Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot" are "micro-aggressions" that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training guide put out by the University of California that one former professor in the system says shows "how crazy it's become."
The guide, which says those phrases and others can be interpreted by minorities as “denying the significance of a person of color’s racial/ethnic experience and history,” or that they “assimilate to the dominant culture,” is used across the vast, 200,000-student University of California system. Specifically, it is for training professors in “faculty leadership seminars” that aim to “enhance department and campus climate toward inclusive excellence.”
The guide, first exposed by the student-run The College Fix, uses the same argument to condemn a number of seemingly innocuous statements, such as:
“I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”
"Journalism, n. A job for people who flunked out of STEM courses, enjoy making up stories, and have no detectable integrity or morals."
Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot" are "micro-aggressions" that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training guide put out by the University of California that one former professor in the system says shows "how crazy it's become."
The guide, which says those phrases and others can be interpreted by minorities as “denying the significance of a person of color’s racial/ethnic experience and history,” or that they “assimilate to the dominant culture,” is used across the vast, 200,000-student University of California system. Specifically, it is for training professors in “faculty leadership seminars” that aim to “enhance department and campus climate toward inclusive excellence.”
The guide, first exposed by the student-run The College Fix, uses the same argument to condemn a number of seemingly innocuous statements, such as:
“I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”
That last one is not liked because it eliminates 85% or more of the UC system's professors.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
It's getting to where saying anything positive about our country will either offend someone or draw the ire of the overly pessimistic doomsayers.
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AndyC wrote:They want to be offended so that they can claim the moral high-ground so that folks kowtow to them; it's a power-grab pure and simple.
You're offended? Too bad - here's a tissue, get over it.
I'm offended
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
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AndyC wrote:They want to be offended so that they can claim the moral high-ground so that folks kow-tow to them; it's an attempted power-grab, pure and simple.
You're offended? Too bad - here's a tissue, get over it.
Let them get their own darn tissues. Why should we help them?
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
NRA Life Member Texas Firearms Coalition member
"Micro-aggression" is an attempt to make "unapproved" thought sound dangerous and harmful. Soon "micro-aggressions" will be considered threats or hate speech and will be officially banned.
Boiling the frog slowly until we are all in line and believe only approved ideas.
