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White students undergo weekly 'deconstructing whiteness' program at Northwestern University
 [THECOLLEGEFIX] White college students are undergoing a weekly "deconstructing whiteness" program at Northwestern University.I never used to be a racist... The "6-part workshop series for undergraduate students who self-identify as white" launched in January and runs through March, according to the university's website. Students enrolled chose to do so -- it is voluntary. "You must voluntarily enroll in the reeducation program." A front man for the prestigious private university located outside reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... declined to give The College Fix details on the program, such as how many students enrolled and how it's been received so far. I'm sure a wonderful time has been had by all. "It's part of Northwestern's Social Justice Education effort to create learning opportunities for our students," Bob Rowley, a front man for the campus, told The College Fix in an email, providing a link to the social justice webpage and adding: "Beyond that, we don't have anything more for you on it." Learning opportunities other than Engish Comp or Calculus or Organic Chemistry, which don't provide nearly enough challenge. According to a report in the campus newspaper, the workshops focus on "terminology used in conversations of race, the history and meaning of whiteness, white guilt and the difference between intellectualizing and feeling racism." You know, I'd really like to get some of the Privilege. I think I'll go oppress somebody. "There's a lot of space on this campus for conversations to happen around issues of privilege and specifically around issues of white privilege," Michele Enos, assistant director of the university's Social Justice Education office, told The Daily Northwestern. Why does a university need a "social justice" office? I'm definitely missing something here. A poster advertising the workshop series posed rhetorical questions such as: "What is my role in doing anti-racist work?" When I was young and undoubtedly stupid I stuck my neck out and a time or two my chin for blacks. That was back in the days when we'd occasionally walk into a place and be told "we don't serve Negroes here." Actually, that wasn't the term we usually heard. I can see now that I wasted my time and energy. I wouldn't want to send my grandkids to a university that discriminated against them because they're white. or "why do I have to feel guilty about being white?" and "how can I talk about race as a white person?"
Posted by: Fred 2016-02-18 |
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