University of Delaware and racism

[19_99]

I know a lot of you keep up with the news and politics and the rights we have as citizens of this country etc. I'm sure some of you (those of you who don't avoid Fox) may have heard about University of Delaware's "Forced diversity program" or whatever they're calling it. The article that started all the hypeI think this is crazy, and I think it's

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[wottie]

This actually sickens me.

[wottie]

Eh, in case that wasn't clear, I meant what was in the article - which is just crazy - and the whole faking thing, which is even more crazy and these issues shouldn't be so screwed up, if that makes sense.

[19_99]

I completely agree (which is why I felt I needed to write what I did, since I haven't seen very many people speak this side).

[lea_hazel]

This is how the straight (in the broader sense) person reacts when the Other invades its territory, demanding an end to thoughtlessness and willful ignorance.

[19_99]

Exactly. Whenever I see something like this I think of number 43 from this list which was based off a list of white privileges, and both assume the "I" is heterosexual, etc. etc. And all of that just sucks.

[radio_intern]

I would REALLY love to remind FIRE that, additionally, we've been "indoctrinated" by various social institutions since the day we were born. Isn't attending college / university a function of BREAKING those bits of indoctrination from the formative years? Receiving MORE information allows us the chance to make better-informed decisions on what we choose to believe or not believe. Receiving LESS information never allows us this.

[19_99]

I agree! And I think whoever it is from UDel that's been handling this makes a good point when he said that assuming attending a few programs with a different point of view is "indoctrinating" them is really underestimating the students.

[glemsydoodles]

"When did you first discover your sexual identity"
Er...never?

"When did you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour"
Which sounds suspiciously like the Baptist equivalent to confirmation. (My dad sometimes tells me how awkward it was for him to be 15 and people continually nudging him at church...he thought it was a stupid ritual.)

[19_99]

Boo. You know my point. And that's why I listed non-sexual as an option, you know.

And the Jesus thing was what the show was comparing it to, not what UDel was actually asking.

[themis]

God, people are stupid.

[19_99]

Indeed!