Obviously, Yale has accepted a very inferior group of matriculates; but the question goes to how many were born stupid; how many were led astray by cause seeking peers; how many were simply denied qualified teaching as to the beauties of English literature. etc..
Yes, certainly Yale English Professors need to flunk these students--you cannot make it a debatable subject whether you purge your course material to suit a species of anti-intellectual anarchists. Yale's credibility dictates that they be flunked. But who is to blame--if anyone--for their demonstrated absurdity?
(Now do not ask whether I believe the Yale faculty will have the moral compass to flunk these students? I am simply addressing how a conscientious English Department should respond.)
They should all be expelled for incompetence. Despite enjoying the privileges of a “Yale education” they have not managed to learn much of value. They have proved themselves unfit for the major they purport to study.
“We have spoken. We are speaking. Pay attention.”
Real English majors don’t write in two- and three-word sentences.
Cultural genocide is always a prelude to genocide.
Yale. Annual tuition: $45,800. And this is what you get from it??
Morons.
At Yale.
“It is your responsibility as educators to listen to student voices,” the students wrote in a petition to the faculty. “We have spoken. We are speaking. Pay attention.”
If I had written this letter to my teachers, oh the punishment.
I would still wear the scars.
Yeah. Teach Ebonics instead. That way you’ll continue to thrive in squalor.
“...they don’t think it should feature so many English poets who were straight, white, wealthy, and male.”
They forgot “brilliant”. I know, a small thing, but still something they’re personally devoid of.
Remove all the bathrooms from the school. Far too much white male influence in the creation of those.
What do the words ENGLISH DEGREE mean to these students? Isn’t the degree supposed to pertain to the mastery of the language of the white “race” which has spoken English for centuries?
Really what this amounts to is the Left is trying to snuff out the cultural accomplishments of western civilization.
Nevertheless, to affect surprise that English literature has its origin in the English language and hence in English people, who tended not to be distributed along any demographic lines approved by modern Diversity Departments, is a level of ignorance scarcely less than tattooing IDIOT to the pertinent undergraduate forehead. One might as well protest the lack of Asian artists in a class on tribal African dance.
It is a practice nearly universal among modern university faculties actually to profess some knowledge in the field for which they are designing classes. That is, after all, what "Professor" means. Small children are far more adept at identifying what they want than what they need, and unfortunately, the students responsible for this miserable little screed are far more reminiscent of petulant brats than more or less responsible young adults, and should be treated that way.
It ALL boils down to “F%$# White People!” ...
More of the liberal PC bookburning mentality on full display.
“those who start by burning books end by burning people” Heinrich Heinle
emotionalism + subjectivism + equality + moral equivalency + moral neutrality = cultural relativism
English is racist.
I teach my children to beat their chest and stop their feet when they are hungry,fearful, or when their territory is threatened.
Yale English majors object to studying English writers because they are white and wealthy? The fact that they are they are really great writers isn’t a factor.
So, the attainment of knowledge is to be based on its subjective racial test, not it’s excellence or historical impact.
Just use some Nipsey Russell poems, problem solved.
Educators listen to student voices = Dumbing Down