A sophomore-level, bidisciplinary course called “White Mythologies: Objectivity, Meritocracy, and Other Social Constructions” will be taught at the college next year by professors Kendralin Freeman and Jason Rodriguez.

That’s right: Freeman, an associate professor of sociology, and Rodriguez, an anthropology professor, will be expounding on the “Western” conceptualizations of “objectivity” and “meritocracy” through the prism of “whiteness.”

“This course explores the history and ongoing manifestations of ‘white mythologies’ — long-standing, often implicit views about the place of white, male, Euro-American subjects as the norm against which the peoples of the world are to be understood and judged,” the description of the class reads.

“Students will explore how systematic logics … position ‘the West’ and ‘whiteness’ as the ideal manifest through such social constructions as objectivity, meritocracy, and race, and as justifications for colonial interventions, slavery, and the subordination of women,” it continues.

It’s no surprise today that so-called scholars would critique Western civilization along the lines of what’s referred to as cultural hegemony, which supposedly perpetuates mythologies and beliefs that reinforce white people’s class and racial dominance.

That is a Marxist ideal, after all.

This popular progressive argument holds that all “truth” is subjective, and is therefore socially manufactured and perpetuated. Like many other such arguments that are popular on college campuses today, professors undermine their own authority to teach such a course by delegitimizing the concept of “objectivity.”

Post-modern scholars are teaching students that Western nations’ historical record of colonialism and imperialism conflicts with the “correct” modern liberal fundamental belief that all peoples and cultures are inherently equal in every regard.

In other words — there must be a satisfactory answer for how western civilization was able to thrive relative to other civilizations other than merit or scientific achievement, one that rests entirely on a system of exploitation and oppression of minorities.

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However, scientific advancement and objectivity are not culturally or historically bound concepts.

Simply put, all cultures throughout human history have benefited from scientific advancement, regardless of race or ethnicity.

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For example, most folks understand that if a rocket can soar into outer space, it can do so whether it’s launched from the United States or China — no matter who discovered jet propulsion.

What’s plain as day is that modern academia is not a “meritocracy”; students can’t get by in courses like this one, no matter how hard they work, if they don’t buy into its Marxist concepts.

Kyle Becker is a content writer and producer with LifeZette. Follow him on Twitter