Posted on 01/24/2015 6:07:03 PM PST by digger48
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — As the U.S. wrestles with how to respond to a series of volatile racial incidents, the University of Notre Dame is offering a class this semester on white privilege that it says aims to help students become more aware of injustices.
The course description says the one-credit elective, offered in preparation for a conference, is designed to educate students about the definitions of white privilege and its causes and effects. Though the school offered a similar workshop last year that was not for credit, the class has drawn some objections this time around.
Notre Dame’s sociology department Chairman Rory McVeigh said he believes whites do have privileges that non-whites don’t, and the seminar is appropriate for a Catholic university that prides itself on social justice.
“That’s what the course is about: to examine what research and literature tell us about that question. There are lots of ways in which people are privileged in a number of ways,” he said. “There are subtle ways in which race still matters. Students can agree or disagree. Students are free to think race doesn’t matter anymore. But there’s a whole lot evidence that suggests that’s just not true.”
Recent news, particularly the killings of two unarmed black men by white police officers in Missouri and in New York that touched off protests and national debates, show that “the issues and divisions have not been solved,” McVeigh said. Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team drew attention when players wore “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts in pregame warmups, a reference to the New York chokehold case.
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Would you get angry with me if I decide not to take this class?
I suspect many of the alumni will find this course annoying to say the least.
They should stop donating to the school.
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No kidding.
Are you from the Department of Sociology or the Department of Redundancy Department?
I would take the class just to counter the idiocy happening there.
Black Irish and dogs need not apply!
A similar question needs to be asked of the idiot administration at Notre Dame about their alumni contributions and this brain dead idea. When the donors shutoff the money spigot, the administration will see the light.
Albinos have privilege?
if you fill out an application for elderly housing, you check off your race, and it says “this will effect your preference for receiving housing”.
oh, that must mean if you’re white, you’ll get an apartment before someone who is black or latino.
so, white privilege rears its head again.
If you don’t take the class you’re racist.
I guess so. Sad isn't it?
If you take the class and you’re white, you’re racist anyway.
Yup. And if you do you're racist anyway.
The threshold for being considered a “racist” has been all but eliminated. You might be a racist if you.....prefer drinks sweetened with cane sugar.
Why did other races not develop their own “privilege?” Is it because they never developed culturally or economically? Is it because they sold their own people to be slaves? This discussion could go on forever.
Most the Asians that came over here aren’t whining about whitey’s “privilege.” They worked hard and did something about it. Most of those from India don’t sit back and let their hate for others rule them. They go out and achieve. They’re not constant whiners. They know they have it very well over here compared to back home in India.
Apply to be a police officer in a large city. If you’re a white male, you’re discriminated against.
Apply for many of the officer programs in the military. If you’re a white male, you’re discriminated against.
This “white privilege” bull crap is just that.....bull crap.
It used to be a burden, according to some. Now it is just called "National Debt".
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