Posted on 06/01/2020 7:47:56 AM PDT by karpov
To say that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has experienced racial tensions in the last few years would be an understatement. The most visible source of conflict has been the fate of the infamous—and illegally toppled —Confederate statue, Silent Sam. But even after the statue’s demise, activists at Chapel Hill insist that their work to root out racism from the university has just begun.
Activists do not believe UNC’s relationship with racism is only in the past. It is just as present today, only now it is largely “invisible” and “systemic” in the university’s curriculum, policies, and in the attitudes of students, faculty, and staff. The need for an all-encompassing struggle with this invisible racism, in their view, calls for an all-encompassing re-ordering of UNC.
And the university’s new chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, has made it part of his mission to validate activists’ evident contempt for the university by obliging their demands.
Within the first few weeks of becoming chancellor, Guskiewicz had already drafted initiatives that would further activists’ grievances against the university. However, as much as Guskiewicz may have convinced himself that such efforts will contribute to the university’s goal of education and the “improvement of the human condition,” it is much more likely to engender deeper resentment among those whom he aims to appease.
The first effort, implemented last fall, is the “Reckoning: Race, Memory and Reimagining the Public University Initiative,” which consisted of a series of courses students could take to explore the history of race at UNC. Some course titles include:
Class, Race, and Inequality in America
Space, Place and Difference
“Global Whiteness”
Race & Memory at UNC
(Excerpt) Read more at jamesgmartin.center ...
‘Invisible racism’ Can’t think of a more appropriate name.
Why would any whites send their children to these indoctrination centers?
But we already had a black President. What everybody hides under the rug is that Obama by his policies caused more racial tension in this country.
Thugs don't want peace, they want thuggery.
Yankees shouldn’t be allowed to enroll at UNC.
Take a look at “Black Leaders” and I’ll show you some visible racism.
“Global Whiteness”
We’re what? 11% of the world population? The universities need to be cleaned out.
This is important, Where can I make my “invisible” donation?
I have a million dollars in my invisible bank account. Nobody knows it's there, it draws no interest, and the bank can't invest it because it is invisible. I can't make a withdrawal, so what's the point?
Invisible racism has as much gravitas as my invisible account.
They got tired of the “dog whistle” that no one can hear.
Now they speak of “invisible racism” that no one can see.
I think the conclusion is clear: there is no race problem in the US. None. Except for the political activists who use “race” as a political tool to get power over others. Talking about racist Democrats.
Expect attacks on their nickname, since “Tar Heels” has its origin in the Civil War.
No commission necessary. They might as well just come out and say it: As long as there are White people, there will be racism.
Either eradicate White people or make White people slaves of Black people. That’s the ticket!!
This is important, Where can I make my “invisible” donation?
If racism is invisible does it exist?
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