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The College that Obama attended has a course called Stupidity.

You might be stupid yourself to dish out nearly $5,000 for this oldie but goodie that has been taught a Los Angeles’ Occidental College for years. The course description is hard to beat, saying stupidity “makes itself felt in political life ranging from the presidency to Beavis and Butthead.”

“Stupidity is neither ignorance nor organicity,” the description reads — and if you can understand that, you probably won’t end up being dissected in the course.

It costs $39,000 a year to attend Occidental, or about $4,875 per class.

Maybe that is part of Obama’s deep rooted problem?

BTY, here is the actual coourse description from Occidental College:

Critical Theory and Social Justice

Professor Maeda, Chair
Professors Chin, Griffin; Associate Professor Tobin; Assistant Professor Lukes

Critical Theory – Social Justice (CTSJ) is fundamentally interdisciplinary, drawing on ideas from across traditional academic disciplines. “Critical” refers to various bodies of theory and method—Marxism, psychoanalysis, the Frankfurt School, deconstruction, critical race studies, queer theory, feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and intersectionality—that interrogate the essentialist assumptions that underlie social identities. “Social justice” refers to an extrajuridical concept of fairness that is focused on exposing and ending social inequalities. The aim of the Critical Theory – Social Justice department is to promote understanding of how categories such as “race”, “sexual orientation,” and “nationality” help people recognize and combat some injustices and hinder them from recognizing and combating others.

The department’s course offerings are divided into three levels:

100-level classes teach students how to think critically about a wide range of topics, including race, gender, sexuality, and nationality.

200-level classes teach students how to participate in a seminar, including how to contribute to class discussion and how to research and write a scholarly paper.

300-level classes teach students a major body of critical theory or a research methodology.

MAJOR: The major in Critical Theory – Social Justice requires ten classes (40 units) selected in consultation with the student’s departmental advisor and including at least one at the 100 level, one at the 200 level, two at the 300 level, and the Senior Seminar (CTSJ 490). At least four of the units must be in experiential learning.

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http://departments.oxy.edu/registrar/catalog/ctsj.html

Yes, the theme is RADICAL .... drum roll ....

SOCIAL JUSTICE!