Social Justice Warriors Thread

[de officiis]

Reed College Students Shutdown Classes In Protest of Western Civilization Course As “Harmful”

We have previously discussed protests against literature and philosophy courses due to their reliance on white male authors from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment. The latest such protest is occurring at Reed College where students called “Reedies Against Racism” are protesting a required humanities class that explores founding works from ancient Greece and Rome. Requiring freshman to read such works is being denounced as “really harmful.”

“Reedies Against Racism” wants “Humanities 110 – Introduction to Humanities: Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean” to be “reformed to represent the voices of people of color.” Alex Boyd, a Reedies Against Racism organizer, is quoted as saying:

“The course in its current iteration draws from predominantly white authors and relies heavily on the notion that Western customs are the most civilized because they are derived from those of ancient Greeks and Romans who are considered the inventors of civilization.”
It is true that they are viewed as laying the foundation for Western civilization and thought. They also happened to be “predominantly white” since they were Greek and Roman. However, we use their works for concepts that helped change humanity as a whole and still shape concepts of the individual and the state around the world.

This is one of the items on a list of 25 demands, but it is one of the most disturbing from an academic standpoint. . . . I do not believe that the content of our academic courses should be determined by plebiscite or protests. Moreover, students have an assortment of courses that they may take in school. These courses require an education on foundational works that have shaped political and literary works for generations. Indeed, these great works offer an excellent foundation for exploring and comparing non-Western works.

What also concerns me is that fact that these students claimed the right to prevent other students from participating in classes or events — a similar complaint raised against the recent protests against James Comey at Howard University. The students interrupted a lecture and were reportedly screaming at other students who actually wanted to learn. . . . This violates a core defining values of our academic institutions and such students should be suspended for such conduct. There is a difference between voicing your views and preventing others from speaking, particularly inside of a classroom. When you claim the right to prevent others from hearing opposing views or speakers, you are at odds with the academic mission of these universities.

It goes on from there. Turley must be feeling a bit overwhelmed nowadays.

[Ph64]

Underwater Basket Weaving 101 must be boycotted since it unfairly portrays Atlantian basket weaving techniques as superior to those of black Africans.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Greeks, Romans, and others from the Mediterranean in general are white people now?

God, it is like being proper, German white doesn't count for anything these days.



also,

I suppose good ideas are always “privileged” in the sense that their inherent logic and vision distinguished them from alternative views.

Oh, Turley, if only that were true.

[The Conservative]

Reed College Students Shutdown Classes In Protest of Western Civilization Course As “Harmful”

We have previously discussed protests against literature and philosophy courses due to their reliance on white male authors from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment. The latest such protest is occurring at Reed College where students called “Reedies Against Racism” are protesting a required humanities class that explores founding works from ancient Greece and Rome. Requiring freshman to read such works is being denounced as “really harmful.”

“Reedies Against Racism” wants “Humanities 110 – Introduction to Humanities: Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean” to be “reformed to represent the voices of people of color.” Alex Boyd, a Reedies Against Racism organizer, is quoted as saying:

“The course in its current iteration draws from predominantly white authors and relies heavily on the notion that Western customs are the most civilized because they are derived from those of ancient Greeks and Romans who are considered the inventors of civilization.”
It is true that they are viewed as laying the foundation for Western civilization and thought. They also happened to be “predominantly white” since they were Greek and Roman. However, we use their works for concepts that helped change humanity as a whole and still shape concepts of the individual and the state around the world.

This is one of the items on a list of 25 demands, but it is one of the most disturbing from an academic standpoint. . . . I do not believe that the content of our academic courses should be determined by plebiscite or protests. Moreover, students have an assortment of courses that they may take in school. These courses require an education on foundational works that have shaped political and literary works for generations. Indeed, these great works offer an excellent foundation for exploring and comparing non-Western works.

What also concerns me is that fact that these students claimed the right to prevent other students from participating in classes or events — a similar complaint raised against the recent protests against James Comey at Howard University. The students interrupted a lecture and were reportedly screaming at other students who actually wanted to learn. . . . This violates a core defining values of our academic institutions and such students should be suspended for such conduct. There is a difference between voicing your views and preventing others from speaking, particularly inside of a classroom. When you claim the right to prevent others from hearing opposing views or speakers, you are at odds with the academic mission of these universities.

It goes on from there. Turley must be feeling a bit overwhelmed nowadays.

So let me get this straight... unless you are black or Hispanic in color, you are considered white now?

[Speaker to Animals]

So we need even more diversity and this doesn't get even worse??

[The Conservative]

So we need even more diversity and this doesn't get even worse??

Know how to get rid of this, remove the prefix from the first part of people's descriptors.

