Sanitizing Higher Education [Ministry of Truth]

American Thinker ^ | May 11, 2015 | Robert Weissberg

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"...............Though I did not teach at the U of I when this survey was conducted, I’m pretty sure that the reactions of these offended students is accurate for the simple reason that many blacks and Hispanics are in over their heads. Beginning in 1975 I regularly taught classes with affirmative action blacks (the university at that time identified them) and their academic deficiencies were obvious (but not true for Asians). Their classroom comments were often uninformed and thus treated with disdain judged by the facial reactions of their smarter classmates. Their grades were also often dismal.

Now, how is all this thinly veiled hostility to be fixed (and here I assume that most of this effort will focus on black and Hispanic students given the overall success of Asians)? The report calls for such remediations as more faculty training to facilitate less hostile class interactions, lessons for instructors on how to avoid stereotypes, increasing self-awareness of prejudice among white professors, adding racial bias items to teacher evaluation forms and, perhaps most relevant for faculty, including “diversity engagement” in the tenure and promotion decisions (i.e.,so tenure will not require following the party line).

For students, there would be a General Education requirement about race, white privilege, and inequality in the United States plus a course about people of color in both Western and Non-western settings. Then increase the opportunities for inter-group dialogue and team building plus more workshops on cultural competency and tolerance and, perhaps most frightening, create mechanisms for students to report perceived racial micro-aggressions (emphasis added). That is, students will be enlisted as Politically Correct spies. One can only be reminded of the Spanish Inquisition’s efforts to stamp out the slightest traces of religious heresy. The list is a truly breathtaking compendium of Stalinist measures to impose a political orthodoxy. ........."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Read the whole piece.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"..............For these self-appointed social redeemers, the goal—"social justice"—is not about rectifying particular injustices, which would be practical and modest, and therefore conservative. Their crusade is about rectifying injustice in the very order of things. "Social Justice" for them is about a world reborn, a world in which prejudice and violence are absent, in which everyone is equal and equally advantaged and without fundamentally conflicting desires. It is a world that could only come into being through a re-structuring of human nature and of society itself................." - David Horowitz, June 2000

[ETL]

“... “Social Justice” for them is about a world reborn”

ie, World Communism

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes.

[ETL]

And Comrade Obama is attempting to do his part with his stated “Fundamental Transformation of America”.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A classic on white guilt. A must read - a real keeper.

The perils of designer tribalism

".........What Bruckner criticizes as Third Worldism, Sandall castigates as “romantic primitivism” and (marvelous phrase) “designer tribalism.” What is romantic primitivism? In the words of Arthur O. Lovejoy and George Boas, it is “the unending revolt of the civilized against civilization.” Sandall begins with a small but telling contemporary example. In 1996, the actress Lauren Hutton took her two young boys to Africa to witness a bunch of Masai warriors and their witch doctor perform a tribal dance, slaughter a cow, and drink some warm blood straight from the carcass. The whole spectacle was captured for the television audience by Ted Turner’s minions. Miss Hutton loved it: according to Sandall, “Wow!” was her frequent refrain. But her young children, one of whom burst into tears, were terrified. Quite right, too. The purpose of the television show was to show that “Masai culture is just as good as Western civilization, if not better.” Miss Hutton’s enthusiasm was sparked by the display of “authentic” tribal passion. But her children saw the episode for what it was: a glimpse into the heart of darkness, the abyss of uncivilized barbarism.

