Arizona legislation proposes defunding "social justice" courses in public colleges
01-15-2017, 06:05 PM
Damn, this is the best news I've heard in a long time, and looks like another sign of a huge pushback that's in the works against social justice; part of me suspects their militancy as of late is a sign that they know their time has pretty much passed in the wake of Web 2.0 and modern media, with them no longer being able to control it and force their radical views on the masses.
Hopefully this catches on in other states as well:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/o.../96512134/
"All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."
-- Martin Luther King, letter from Birmingham Jail
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about justice, that notion that we are all equal, that we all deserve opportunities.
He lived by that Old Testament command from God that we should not only be charitable but work for justice.
Social justice, he called it.
Just don’t dare talk about such things in Arizona’s schools.
Rep. Bob Thorpe has proposed legislation that would bar Arizona’s publicly funded schools, community colleges and universities from teaching about or discussing anything that promotes "social justice toward a race, gender, religion, political affiliation, social class or other class of people.”
Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, didn’t return a call to explain his concern, nor did House Bill 2120's sole co-sponsor, Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley.
In an interview with the Daily Caller, a conservative news website, Thorpe said taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize courses that, in his view, promote discrimination or racial isolation.
“It seems like racially insensitive agendas are occurring in higher education,” he told the website. “The trend is very troubling.”
He pointed to an Arizona State University course last year that sent Fox News commentators and white nationalists over the edge: U.S. Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness. According to ASU, the upper-division course "uses literature and rhetoric to look at how stories shape people's understandings and experiences of race."
MORE: ASU denounces 'whiteness' fueled hate speech
Thorpe also cited University of Arizona’s “privilege walk,” an event in which students stand shoulder to shoulder then step forward or backward depending upon their answers to a series of questions based on their experiences: Things like whether you had more than 50 books in your house growing up or whether you can go shopping without fear of being followed or harassed.
“The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how social identifiers that are out of participants’ control have affected their privilege and the rights of members of their community,” wrote UA’s Department of Residence Life, which sponsors the event.
Hopefully this catches on in other states as well:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/o.../96512134/
"All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."
-- Martin Luther King, letter from Birmingham Jail
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about justice, that notion that we are all equal, that we all deserve opportunities.
He lived by that Old Testament command from God that we should not only be charitable but work for justice.
Social justice, he called it.
Just don’t dare talk about such things in Arizona’s schools.
Rep. Bob Thorpe has proposed legislation that would bar Arizona’s publicly funded schools, community colleges and universities from teaching about or discussing anything that promotes "social justice toward a race, gender, religion, political affiliation, social class or other class of people.”
Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, didn’t return a call to explain his concern, nor did House Bill 2120's sole co-sponsor, Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley.
In an interview with the Daily Caller, a conservative news website, Thorpe said taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize courses that, in his view, promote discrimination or racial isolation.
“It seems like racially insensitive agendas are occurring in higher education,” he told the website. “The trend is very troubling.”
He pointed to an Arizona State University course last year that sent Fox News commentators and white nationalists over the edge: U.S. Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness. According to ASU, the upper-division course "uses literature and rhetoric to look at how stories shape people's understandings and experiences of race."
MORE: ASU denounces 'whiteness' fueled hate speech
Thorpe also cited University of Arizona’s “privilege walk,” an event in which students stand shoulder to shoulder then step forward or backward depending upon their answers to a series of questions based on their experiences: Things like whether you had more than 50 books in your house growing up or whether you can go shopping without fear of being followed or harassed.
“The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how social identifiers that are out of participants’ control have affected their privilege and the rights of members of their community,” wrote UA’s Department of Residence Life, which sponsors the event.
