Arizona gets it right again

[volfanjustin]

FOXNews.com - Arizona Legislature Passes Bill Banning Ethnic Studies Programs

 

[TennTradition]

Thank goodness. No more Anglophilic British History classes.

 

[vader]

Thank goodness. No more Anglophilic British History classes.

 

[BigPapaVol]

What an idiotic idea and what a misleading title. The bill is banning those courses that advocate separatism and racism and I would assume that's across the board.

Stupid article, stupid idea.

 

[Lexvol]

What an idiotic idea and what a misleading title. The bill is banning those courses that advocate separatism and racism and I would assume that's across the board.

Stupid article, stupid idea.

Good to see the old pendulum principle is alive and well.

 

[rjd970]

Very misleading title...

The new bill would make it illegal for a school district to teach any courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, promote resentment of a particular race or class of people, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group or "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals."

The bill stipulates that courses can continue to be taught for Native American pupils in compliance with federal law and does not prohibit English as a second language classes. It also does not prohibit the teaching of the Holocaust or other cases of genocide.

...now queue the dimwits who will protest saying this is racist.

 

[droski]

i would ban making them mandatory, but if people want to take these stupid courses go ahead. at Cal, i've never met anyone as stupid as the ethnic studies grad students. unbelievable.

 

[BigPapaVol]

i would ban making them mandatory, but if people want to take these stupid courses go ahead. at Cal, i've never met anyone as stupid as my ethnic studies grad students. unbelievable.

agreed on the mandatory. I'm all for a rounded education, but the nature of those courses just makes them worthless.

 

[volfanjustin]

These courses are all about seperating us and demonizing some groups of people.

 

[utvolpj]

i would ban making them mandatory, but if people want to take these stupid courses go ahead. at Cal, i've never met anyone as stupid as the ethnic studies grad students. unbelievable.

I believe this is for HS. No need to even give them the option before college.

 

[BigPapaVol]

These courses are all about seperating us and demonizing some groups of people.

I think students should be allowed to wear tinfoil hats to class. You?

 

[droski]

agreed on the mandatory. I'm all for a rounded education, but the nature of those courses just makes them worthless.

i actually had an ethnic studies prof tell me that she believed all white people were racist (even if they didn't realize it). and no i'm not joking. i told her that is the most racist statement i've ever heard. she didn't find that humorous.

 

[volfanjustin]

I think students should be allowed to wear tinfoil hats to class. You?

I don't think students in high school should be subject to some liberal teacher telling them how bad white men are.

 

[BigPapaVol]

i actually had an ethnic studies prof tell me that she believed all white people were racist (even if they didn't realize it). and no i'm not joking. i told her that is the most racist statement i've ever heard. she didn't find that humorous.

thank goodness she's an educator. Unfortunately, loonies like her are as much the norm in higher esoteric education as anything else.

 

[getyopopcornready]

I think students should be allowed to wear tinfoil hats to class. You?

And all women should be forced to go to class naked. This would greatly improve our listening skills.

 

[Kiffin61]

thank goodness she's an educator. Unfortunately, loonies like her are as much the norm in higher esoteric education as anything else.

There's a reason Buckley said he never want to be governed by the Harvard faculty.

 

[droski]

thank goodness she's an educator. Unfortunately, loonies like her are as much the norm in higher esoteric education as anything else.

my other favorite moment was when she asked people what prop 39 was. a black guy raised his hand and said "it's a bill to ban illegal immigrants from using our schools and hospitals." Her response was "that is one interpretation." Apparently the answer she was looking for was "it's a bill created by a bunch of racists."

 

[utvolpj]

my other favorite moment was when she asked people what prop 39 was. a black guy raised his hand and said "it's a bill to ban illegal immigrants from using our schools and hospitals." Her response was "that is one interpretation." Apparently the answer she was looking for was "it's a bill created by a bunch of racists."

once you got that figured out seems like it would be an easy A

every answer: "it was a _______ created by racists"

 

[MG1968]

sounds like LG and that professor would get along

 

[CountVolcula]

So no BHM in Arizona?

 

[OrangeYankee]

sounds like LG and that professor would get along

Ya, I don't know why your getting so worked up droski. From your stories, she sounds like a decent moderate American. What's so wrong with that? :dance2:

 

[droski]

in some ways the class was pretty illuminating actually. not in the way she wanted it to be though. sometimes it's helpful to know the arguments of your enemies.

 

[DC Vol]

I had an "ethnic studies" guy that tried the hallowed argument that every modern invention was taken from Africa in a grand conspiracy by whites to keep minorities down.

Between fits of laughter I started to feel sorry for this guy.

 

[volinbham]

i actually had an ethnic studies prof tell me that she believed all white people were racist (even if they didn't realize it). and no i'm not joking. i told her that is the most racist statement i've ever heard. she didn't find that humorous.

thank goodness she's an educator. Unfortunately, loonies like her are as much the norm in higher esoteric education as anything else.

You should hear what I tell my students

 

[tvolsfan]

That title is awful.