Sunni Man
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Its All White By Me
Todays Chronicle of Higher Education has an article by a professor who teaches a course called White People at Middlebury College in Vermont. Now, there are quite a few white peopleand not much elsein Vermont, but is this really a worthwhile use of time in a college class?
Thats the very question raised in this article claiming that Whiteness Studies are deadand thats a good thing:
In the past, detractors have said the field itself demonizes people who identify as white.
But today, academics who teach the classes say they face a fresh hurdle, one that has its roots on the left instead of the right: the election of Barack Obama as Americas first black president.
Having Obama is, in a curious way, putting us behind, says Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bonilla-Silva, the author of books like Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America and White Supremacy & Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era, says it is harder than ever before to convince college students that studying white privilege is a worthwhile or necessary endeavor.
Note the title of Bonilla-Silvas book: Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America. Uh-huh. The premisethat NOT treating people differently based on race is actually racism, but racial favoritism isntis how fall the fringe Left has fallen.
The Lefts obsession with race isnt just offensive, its boring. Still whining about skin color? How 1960s is that? While college professors insist that their racist courses are vital, their studentsblack, white and everyone else-- are moving on. Talk to someone in their 20s about racism sometime. They already live in a post-racial America.
Heres my question: If you really are determined to have a college-level course dedicated to White People, what do you actually study? What are the mandatory topics for a class on being white?
If you used my experiences growing up in rural South Carolina, it would be trailer parks, NASCAR and inbreeding. If you use Mitt Romneys, it would be prep schools, limo service and country club mixers.
I cant think of anything that all white people have in common (other than being evil because were white, of course). Can you?
It’s All “White” By Me : The Natural Truth
Todays Chronicle of Higher Education has an article by a professor who teaches a course called White People at Middlebury College in Vermont. Now, there are quite a few white peopleand not much elsein Vermont, but is this really a worthwhile use of time in a college class?
Thats the very question raised in this article claiming that Whiteness Studies are deadand thats a good thing:
In the past, detractors have said the field itself demonizes people who identify as white.
But today, academics who teach the classes say they face a fresh hurdle, one that has its roots on the left instead of the right: the election of Barack Obama as Americas first black president.
Having Obama is, in a curious way, putting us behind, says Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bonilla-Silva, the author of books like Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America and White Supremacy & Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era, says it is harder than ever before to convince college students that studying white privilege is a worthwhile or necessary endeavor.
Note the title of Bonilla-Silvas book: Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America. Uh-huh. The premisethat NOT treating people differently based on race is actually racism, but racial favoritism isntis how fall the fringe Left has fallen.
The Lefts obsession with race isnt just offensive, its boring. Still whining about skin color? How 1960s is that? While college professors insist that their racist courses are vital, their studentsblack, white and everyone else-- are moving on. Talk to someone in their 20s about racism sometime. They already live in a post-racial America.
Heres my question: If you really are determined to have a college-level course dedicated to White People, what do you actually study? What are the mandatory topics for a class on being white?
If you used my experiences growing up in rural South Carolina, it would be trailer parks, NASCAR and inbreeding. If you use Mitt Romneys, it would be prep schools, limo service and country club mixers.
I cant think of anything that all white people have in common (other than being evil because were white, of course). Can you?
It’s All “White” By Me : The Natural Truth