Univ. of Vermont holds privilege retreat for students who 'self-identify as white'

Campus Reform ^ | 11/18/15

[Altura Ct.]

The University of Vermont held a three-day retreat so students could confront their “white privilege.”

The University of Vermont held a three-day retreat so students who “self-identify as white” could confront their own “white privilege.”

“Examining White Privilege: A Retreat for Undergraduate Students Who Self-Identify as White” took place last weekend, November 13-15, and was “specifically for white students.”

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According to the university, the self-identifying white students who attend the retreat will come to “recognize and understand white privilege from an individual experience” and have the opportunity to “conceptualize and articulate whiteness from a personal and systematic lense as well as the impact of white privilege on the UVM community and beyond.”

The self-identifying white students also tackled tough questions such as “What does it mean to be white?” and “How does whiteness impact you?”

The university website features testimonials from past attendees of the retreat, who praised the way the event was a “safe space.”

According to the school’s website, the University of Vermont offered the retreat at no cost to its privileged white students, covering all expenses including meals. The retreat was hosted at the Common Ground Family Center in Starksboro, Vermont. The center advertises its use of solar power and “green construction projects” on its website, and offers its services for everything from family reunions to civil unions.

The University of Vermont does host a retreat for “women of color” as well but it focuses on building leadership rather than confronting one’s own privileges. Aside from the women of color retreat, the university does not appear to offer similar race-specific retreats.

Additionally, the university’s Center for Cultural Pluralism recommends various readings for its students, including "The Invention of the White Race," "White Privilege, Male Privilege in Race, Class, Gender," "The Feminist Classroom," and "The Abolition of Whiteness."

Campus Reform previously reported on a similar conference held at Mount St. Mary’s Los Angeles, which was also specifically intended to help white students confront their privilege.

The University of Vermont did not respond to Campus Reform’s request for comment.

[11th_VA]

I’m proud of my white privilege - may just assert it at the airport today.

[EEGator]

What a bunch of fags.

[Mark17]

Sounds like a chance for a nice little three day vacation. I’d go for it.

[peyton randolph]

The organizers, speakers, and students should be sterilized to prevent further contamination of the gene pool as a means to slow the slide into idiocracy.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The way things are going, this will be the required activity at the 2018 "My Undeserved White Privilege" conference in 2018:

[Vaquero]

7 years into a feral marxist regime......I expect no less than this $h!t

[Bryanw92]

I would love to attend this. Western civilization created virtually everything that makes their lives comfortable, safe, and long. If they want to see what a world without Whitey looks like, they should visit Sudan or Congo. Even there, check out the country of origin on the food.

I would make these snowflakes cry.

[stevem]

There must not be any admission standards to get into the University of Vermont. If there are such a retreat will have 0.0 attendees.

Any attendee would have to be a card carrying moron.

[silverleaf]

Gottta hand it to obama

He’s been participating in white privilege retreats every summer on Martha’s Vineyard

[Graybeard58]

Sounds like a chance for a nice little three day vacation. I’d go for it.

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Free meals too! Although I wouldn’t be surprised if they were vegan meals. Imagine, all the nuts and seeds you can eat.

[browniexyz]

Wow, My three teens are able to cross huge numbers of colleges off their lists just by reading the news. Thank you, reporters!

[SamuraiScot]

Any attendee would have to be a card carrying moron.

I would go, and I would have a blast. I'd drink a lot, and talk incessantly about Shakespeare, science, and indoor plumbing. I promise you, within a day, I'd have the group in schism or open revolt against its masters (mistresses, more likely).

[FreedomPoster]

Every time I see the term White Privelege I translate as White Competency, and the articles make a little more sense.

[Maceman]

Shouldn’t there be a “whites only” safe space at colleges so that those who “identify as white” have a place to get away from the constant offensive haranguing, harassment and bullying by privileged racist students and faculty members “of color” who threaten and intimidate white students and make them feel bad about their melanin-deficient skin tone?

[IrishBrigade]

Any attendee would have to be a card carrying moron.

I suspect there will be a bunch of females, falling into each others arms, and weeping copiously as their guilt overcomes them...

my family is loaded with such types thus I know from experience what to expect...

[Lion Den Dan]

I am white and proud of it. Only privilege I have is that of being an American. I don’t retreat.

[Smokin' Joe]

Sounds like a chance for a nice little three day vacation. I’d go for it.

About the only 'privilege' you'd get.

I wonder who served the coffee?

[tacticalogic]

I would go, and I would have a blast.

Three days of watching heads explode.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

My heritage is Anglo European but I self identify as an Eskimo. I guess that makes me a Transkimo.