Posted on 09/07/2006 7:09:12 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Pampered little multicultists in the very womb, prating on about taking someone ELSE out of their "comfort zone." That's rich.
I have some stereotypes for them:
#1 - Whites are racist
#2 - Men are sexist
#3 - Straight people hate gay people.
#4 - Minorities in the United States are Oppressed.
#5 - Communism is the best way to handle things.
Really want to "provoke thought" and "take people out of their comfort zones"? Make some skits about this. (Of course, that would be "intolerant" and violate all those campus speech codes...)
Which just solidifies my resolve to see my daughter attend a college such as Regent University or Liberty University.
Wife won't think of Annapolis.
Wow, this is pretty bad. To this day I still hate my own college orientation week...everything they said would happen in college actually ended up being opposite for me.
You'll notice that their love of diversity applies only to appearance, not to thought.
Do they ever check whether all this diversity stuff actually leads to people of different backgrounds getting together?
I wenty to a college that talked endlessly about diversity. I belonged to a church that talked endlessly about diversity. I went to an employer that talked endlessly about diversity. In all cases, the minorities either weren't there or formed their own little clique.
The one group I belonged to that had true integration was the U.S. Navy Reserves. Everyone was subject to the same rules for promotion and the same standards for uniforms and behavior. People were forced to work together, and the effect was that racial hostility just didn't bloom in the same way.
So if Cornell really wants harmony across all groups of people, maybe they should start by treating everyone the same.
I was 16 or 17 when I first heard this phrase used. My then-girlfriend's father (who later became my father-in-law, since deceased) used it. I was sitting eating dinner with him and the rest of his family. I asked him to repeat it. Then, in all innocence, I asked him what it meant, and why. He was quite flustered as he tried to explain.
The motto of the modern university. It has replaced the long-discredited "Veritas."
I don't know about studies. But anecdotally, I would say that Cornell is quite possibly the most segregated place I have ever been in my life. Each ethnic group tends to live in a separate dorm. In fact, some of the dorms are specifically set aside for ethnic students by the University.
My church is the most diverse place (color and nationality wise) that I know. I am part of the A/V team, so I sit at the back and up high (I have a great view of the congregation). EVERY SUNDAY, there is NO distinguishable pattern of people segregating themselves by race. Church is in a predominately white area, but is likely 30-40% minority. I find it amazing that there is no pattern of segregation.
I would think that, even for non-racist people, there would be some tendency to gravitate toward "similar" people. Likely, people are gravitating toward "similar" poeople, they just are no longer defining "similar" in terms of race. "Similar" people are now being defined by life-stage, hobbies, career, etc., not color.
This insane educational institution reminds me of that episode of Beavis & Butthead where hippie liberal teacher David Van Driessen sings the absurd "Hug The Mountain" song and is subsequently catapulted through the windshield of the bus...
~ Blue Jays ~
I wonder if this sort of extreme psychological intervention has been reviewed by the school's Institutional Review Board. Even the mildest experimental manipulation is subject to intense review and guidelines these days.
I also wonder if the intervention is monitored by psychologists to help students that are put under undue pressure. Basically, I question the ethics (and purpose) of these programs.
I was so out of my comfort zone my first attempt at college. All I needed was somebody to push me over the edge. This is pure evil masquerading as a service to humanity.
Sounds like Ithaca, the city of evil, is sharing the joys. My son's state university had something like this as a freshman orientation 'skit', mandatory. Me and another mother tried very hard not to laugh too loud. But when I asked why the skits didn't include anything on date rape, I got the 'oh no, someone asked' deer in the headlights look, and a stammered response from the supervisor she called over about how that never happens. So, tolerance is good, but actual issues, not so much.
Of course not. The touchy-feely types who put on these idiotic events would not know where to start if asked to measure the actual impact of their interventions.
My roommate is one of those stupid Bible Thumpers.
Shalom.
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