[Ex-California]

Reed College Students Shutdown Classes In Protest of Western Civilization Course As “Harmful”

We have previously discussed protests against literature and philosophy courses due to their reliance on white male authors from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment. The latest such protest is occurring at Reed College where students called “Reedies Against Racism” are protesting a required humanities class that explores founding works from ancient Greece and Rome. Requiring freshman to read such works is being denounced as “really harmful.”

“Reedies Against Racism” wants “Humanities 110 – Introduction to Humanities: Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean” to be “reformed to represent the voices of people of color.” Alex Boyd, a Reedies Against Racism organizer, is quoted as saying:

“The course in its current iteration draws from predominantly white authors and relies heavily on the notion that Western customs are the most civilized because they are derived from those of ancient Greeks and Romans who are considered the inventors of civilization.”
It is true that they are viewed as laying the foundation for Western civilization and thought. They also happened to be “predominantly white” since they were Greek and Roman. However, we use their works for concepts that helped change humanity as a whole and still shape concepts of the individual and the state around the world.

This is one of the items on a list of 25 demands, but it is one of the most disturbing from an academic standpoint. . . . I do not believe that the content of our academic courses should be determined by plebiscite or protests. Moreover, students have an assortment of courses that they may take in school. These courses require an education on foundational works that have shaped political and literary works for generations. Indeed, these great works offer an excellent foundation for exploring and comparing non-Western works.

What also concerns me is that fact that these students claimed the right to prevent other students from participating in classes or events — a similar complaint raised against the recent protests against James Comey at Howard University. The students interrupted a lecture and were reportedly screaming at other students who actually wanted to learn. . . . This violates a core defining values of our academic institutions and such students should be suspended for such conduct. There is a difference between voicing your views and preventing others from speaking, particularly inside of a classroom. When you claim the right to prevent others from hearing opposing views or speakers, you are at odds with the academic mission of these universities.

It goes on from there. Turley must be feeling a bit overwhelmed nowadays.

I'm really starting to think more like Antifa and support fighting these people.

[The Conservative]

Reed College Students Shutdown Classes In Protest of Western Civilization Course As “Harmful”

We have previously discussed protests against literature and philosophy courses due to their reliance on white male authors from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment. The latest such protest is occurring at Reed College where students called “Reedies Against Racism” are protesting a required humanities class that explores founding works from ancient Greece and Rome. Requiring freshman to read such works is being denounced as “really harmful.”

“Reedies Against Racism” wants “Humanities 110 – Introduction to Humanities: Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean” to be “reformed to represent the voices of people of color.” Alex Boyd, a Reedies Against Racism organizer, is quoted as saying:

“The course in its current iteration draws from predominantly white authors and relies heavily on the notion that Western customs are the most civilized because they are derived from those of ancient Greeks and Romans who are considered the inventors of civilization.”
It is true that they are viewed as laying the foundation for Western civilization and thought. They also happened to be “predominantly white” since they were Greek and Roman. However, we use their works for concepts that helped change humanity as a whole and still shape concepts of the individual and the state around the world.

This is one of the items on a list of 25 demands, but it is one of the most disturbing from an academic standpoint. . . . I do not believe that the content of our academic courses should be determined by plebiscite or protests. Moreover, students have an assortment of courses that they may take in school. These courses require an education on foundational works that have shaped political and literary works for generations. Indeed, these great works offer an excellent foundation for exploring and comparing non-Western works.

What also concerns me is that fact that these students claimed the right to prevent other students from participating in classes or events — a similar complaint raised against the recent protests against James Comey at Howard University. The students interrupted a lecture and were reportedly screaming at other students who actually wanted to learn. . . . This violates a core defining values of our academic institutions and such students should be suspended for such conduct. There is a difference between voicing your views and preventing others from speaking, particularly inside of a classroom. When you claim the right to prevent others from hearing opposing views or speakers, you are at odds with the academic mission of these universities.

It goes on from there. Turley must be feeling a bit overwhelmed nowadays.

I'm really starting to think more like Antifa and support fighting these people.

You can fight them without violence, there is the difference.

[Ex-California]

Reed College Students Shutdown Classes In Protest of Western Civilization Course As “Harmful”



It goes on from there. Turley must be feeling a bit overwhelmed nowadays.

I'm really starting to think more like Antifa and support fighting these people.

You can fight them without violence, there is the difference.

I really don't think you can. They don't respect reason or general societal mores; we can try to demonstrate the ludicrousness of their ideas but they are still gaining acceptance

[Speaker to Animals]

So we need even more diversity and this doesn't get even worse??

Know how to get rid of this, remove the prefix from the first part of people's descriptors.

Probably wouldn't work.