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Johns Hopkins rescinds DEI memo calling white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged

College Fix Staff — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:52:31 +0000

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on Wednesday rescinded an email sent recently from its diversity, equity and inclusion chief that called white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged, among several other “social identity groups,” according to screenshots of the memo posted on X. Others listed on the privileged list included: able-bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgender people…

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Geologist field camps criticized as reliving Manifest Destiny, conquest

Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:00:17 +0000

Educating aspiring geologists in field camps is problematic and needs to be fundamentally changed, according to some critics of the practice, prompting one famed geologist to cry foul. The argument is that field camps are a racist, ableist, sexist role-playing exercise driven by toxic masculinity and centered around reliving Manifest Destiny, “subjugating the native populations…

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Emory U. puts on play about whiteness as a ‘paranoid structure’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:33:08 +0000

‘Whenever you put white people in the title of a play, people get tense, right?’ Emory University’s Tarbutton Performing Arts Center recently featured the play “Snowflakes, or Rare White People,” which according to its professor/director is an examination of whiteness as a “paranoid structure.” The play takes place in 23rd century “Nueva New York” where white people are a federally “protected…

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School district’s English as Second Language training zeroes in on … oppression

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:19:20 +0000

A Canadian school district’s training for ESL — English as a Second Language — teachers apparently had little to do with the teaching of The King’s, opting instead to focus on oppression and ways to combat it. The York Region District School Board training session on “anti-oppression agreements” drew content in part from Glenn Singleton (“Courageous Conversations”) and Robin DiAngelo (“White…

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Penn law students reiterate demand to fire Prof. Amy Wax

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:26:43 +0000

‘By allowing Wax to remain employed…Penn Carey Law has normalized a culture of white supremacy,’ students said A University of Pennsylvania black law students’ association reissued demands to terminate Professor Amy Wax’s employment for inviting Jared Taylor to campus. “[Wax] has once again invited a recognized white supremacist, Jared Taylor, to Penn Carey Law’s campus as a speaker for her…

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UMich tells faculty to use ‘inclusive language,’ check ‘privilege’ in fall training sessions

Wade Vellky - University of Michigan — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:03:47 +0000

Faculty training courses part of a broader initiative by university to promote DEI principles on campus New faculty training courses at the University of Michigan this fall ask employees to check their “privilege,” use “inclusive language” for LGBTQ+ individuals, and respond to “harmful microaggressions” on campus. The university’s Department of Organizational Learning is offering the courses…

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Vanderbilt professor: Climate change stories ‘cater to the white consciousness’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 22:49:32 +0000

‘Texts that actually just reify whiteness’ A professor of English at Vanderbilt University recently gave a talk about how the genre of climate fiction, or “cli-fi,” has a problem with “its intersection [of] race and genre.” Teresa Goddu (pictured), whose advocacy led to the creation of Vanderbilt’s Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor, told an audience at the Novel Seminar Series…

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Art therapy needs ‘decolonization,’ academic paper argues

Gigi De La Torre - Franciscan University of Steubenville — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:02:53 +0000

‘Western ideology has become the standard within the mental health field and continues to harm marginalized communities’ Art therapy is offered through a “Western ideology” lens and needs “decolonization,” according to a recently published academic paper. Titled “Furthering the Field of Expressive Arts Therapies Through Acts of Decolonization,” the 35-page paper explores how colonialism…

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U. Washington dean: European colonization the root of Maui fire destruction

College Fix Staff — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:57:21 +0000

A college dean recently claimed the “story” of the tragedy on the Hawaiian island of Maui “begins way, way, way, way before” the destructive wildfires which have claimed over 100 lives … and possibly many more. Michael Spencer, dean of the University of Washington School of Social Work who’s a native Hawaiian, said in order to understand the disaster, one has to to “go back hundreds of years to…

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Penn president gets $3.7 million loan from her own school

College Fix Staff — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:37:10 +0000

Ambassador Amy Gutmann received a $3.7 million home loan from her own university at a below-market rate of .38 percent in 2020, as recently revealed by the student newspaper. WATCH: Read the full story IMAGE: The College…

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