Indoctrination at U of Delaware

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rwemyss

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A racist: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities or acts of discrimination. (This does not deny the existence of such prejudices, hostilities, acts of rage or discrimination.)
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http://www.thefire.org/pdfs/3d0208922083e5d59664be8371ab5f0f.pdf


This is quite possibly the most racist document I have ever read... thoughts?
 
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I read through that a bit....crazy! I can't believe that someone prepared that as an official document...and then likely made their RAs sit through that. There may be some decent points that could be pulled out of that, but as a whole it is filled with ridiculous bias that is attempted to be pulled off as reasonable discourse.

I suppose it is worth noting that the U of Delaware is a private school .... I don't suppose that really matters but I thought it might be worth pointing out.
 
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The whole racism = prejudice + power equation has been around for at least 20 years. I'm sure (as a matter of fact, I guarantee) that you will find that Delaware is not the only college that has courses or professors that preach this...
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
The whole racism = prejudice + power equation has been around for at least 20 years. I'm sure (as a matter of fact, I guarantee) that you will find that Delaware is not the only college that has courses or professors that preach this...
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Oh, I guarantee there not the only college myself. Folks like this makes me sick. I wish the whole racism crap would go away but i know it wont. I ask myself if this has been going on for this long, who keeps pushing this crap? :question:
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
The whole racism = prejudice + power equation has been around for at least 20 years. I'm sure (as a matter of fact, I guarantee) that you will find that Delaware is not the only college that has courses or professors that preach this...
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I think that this would be more acceptable if it were material for an elective course on racism. By taking the professor's course, you're buying into learning about their academic view of racism. But, this appeared to be required training for their residence hall program - I'm guessing that all of their RAs had to take it. That is different to me. It takes it out of the ivory tower and implies that this is professional, reasonable discourse that is sufficiently well-rounded/unbiased that it should be shared and followed by all of their RAs.

I don't really disagree with racism = prejudice + power. But, the author of the document presumes that the only sort of power is institutional power - and that only white citizens of the US can have this power. I would even be OK if the author said that white people in this country are benefactors of a racist institution. I think that may be a little too general, but in many respects it is true. But, the author didn't take these approaches - and the document paired with the fact that this was slipped into required training for university employees rubs me the wrong way.
 
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If you actually read how "racist" was defined, as I quoted, I don't see how you can ever defend it...

First it indicates that a "racist" is only based on white supremacy. I beg to differ... in Japan and China, there are racists and they are Asian. You can't tell me that many Arabs aren't racist towards Persians and vice versa.

Next it indicates that ALL white people are racist, just based on the fact that they were born white! I could not find a more racist indication to make. That is something the race lords call "stereotyping".

Finally the indication that "people of color" cannot be racist exclusively based on the color of their skin, is absurd and... racist.
 
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rwemyss said:
If you actually read how "racist" was defined, as I quoted, I don't see how you can ever defend it...

First it indicates that a "racist" is only based on white supremacy. I beg to differ... in Japan and China, there are racists and they are Asian. You can't tell me that many Arabs aren't racist towards Persians and vice versa.

Next it indicates that ALL white people are racist, just based on the fact that they were born white! I could not find a more racist indication to make. That is something the race lords call "stereotyping".

Finally the indication that "people of color" cannot be racist exclusively based on the color of their skin, is absurd and... racist.
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I agree, "people of color" cannot be racist..:crazy: Come live down here in Memphis for 1 year and they would change there mind.
 
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rwemyss said:
If you actually read how "racist" was defined, as I quoted, I don't see how you can ever defend it...

First it indicates that a "racist" is only based on white supremacy. I beg to differ... in Japan and China, there are racists and they are Asian. You can't tell me that many Arabs aren't racist towards Persians and vice versa.

Next it indicates that ALL white people are racist, just based on the fact that they were born white! I could not find a more racist indication to make. That is something the race lords call "stereotyping".

Finally the indication that "people of color" cannot be racist exclusively based on the color of their skin, is absurd and... racist.
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In the context presented, it is ridiculous. I have no disagreements. In another context, I might disagree. If someone is teaching a course on racism in America and they want to be a little biased about it, then these definitions would seem to work for that purpose.

As the author defined racist, "people of color" cannot be racist. That comment didn't bother me because the ridiculous point that it was based upon had already been made - "only white people have the power and therefore only white people can be racist" (paraphrased). That is obviously a ridiculous point. I cannot believe people had to sit through this training. I wonder if anyone called this prof (I guess) out on this?
 
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so because i am a white male, and i went to college, and am upper middle class, i am automaticaly racist? Wow its ironic that these people that complain about stereotypes (all black people are on welfare, and all young black males are crimilals) are stereotyping me
 
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This is somewhat more (d)evolved than the "all conservatives/republicans are racist" pathos that I've encountered with some of my liberal friends.
 
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GASOUTHERNVOL said:
so because i am a white male, and i went to college, and am upper middle class, i am automaticaly racist? Wow its ironic that these people that complain about stereotypes (all black people are on welfare, and all young black males are crimilals) are stereotyping me
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Maybe they saw the paco post. :p

I kid, I kid...
 
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GASOUTHERNVOL said:
so because i am a white male, and i went to college, and am upper middle class, i am automaticaly racist? Wow its ironic that these people that complain about stereotypes (all black people are on welfare, and all young black males are crimilals) are stereotyping me
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According to the document, only the part in bold is necessary to qualify. The rest of your qualities are not needed.
 
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Spending any part of your life decrying liberalism run amok on college campuses (especially in the NE) is a useless endeavor - can't be won.

Think about the professors and admins. Administrations are grown up professors and professors are people who have spent the vast majority of their lives in academic settings, where theory and postulation rules. In the lab, Communism is a near perfect solution. Don Quixote had a far better chance than you'll have at changing the minds of that crowd.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Spending any part of your life decrying liberalism run amok on college campuses (especially in the NE) is a useless endeavor - can't be won.

Think about the professors and admins. Administrations are grown up professors and professors are people who have spent the vast majority of their lives in academic settings, where theory and postulation rules. In the lab, Communism is a near perfect solution. Don Quixote had a far better chance than you'll have at changing the minds of that crowd.
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No doubt that campuses lean liberal and lean towards theory v. practice. However, you might be surprised at how often these two characterizations do not hold.

Anecdotally, I can assure you there is no liberal indoctrination going on in my classroom and I regularly discard material that is too theoretical and replace it with hands-on application material. I try to reserve theory and postulation for my research. :salute:
 
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