What Sandall describes as “the culture cult” dreams of a new simplicity: a mode of existence that is somehow less encumbered, less rent by conflicting obligations than life in a modern industrialized democracy. It is a vain endeavor. The romanticization of the primitive only emphasizes one’s distance from its simplicities. Romanticism in all its forms is an autumnal, retrospective phenomenon: the more fervent it is, the more it underscores the loss it laments. “It is time,” Sandall writes, “to stop dreaming about going back to the land or revisiting the social arrangements of the past.” Miss Hutton’s happy ejaculations were prompted by such dreams. What she heard among those Masai savages as they danced about and drank blood was Pascal Bruckner’s “enchanting music of departure.” But it is, alas, a departure to nowhere. As Sandall observes, life is about “ever-extending complexity.” To deny that is to neglect the “Big Ditch” (Ernest Gellner’s term) that separates the modern world from its primitive sources. On one side of the ditch is the rule of law, near universal literacy, modern technology, and the whole panoply of liberal democratic largess. On the other side is— what? “Most traditional cultures,” Sandall writes, “feature domestic repression, economic backwardness, endemic disease, religious fanaticism, and severe artistic constraints. If you want to live a full life and die in your bed, then civilization—not romantic ethnicity—deserves your thoughtful vote.” ...............

[Arthur McGowan]

http://tinyurl.com/conpubdef

[Cincinatus' Wife]

From the piece in the tread "Sanitizing Higher Education:"

"...Their classroom comments were often uninformed and thus treated with disdain judged by the facial reactions of their smarter classmates. Their grades were also often dismal..."

I will point out that "uninformed and less smart" cuts across the board in higher education today, as the Left herds highschoolers into their clutches.

[Arthur McGowan]

The basic theological error of Leftism, or Revolution, or Utopianism is: There is no Original Sin, no Fall.

Their dogma is that all that is wrong with the world is patriarchy, homophobia, classism, racism, sexism, heteronormativity, etc., etc.

Get rid of Christianity, and everything will be perfect. Other religions may be tolerated. Maybe. Islam is already perfect and peaceful.

[ETL]

From Investor's Business Daily (IBD), August 27, 2008:

"Ayers, now a tenured distinguished professor of education at UIC, works to educate teachers in socialist revolutionary ideology, urging that it be passed on to impressionable students.

One of Ayer's descriptions for a course called 'Improving Learning Environments' says prospective K-12 teachers need to 'be aware of the social and moral universe we inhabit and ... be a teacher capable of hope and struggle, outrage and action, teaching for social justice and liberation.

The Annenberg papers are quite extensive — 132 boxes containing 947 file folders with 70 linear feet of material. They undoubtedly contain more surprises regarding Obama's relationship with Ayers, one of many relationships Obama has sought to hide.'..."

Article: Annenberg Papers: Putting On Ayers?
http://news.investors.com/082908-453262-annenberg-papers-putting-on-ayers-.htm
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REVOLUTION: Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA [Maoist]
[Revolution] Interview with Bill Ayers, Revolution #63, October 1, 2006:
"On Progressive Education, Critical Thinking and the Cowardice of Some in Dangerous Times"
http://revcom.us/a/063/ayers-en.html
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From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us or rwor.org) :

"Create Public Opinion, Seize Power: We are preparing minds and organizing forces for the time when there is a major crack in the system, whenever it comes and wherever it comes from: an opening that makes it possible to bring the future Revolutionary Army of the Proletariat (R.A.P.) into the field and wage a revolutionary armed struggle that actually has a chance of winning.

And we have said that building our party itself is the most important part of organizing forces for revolution. This is true now, and it is true looking forward to the creation of that future R.A.P. and the waging of that armed struggle.":

http://revcom.us/a/v20/1000-1009/1000/barw.htm

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"...Lysenkoism is used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological bias, often related to social or political objectives.,,,,"

[ETL]

From "45 Communist Goals", as per "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
#27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion.
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

[Pecos]

Would that make all of the “_____ Studies” professors Doctors of Lysenkology? When you put “ology” at the end of something, it seems much more scientific, you know. Or if you add numbers to just about anything, even if the numbers are made up on the spot, like the numbers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. /s/

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Greens, Religion, and Science

"In December of 1966, Lynn White, Jr. (1907-1987) delivered a controversial speech in Washington, D.C. entitled "The historical roots of our ecological crisis." White charged that Christianity "bears a huge burden of guilt" in helping to foster the present-day "out of control" degradation of the environment. White singled out Western Christianity as being primarily responsible for the wedding between science and technology that has left a devastating ecological scar on the modern landscape................"

