On Western Civ.
Every time I hear that tired argument against teaching "Western civilization", something to the tune of "We shouldn't be teaching about the accomplishments of a bunch of dead white men since they're the oppressors" I think about my World History class at UW-MC. More specifically, I think about what my professor always said about Western civilization. As he addressed the all-white class, he made his views quite clear. "Remember guys. You have nothing to do with this. The Greeks and Babylonians were dark-skinned and kinky-haired. While they were creating history your ancestors were eating raw meat in caves."