas. All the more troubling should be the fact that this isn’t the first time something like this has happened on campus, and, given the environment right now, it might not be the last."
If the students get ride of Professor Weinstein, do they plan to teach themselves biology? Do they want someone with less experience than he has teaching them? |
I think something that people forget about is the legacy of PTSD that slavery leaves on a society or culture. Some of the things the guys said in the alt right video were accurate, some not. The college students protesting may have a point but shouting black power isn't appropriate. True anti-racism is people power. I see wrong on both sides.
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Here is an article that cites research or perspectives on the long term damages of slavery, specifically in the United States:
https://newrepublic.com/article/1223...lack-americans |
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Just my opinion, but crap like this is exactly how middle class whites in America get driven to supporting conservatives (or even Trump) when they would otherwise have no inkling to do so.
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But I think this type of divisiveness has effects, and I dont know what otherwise could be the result. People who feel alienated tend to align themselves with people who, you know, don't alienate them. |
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Repeated generational trauma, regardless of the cause, whether it's genocide or slavery, or even both, has lasting affects on a culture or race that isn't easily undone by signing an emancipation proclamation. This trauma was never addressed in the African American society so any problems with racism will never be resolved until that is addressed in treatment programs. Now how this relates to the topic, the percentage of African Americans living in Washington state is small. The reason this whole situation happened was due to cultural insensitivity under the guise of a good cause. The last thing you want to ever do is accuse a hippy of being a hypocrite although they so often are. Nobody had a problem with this until they asked the white people to leave. I'm guessing Rashida is African American and it looks like it was her idea....LOLOLOL. If they really want to stop racism, it stops with the assumptions that you make about people in general. You incorporate that into your everyday life, not set aside a day to think about it with like kind. |
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What you are referencing isn't PTSD. What you describe is either a general sense of collective guilt for immoral actions and practices committed by our predecessors and the anger of individuals that feel their anger is properly directed at the ancestors of the individuals and society that committed those acts. Point of fact. The worst incident of lynching/mob violence based on race was committed on My predecessors, Sicilians in New Orleans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_lynchings The March 14, 1891 lynchings were a series of lynchings of eleven Italian Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy. It was the largest mass lynching in U.S. history.[1][2][note 1] The lynching took place the day after the trial of nine of the nineteen men indicted in the murder. Six of these defendants had been acquitted, and a mistrial had been declared for the remaining three because the jury failed to agree on their verdicts. Believing the jury had been bribed, a mob broke into the jail where the men were being held and killed eleven of them. The mob numbered in the thousands and included some of the city's most prominent citizens. American press coverage of the event was largely congratulatory, and those responsible for the lynching were never charged. The incident had serious national repercussions. Italy cut off diplomatic relations with the United States, sparking rumors of war. Increased anti-Italian sentiment led to calls for restrictions on immigration. The word "Mafia" entered the American lexicon, and the stereotype of the Italian-American mafioso was firmly established in the popular imagination. I heard about it often as a kid. |
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I don't disagree with you in theory, assuming that "crap like this" means "covering the stupid antics of one of the most insular liberal arts colleges as if it was the slightest bit representative of the nation as a whole." It's typical right-wing bias, where anything objectionable on the right is downplayed, but anything on the left is cause for mass hysteria. |
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