William_the_Bloody

That's all Universities do these days, is propagate bull**** and dangerous ideas.

I was forced to take all sort of "electives" to get my degree that were pretty much courses designed for political indoctrination.

Students should not be taught that intelligence and gender is a social structure designed to create inequality when there is ample biological evidence that states otherwise.

Students should not be taught narrative critical race theories like "whiteness" that teach students that everything in western culture from Lord of the Rings to Heavy Metal is implicitly racist, when there is no concrete historical documentation of whiteness existence. The above is all psuedo science, that reminds me of the racial biology of early twentieth century.

Both Milo Yiannopoulos and social justice warriors are simply a by product of a far left faculty in humanities that have transformed their English and Sociology courses into their own little political operatives.

As a tax payer I should have the right, not to have my tax dollars to support such nonsense.

Universities should be places that uphold the highest level of reasoned scientific inquiry, not a place for perpetuating political ideologies, with courses that offer little if at all, gainful employment.

Frownland

People who teach critical race theory as an absolute are ironically going against everything that critical theory stems from. We're leaping into straw man territory.

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William_the_Bloody

There is no valid historical documentation of whiteness theories existence, as there is no valid scientific evidence that intelligence and gender are social structures.

Universities should be based soley on reasoned scientific inquiries that can be backed by empirical evidence. Courses that are based on political ideologies have to go.

Frownland

Haha. No.

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William_the_Bloody

Okay fine, you can disagree, but I'll state it again...

Universities should be based soley on reasoned scientific inquiries that can be backed by empirical evidence. Courses that are based on political ideologies have to go.

Political ideologies are not based on scientific inquiry or reason, in fact one could argue that (whether they be left or right) that they operate like quasi secular religions.

That is why when I make a political decision, (say whether gay couples should be able to adopt children) i look soley at the scientific studies to determine my opinion. As soon as I turn to religion or political sentiment, I'm turning my back on science.

Frownland

You do realize that a lot of those things, while not as empirical as science, still utilize scientific methods, correct? Also by cutting all of those courses, you lose philosophy, music, art, English, and economics.

The main thing I was laughing at was the lack of whiteness theory's relevancy during the civil war reconstruction, Jom Crow laws, and the war on drugs. It's cute.

Also you should learn what gender means, it looks like you've confused it with sex.

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William_the_Bloody

The Jim Crow Laws, are documented historical examples of racism, they do not provide empirical evidence that western civilization is based on a white supremacist superstructure, as whiteness entails.

History (my degree, economics) yes of course use the scientific method, unfortunately there are many theories being propagated in humanities & the social sciences that I don't believe stand up to peer review.

As a taxpayer, I would like to see some departments which do not provide gainful employment or advances in science and technology, scaled back.

Frownland

I don't understand your first point, how can examples of white supremacist structures in our history not be evidence of white supremacist structures in history?

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William_the_Bloody

A white supremacist structure like the Jim Crow laws are an example of institutionalized racism that is historically documented. It does not provide direct evidence that western civilization is rooted in an inherently white supremacist superstructure that needs to be interrogated and exposed.

Whiteness proposes that this permeates are society as a typical whiteness article below shows. There is not sound historical evidence to support this.

Racism and sexism in heavy metal highlighted in new study

Frownland

Those laws still have lingering effects that remain to this day so I'd say that yes, it is a notable example. That's not to say that every study done on the subject is valid, but the subject on the whole is not invalidated because of some intellectually lazy grad students.

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