[Arthur McGowan]

That’s a paranoid fantasy. Everybody knows that in 1991, all the Communists folded up in a fetal position and have never been heard from again.

[ETL]

Lol! Sarc tag not needed there. :)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's the Left's theology, their religion is social justice wrapped up in Save the Earth doctrine [that is "settled" and closed to debate - deniers need to repent]:

How the Left Moved into Religion

"It is the year of the "ethics of energy," according to the National Council of Churches (NCC).....

.........Formerly overt supporters of communism, the NCC recast itself as a leader of the 'religious left.'" While the U.S. was fighting the Cold War, the NCC funded communist regimes in.... The NCC considers the U.S. "an oppressor, both at home and abroad"....

... Candidates should feel comfortable explaining their religious convictions to voters." But..."there is a point when an emphasis on religion becomes inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously diverse society such as ours."...

........Reverend Wright admired LouisFarrakhan....,and often praised him both in sermons and in his church's magazine, the Trumpet. Through carefully distorted biblical passages, black liberation theology portrays.....

A key link of the religious left to Obama was a 1998 BlackRadicalCongress in Chicago. ReverendWright shared a panel with CornelWest and MichaelDyson of the DemocraticSocialistsofAmerica (DSA) and Socialism Commission. The title of the panel was "Faith as a Weapon: Spirituality and the Role of the Church in the RadicalMovement" (Loudon,BarackObama and the Enemies Within,......

.....Another link of Obama to the religious left is his spiritual advisor, JimWallis. Wallis is the founder of Sojourners, which describes itself as a" biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church and the world." Originating in Chicago, Wallis was lured to Washington by Institute forPolicyStudies....

...In an interview in 1979, Wallis expressed the hope that "more Christians will come to view the world through Marxist eyes." Wallis, funded by Soros, has served on Obama's White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnership since 2008.

It is clear that the religious left has penetrated organized religion for decades.... More important, they worship a Marxist State instead of God. Are they using "faith as a weapon" to destroy religion?"....

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Creation Justice Ministries

CREATION JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT

"CJM Applauds the Designation of Three New National Monuments

“As Americans, we have a stewardship tool that is able to preserve wonderful pieces of God’s creation as well as important artifacts of history and stories of our diverse nation. The Antiquities Act has been a blessing to many communities looking to safeguard their national treasures for future generations and for the benefit of Americans everywhere. We look forward to working with decision-makers to protect more of the places in which we pray and play.” Read the entire statement here.

More than 300 African American church leaders voiced support for Pullman in a letter to President Obama. -- Read CJM's statement on the letter here.

Read a letter to the editor by Rev. Geoffrey Black of the United Church of Christ in defense of the Antiquities Act

A Faithful Call to Address Climate Change

"Join people of faith across the country as we call on our political leaders to address climate change issues and be leaders in the UN negotiations to help craft a moral global framework for the climate negotiations.............."

[Bobalu]

The new racism.

Jews, Asians and Indians need not apply...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Excellence is not wanted.

Tearing down American power - it's economic, political and social structure - is front and center.

Environmentalism is globalism is Socialism/Communism.

"The issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution." - SDS - Students for Democratic Society

"...SDS has been an important influence on student organizing in the decades since its collapse. Participatory democracy, direct action, radicalism, student power, shoestring budgets, and its organizational structure are all present in varying degrees in current American student activist groups....."

[Jacquerie]

Horowitz is terrific. I wish he got more public face time to explain the Left/muzzie connection.

As for your column, another generation of young people are getting ripped off for increasingly expensive and increasingly worthless ‘education.’

Just as bad money drives out good, and rotten fruit spoils the clean, it is clear that institutions corrupted from noble purposes are sure to taint all those who join them.

It why sending conservatives into government cannot restore our freedoms. Like clean apples tossed into a barrel of rotten apples, they too will succumb.