Posted on 08/23/2021 8:16:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
James Madison University has changed its mind.
Kind of.
For now.
The college has decided not to continue its woke student employee training — at least, not without a review.
As I covered Saturday, the Virginia school recently required enrollees working in the Office of Student Affairs to take utilize an “opportunity.”
Via job training, young adults were informed they fit into one of two groups: privileged (agent) or oppressed (target).
To put it in other terms…
- Able-Bodied
- 30’s to Early 50’s
- Man, Cisgender People
- Heterosexual
- Heteroromantic
- Christian
- White
- American
- Below 30’s, Older Than 50’s
- Woman, Transgender, Nonbinary, Genderqueer
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual, Pansexual
- Homoromantic, Aromantic, By/Panromantic
- Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Atheist, Agnostic, Pagan
- Black, Asian, Latinx
- Anywhere Outside America
To supplement that incomplete list, a few definitions:
Pansexual: Anyone attracted to people of all genders and sexes, or regardless of sex and gender.
Homoromantic: A person who is…romantically attracted to people who are the same or a similar gender as them.
Heteroromantic: someone who is romantically attracted to a member of the opposite sex or gender.
Aromantic: Someone who experiences little or no romantic attraction to other people. Being aromantic is not the same as being asexual.
For those who’d like to learn more about aromantics, there are several types:
- Demiromantic
- Lithromantic
- Gray-aromantic
- Quoiromantic
- Cupioromantic
Back to JMU, privileged people were told they possess “unearned social power accorded by the formal and informal institutions of society to ALL members of a dominant group at the expense of (the) targeted groups.”
Of course, the school could’ve just taught the staff how to do their jobs.
But those in charge went a different way.
A school rep explained to Fox News:
“The training was held to help ensure that every student guide for freshmen orientation had the tools and understanding to work with incoming students, who might have a different background than their own. At JMU, we strive to create an inclusive and welcoming community for all students.”
Imagine being a white Christian who’s about to work with a gay Latino. And just before the start of your employment, you’re told you oppress that guy.
Imagine being a black Welsh lesbian and being informed your soon-to-be straight American coworker is victimizing you.
Does that build a better workplace?
The school’s answer was obvious, given the efforts made.
However, in the aftermath of publicity, President Jonathan Alger has pressed Pause:
“We have decided to pause the training in question for evaluation and review with a variety of JMU constituents.”
“These are challenging topics to discuss,” he admitted in a statement. “And we know that they are important and demand a lot of thought and care. The ongoing work of the university can, and must be, to seek to have such conversations in ways that honor and respect all members of our community.”
Lest you misunderstand:
“We value and respect individuals of all backgrounds. … [W]e will continue to strive to create a climate in which everyone feels welcome and respected.”
“The ongoing work of the university can,” he said, “and must be, to seek to have such conversations in ways that honor and respect all members of our community.”
In the meantime, JMU’s removed the training video from YouTube.
According to school paper The Breeze, “Student employees were told not to share the video with others once their training was completed.”
Presumably, that was to prevent criticism, such as that tweeted by Virginia Senator Mark Obenshain:
“Liberals love to assert that [Critical Race Theory] is just made-up conservative propaganda. Take a look at the linked training video JMU is forcing on its student employees. I hope students don’t have to buy into this woke nonsense in order to hold campus jobs.”
Liberals love to assert that CRT is just made-up conservative propaganda. Take a look at the linked training video JMU is forcing on its student employees. I hope students don’t have to buy into this woke nonsense in order to hold campus jobshttps://t.co/H53yqdbXi3
— Mark Obenshain (@MarkObenshain) August 19, 2021
As made clear in an email to The Breeze, as for state House Delegate Tony Wilt, he’s old school:
“Look, folks, forcing these ideologies down our students’ throats will get us nowhere,” Wilt said in the statement. “We need our educational institutions to get back to their intended purpose — providing a high-quality education for every student.”
Tony — like many critics of contemporary college’s woke ways — may be a bit too old school…for new school.
I don’t expect any good news to come out of their “review.” But am open to being pleasantly surprised.
White libs don’t give up their jobs to people of color,don;t make room for people of color and black dem leaders have supported PP murdering people of color for the last 60 years.....When the white progressives and libs give up their fat paychecks and cushy jobs,then talk to us about oppression.....
I wouldn’t pay a single red cent for this libtard “stew” of garbage. Just exactly when do the students at this “institution of higher learning” have any time to learn chemistry, math, engineering, biology—stuff like that?
They left out transgendered human/scorpion hybrids (THSH) from their stupid list of made up words .
How discriminatory of them.
Only narrow minded liberals dislike transgendered human/scorpion hybrids.
To be a bit fair to JMU, its a Virginia state school and its undergrad tuition and fees are just $13,500 per annum in-state. Other much more expensive schools do just as bad or worse.
Satanic
That’s mighty white of them!
Except if you’re a straight, white, Christian guy.
“Why are parents paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for their children to be educated like this? Do they actually AGREE with this?”
I got my answer when someone here posted a photo from one of the Drag Queen Story Time ‘events’ that now take place throughout the country in PUBLIC libraries. What you saw there was about 20 little kids up front, nice and close to the drag queen(s), maybe 3 to 8 years old, and their ‘woke’ parents sitting behind them.
Game over.
Too late. They made it clear that if a student is looking for an education, and alumni are looking to help them, James Madison University is not the place to go.
If you're looking for a bull spit degree, why not go to the cheapest university you can find and avoid James Madison University?
So many lobotomies needed, so little time.
Rd later.
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