Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The class, according to its course description, will confront “white racism and white supremacy.” It will examine “racist ideologies, laws, policies and practices” that “maintain white racial domination.” Its title is short, provocative and, to some, problematic. As word spread that Florida Gulf Coast University will offer a course called “White Racism,” controversy inevitably followed and homed in on the professor who designed the course and came up with the title. Messages such as “What about black racism?” “You’re the problem in this country,” and “If this was a racist country, you wouldn’t have a job” bombarded his inbox and voice mail, said Ted Thornhill, an assistant professor in the university’s sociology department. Many called him the n-word. One caller said he is white and, indeed, superior. There were no outright threats of violence, though Thornhill sent campus police 46 pages of emails and voice mails that he received about the class, the News-Press reported. Security concerns prompted university officials to send two police officers to the vicinity of the building as a precaution on the first day of the class Tuesday. University spokeswoman Susan Evans said officials “prepared for possible distractions.” Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/09/a-white-racism-class-just-started-at-a-florida-university-police-were-on-standby/?utm_term=.deef9861d143 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 The professor: “It’s not simply the title. . . . As a sociologist, I tell my students all the time, they need to depersonalize. It’s not all about you,” Thornhill said. “I’m not talking about specific white individuals. I’m talking about a group racialized as white. So many people in this hyperindividualized society, they tend to take all this personally. They think they’re being attacked.” In a lengthy statement that Thornhill had released earlier, he said his course is not “anti-white” but “anti-white racism.” “Clearly, not all white people are racists; some are even anti-racist. However, all people racialized as white derive, in some measure, material and psychological benefits by virtue of being racialized as white,” he wrote. There are also the what-about questions. What about black racism? What about Latino racism? Blacks, Latinos and other people of color, indeed, can harbor racially prejudiced views, Thornhill said. “But sociologists study racism from a structural perspective. It’s about who has the power and the privilege, and it’s about the history of this country,” he said. “This country is founded in a particular way, based on genocide, colonization and enslavement, and you can’t escape that or pretend that time has rendered those historical facts inconsequential. Because it has not.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fascination 1,130 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: ''What about black racism?'' It doesn't exist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 So basically History 101 without the "SJW/sensitive" bs title that people like to use so that they aren't offended by what US history was founded upon. Truthfully though, there's plenty of source material to make a course about this. It was only a matter of time. Damn, look at all of those SJWs emailing that professor. People are soooo sensitive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrtpop 2,752 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 im confused... is it supporting white supremacy, giving a history of it, or saying why its awful? aphrodite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatica 7,042 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Inb4Sizzily Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 This is stupid there are so many useless classes taught at universities like that dumb Beyonce class. I’d go even as far as to say a Lady Gaga class is dumb. Y’all really spending thousands of dollars on tuition to take these types of classes? Can’t relate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordstalker 1,829 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Wow I commented on the wrong racism thread. How, in 2018, do we still have racism threads popping up within minutes of each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 imagine the backlash if there were a class called: Arab anti semitism/homophobia, African sexism or Asian racism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairofhk 936 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good. There should be more classes specifically about this topic in every college and university. Gotta chip away at white supremacy and rid the damage it does to so many people's lives in this society. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr 4,217 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 21 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: Clearly, not all white people are racists; some are even anti-racist. However, all people racialized as white derive, in some measure, material and psychological benefits by virtue of being racialized as white,” The professor doesn’t lie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Captain Templea said: Inb4Sizzily Listen here you little sh*t. Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Melech said: imagine the backlash if there were a class called: Arab anti semitism/homophobia, African sexism or Asian racism I’d take all those classes along with the White Racism one if I had time and money lmao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said: I’d take all those classes along with the White Racism one if I had time and money lmao. Well then I have no problem if we talk about issues like white racism it shouldn’t be only exclusive to that one. (But yeah I heard USA is super expensive when it comes to university ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairofhk 936 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Arturo said: This is stupid there are so many useless classes taught at universities like that dumb Beyonce class. I’d go even as far as to say a Lady Gaga class is dumb. Y’all really spending thousands of dollars on tuition to take these types of classes? Can’t relate. You're comparing a class on an extremely important and relevant topic like this, to a class about a celebrity? Are you serious? SMH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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