Posted on 08/09/2016 7:58:12 AM PDT by simpson96
An Illinois college has restricted certain sections of a mandatory introductory course to black students.
“While helping my son register for college at Moraine Valley Community College, we noticed that the required course College 101 has two sections limited to African-American students," one concerned parent told The Chicago Tribune. "He wants to know why there are not two sections limited to Asian-American students? How about Native American students?"
This segregation of students by race seems odd, especially considering the course’s emphasis on diversity.
But Jessica Crotty, Moraine’s assistant director of communications, made the case for segregation, saying the school periodically reserves certain course offerings for various demographics of students, including veterans.
“Sometimes we set aside sections for specific populations, including veterans and older students,” Crotty noted.
"The focus can be on specific issues they face," she explained. "For example, veterans face a specific set of challenges. Students feel comfortable and are more likely to open up because they're with other students who are like them."
Conversely, Michael Olivas, acting president of University of Houston Downtown, told Inside Higher Ed that he feels such exclusionary program offerings are misguided, however pure the intentions behind them may be.
“I think it’s ill-advised, arguably subject to legal challenge, and you don’t want to wave the flag in front of the bull,” he argued, saying that even support services targeted at specific demographics should be available to all students to avoid creating potentially counterproductive perceptions.
“[College 101] provides an opportunity to assess your purpose for college, assess your study strategies, set college and career goals, examine your values and decision-making skills, and develop an appreciation for diversity,” the course catalog states.
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Yeah - sign me up for a “black only course!”
Lots of learning going on there, no doubt.
Segregation forever, eh?
What racists!
I wonder if these “highly educated” commie libs would be open to a few “whites only” classes. Bigots.
Maybe one day all the people being herded into these various groups will wonder why they are being herded and why it’s so urgent.
Maybe then they will realize that they are simply being stuffed into 5 lb bulk sale boxes instead of 1 lb retail boxes so that politicians may buy votes wholesale.
Of course, such a realization requires thought ie education - which is precisely the reason so-called schools withhold such knowledge.
Equal protection under the law only applied to Blacks?
Now befoe y’all go out in the street in Chicago, you hode yo gun sidewayz like dis. Yo
Sheltering and coddling. This is the antithesis of what college is supposed to be.
I could get behind this, if I could write the curriculum.
Point 1: Yep there’s some racist pricks out there just like in your culture.
Point 2: Get over it, don’t fall into the victim mentality because it leads to a life of hatred and misery.
Point 3: You are in control of your destiny. When life knocks you down, get up and move forward.
Any questions??
owny wey dey kin git troo skool
I would encourage these blacks only black study courses. They give a degree, albeit worthless, and the negro can believe he has accomplished something.
pluz it keep de feetzballers in de progrom
Will you also make a donation to the "United Negro College Fund"?
Let them defend it in federal court, because this is a clear violation of federal law...
These classes are for students so I’ll-prepared for college that they can’t hope to pass in a regular class. The federal government is pressuring colleges to fix the fact that less than a quarter of Black students finish college.
Ah, the return of segregation. George Wallace would be most happy. ‘Segregation forever.’
‘Step to the back of the bus, please; those front seats are reserved for the negroes.’
Liberals think blacks are dumber than every other group on the planet..Why no Mexican American group? Why no Latino American group? Native American group? When Will blacks see that democrats think they are morons?
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