Posted on 03/25/2017 12:29:18 PM PDT by rightistight
April Hathcock, an attorney and NYU librarian, argues that "whiteness... has permeated every aspect of librarianship" and must be "dismantled."
Her article, titled "White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS," offers ways to "correct for whiteness" in the field of librarians.
"It is no secret that librarianship has traditionally been and continues to be a profession dominated by whiteness," Ms. Hathcock begins her piece.
"In this article, I use whiteness to refer not only to the socio-cultural differential of power and privilege that results from categories of race and ethnicity;" she writes. "It also stands as a marker for the privilege and power that acts to reinforce itself through hegemonic cultural practice that excludes all who are different."
Citing scholars who have tackled the "problem" of "whiteness" in libraries, Hathcock continues, "As Branche (2012) notes, "Whiteness and white normativity are embedded in U.S. library culture.""
Because of this, Hathcock argues, despite "diversity initiatives" to rid the librarian field of whiteness, they are not working.
In fact, asking prospective librarians for a "completed application" and "resume" are hardships because they are "situated in positions of white, middle-class, cisgender normativity that allow for the temporal, financial, and educational privilege."
She continues, "These applications are created particularly to recruit for whiteness and require the ability to play at whiteness in order to succeed."
Libraries accross the country must wash away "the blackface of white librarianship."
Ms. Hathcock concludes, "The first step is to help diverse applicants navigate the whiteness of the profession and make a concerted effort to dismantle whiteness from within." She adds, "In doing so, we can recreate the profession into one that truly embraces inclusivity. We can wash away our white librarianship in blackface."
They want to erase you.....period. By any means. There is no way to reason with these people. They want you gone.
The leftist still wonders why Trump was elected...
She left out skinniness.
I was just there the other day so I'll give it a go.
In the local library, the book aisles (not counting the very busy children's floor) are empty. On the periphery of the room are tables and chairs which are often occupied by young Asians with laptops connected to the free wifi. At one side of the room, the many free Internet computers are occupied by young blacks and Hispanics browsing ethnic social media. The magazine section is filled with older ethnics seated in comfy chairs, reading magazines.
Upstairs, across from the children's area, ancient white people wait -- seated -- in line to receive free help with their taxes.
Doesn’t NYU accept federal funds? And don’t they have to honor U.S. civil rights?
The Justice Department needs to look into these cases of anti-white racism to determine whether civil rights are being violated.
With Obama, Holder and Lynch in power so long people seem to assume that civil rights law will not be enforced against blacks or hispanics.
We need to correct that misimpression.
Thanks for your keen insight, Buttwheat.
Let more muslims into the profession and they can burn down the libraries’ collection of ancient learning. Again.
I could be wrong, but doesn’t Ms. Hathcock sound like a racist?
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Let’s resist this cultural appropriation.
She has never missed a meal.
Some local libraries (not ours) have a huge movie DVD section which gets a lot of traffic on Friday nights and weekends. As for books - not so much.
Notice that the ONLY possible way to be inclusive is by always hating on whitey? There is no alternative, no talking about getting along or equality or anything of the sort.
If they want to stir up hatred, this is a sure way to do it. I suppose that’s the intent. Very sad what our universities have become. Consider the continent or culture her ancestors came from, never had an alphabet or written language? How sad is that?
“It is no secret that basketball has traditionally been and continues to be a profession dominated by blackness.”
Since rap is spoken and not sung, and everyone goes for books-on-tape, but no one has a tape player anymore, how about we just stock a bunch of rap CDs?
Reminds me of the Married With Children episode where Al encounters his old librarian....
Miss DeGroot: You know, Mr. Bundy, I’ve worked at this library for 44 years. I was eligible for retirement 3 years ago. Do you know why I stayed?
Al Bundy: You learned to eat books?
I don't know whether I am an outside observer of the crazy or if I am being swallowed up by it. To paraphrase Nietzsche: if you gaze long into the insanity, the insanity also gazes into you.
I see a TSA job in her future. Checks all the right boxes.
There is no way she wrote out that line of bullshit and crazy words thrown in for propaganda.
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