Posted on 02/22/2017 6:55:47 AM PST by simpson96
University of Pennsylvania student James Fisher took to the Ivy League school’s student newspaper to complain that a professor’s refusal to acknowledge white privilege was a traumatic experience for him. Fisher claims that fall 2016 semester was his worst semester at the University of Pennsylvania — because a white professor refused to acknowledge his privilege.
"Last semester was honestly the worst semester I’ve had at Penn so far. And all because of one thing: the white professors I’ve had at Penn. It appears that the term “privilege” does not apply to them. Nor do they care to learn what it is."
After one of his professor’s refused to acknowledge his privilege, Fisher claims that he was unable to attend that class for a month, saying he “did not want to step foot into another white space until I made sure that my mental health was restored.”
Fisher detailed his experience in the classroom, claiming that the professor, a “white man from the suburbs,” cultivated a classroom environment that caused him trauma.
"Unfortunately, he proved my suspicions to be true. There were countless times that his lack of acknowledgment of his privilege led to some of the trauma that I experienced in class. He would show images of slaves on plantations and even allow students to say ignorant comments in class."
Fisher claims that he confronted the professor after class, telling him that lack of awareness of personal privilege had caused him racial trauma.
"I remember having an intense conversation after class. I basically told him that what he was doing was traumatic to me, and as someone who has experienced a lot of racial trauma in his life, I would not allow him to continue.
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How does he know that the professor identifies as “white”?
After which the professor walked away, wondering why kids on drugs were still in his classroom!
Sad. Very sad.
This must be satire. Otherwise, we’re in for a rough ride with the up-and-coming generation.
We need a good economic meltdown or natural disaster for them to regain a proper perspective on reality.
Exactly! And how does he know the professor is a man. He could have both a penis and a vagina. Or be a woman with a penis. Who’s to say?
If one of my students said this to me, I would ask him who the F he thinks he is to talk to me this way. I guess that's why I'm no longer in academia.
I think the word “snowflake” is a misnomer. These people really aren’t traumatized. They are making that claim in order to browbeat all opposition and silence all dissent. They are no more “snowflakes” than were Hitler’s brownshirts who, if they had been using the parlance of today, would have claimed they were traumatized by the existence of Jews in their midst.
This is thuggery, pure and simple. Nothing snowflakey about it.
If the professor involved in this case is a conservative, I feel sorry for him. If he’s a liberal, he reaps what he sows.
I hope the professor told him to grow the hell up.
good Point.
This guy is a gay, black drama queen.
He’s from the Bronx, and a sophomore majoring in communications.
Easy to find him. Probably an (AA)^2, to boot.
(AA)-squared = Affirmative Action, African-American
Yes, quite gaystapo-ish
This student is showing serious signs of Intolerance and should go through Reeducation.
Hitler’s Brownshirts would beat the crap out of today’s snowflakes.
Well, that's their priveledge.
Not all Snowflakes are white.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3521202/posts
"A black University of Pennsylvania student recently declared that his fall semester at the Ivy League institution was “traumatic” because he had three white professors who refused to acknowledge their privilege, and one scholar in particular who “constantly perpetuated these systems of oppression … [that] led to me mentally breaking down in the classroom.”
Hitler’s Brownshirts would beat the crap out of today’s snowflakes.
Nothing is more obnoxious than students who think their role is teaching the professor.
It is fascism in the name of feelings.
Not only are my feelings right, but it is a violation of my rights to ever contradict my feelings or do anything I feel is bad. Disagree with me, and that’s an assault on my pure self and I have the right to hurt you for hurting my feelings.
Poor kid...life’s going to kick him in the ass real hard...
All that BS he thinks he knows as the gospel truth is going to evaporate like fog when real life shines on him...
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