Chic 20,830 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Sounds so useful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarryTheAngel 551 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 46 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: 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.” This is well thought explanation for the class. If someone has a problem with the class after reading this... they really do need to depersonalize. I think this lack of depersonalization is most definitely prevalent amongst white people, especially when confronted about racism. That's why reactionaries are up in arms about this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Its a good class but I can only imagine the people who will take it That's the mess Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 This class just seems useless? Like a racist won't take this class and suddenly not be racist, the only people taking this class are people who already are not racist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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