Abolish Whiteness…And other things Taught at Stanford University

IWB ^ | Mark Angelides

[davikkm]

A course has been slated to start this fall at Stanford University that looks (among other things) at the perils and possibilities of different political practices,” according to the course description, “including abolishing whiteness or coming to terms with white identity.” And yes, it sounds like a joke, but it is apparently a very real course:

CSRE 136: White Identity Politics (ANTHRO 136B)

Pundits proclaim that the 2016 Presidential election marks the rise of white identity politics in the United States. Drawing from the field of whiteness studies and from contemporary writings that push whiteness studies in new directions, this upper-level seminar asks, does white identity politics exist? How is a concept like white identity to be understood in relation to white nationalism, white supremacy, white privilege, and whiteness? We will survey the field of whiteness studies, scholarship on the intersection of race, class, and geography, and writings on whiteness in the United States by contemporary public thinkers, to critically interrogate the terms used to describe whiteness and white identities. Students will consider the perils and possibilities of different political practices, including abolishing whiteness or coming to terms with white identity. What is the future of whiteness?

[Windflier]

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[aquila48]

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[Army Air Corps]

This lunacy is making its way into STEM.

[Mastador1]

Interesting teachings at a University that wouldn’t exist if not for White people. There have been many great contributions to America and society by people of color...........but lets just remove all of those that were achieved by the hated White people and see what kind of a world we would be living in.