Tag: Anti-Racism
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The Paradox of Anti-Racism Activism: Perpetuating Racism Instead of Ending It
As a former university professor and diversity officer, I once asked a black-student union if their goal was to become obsolete. While most students didn’t understand the question, one student, the group’s leader, replied that the group would continue to exist even if racism were eradicated. Today, I’m more concerned about the creation of seemingly…
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Cambridge University’s Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Changes Curriculum to Address Racism Concerns
Cambridge University’s Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic is changing its curriculum to teach students that identities like Anglo-Saxon are “constructed and contingent” in an effort to make its instruction more anti-racist. The department aims to “dismantle the basis of myths of nationalism” and address concerns over the term’s perceived connection to ethnic or racial…
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Cambridge University to Teach Students that Identities Like Anglo-Saxon are “Constructed and Contingent”
Cambridge University has announced that it will be teaching students that identities such as Anglo-Saxon are “constructed and contingent” as part of an effort to make its instruction more “anti-racist.” The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic hopes to “dismantle the basis of myths of nationalism” and acknowledges “recent concerns over use of the term…
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The Problem with Perpetuating Racism in Anti-Racism Activism and Diversity Positions
As a former diversity officer and professor at a university, I once asked the black-student union if their goal was to become obsolete in the near future. While most of the students didn’t understand the question, the group’s de facto leader stated that the group would continue to exist even if racism went away. This…
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The Problem with Perpetuating Racism in the Name of Anti-Racism
At a former university where I served as a diversity officer and taught, I had a meeting with the school’s black-student union. Toward the end of the meeting, I asked if their goal was to become obsolete in the near future. Most of the students didn’t understand the question, but one student, who appeared to…
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Cambridge University to Teach Students that Identities like Anglo-Saxon are “Constructed and Contingent”
Cambridge University is set to teach its students that identities such as Anglo-Saxon are “constructed and contingent” as part of an effort to make its instruction more “anti-racist.” The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic hopes to “dismantle the basis of myths of nationalism” and address “recent concerns over use of the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ and…