When I taught sociology at the college level I told students my class was “a free fire zone.” That, as long as you could defend your views with facts, anybody could say anything in classroom discussions. But apparently, repugnant Bolshie fangirl academics think differently.
That’s because they have no defense against well stated opposing views, especially if those who hold those views are of a non PC approved race, gender, or ethnicity. So they employ racism rather than listen to them. Such is modern academia, a hiding place for authoritarian socialists who like to tell people to be quiet according to race and gender.
FNC: “A professor for a sociology course at Binghamton University used her syllabus to tell students that priority is given to ‘non-white folks’ in picking students to call on for classroom discussions.
The syllabus was for a course titled ‘Social Change – Introduction to Sociology,’ which is being taught this spring by professor Ana Maria Candela. A copy of the syllabus states that the professor practices ‘progressive stacking’ during classroom discussions, adding that ‘non-white folks’ are given priority for being called on.”
Professor Candela used “progressive stacking” where “non-white folks” would be given priority or preference in class discussions. The university declared the policy (used by other faculty members around the country) to be a violation of university rules.https://t.co/X62wdXG5BT
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) February 22, 2022
“This means that we try to give priority to non-white folks, to women, and to shy and quiet people who rarely raise their hands,” the syllabus read. “It also means that if you are white, male, or someone privileged by the racial and gender structures of our society to have your voice easily voiced and heard, we will often ask you to hold off on your questions or comments to give others priority and will come back to you a bit later or at another time.
“Our experience with this practice is that within little time, those who feel most privileged to speak begin to take the initiative to hold space for others who feel less comfortable speaking first, while those who tend to be more silenced in our society grow more comfortable speaking. As you can imagine, it has tremendous benefits for our society as a whole when we learn to hold space and listen to others whose voices are typically disregarded and silenced,” the syllabus states. Well, as Truman Capote said of another writer, “That’s not writing. That’s typing.” Same here. That’s not thinking. That’s authoritarian socialism.
BU was not having it. A Binghamton University spox told press that the harpy’s syllabus violates the faculty staff handbook. The “progressive stacking” section has been removed.
“The Faculty Staff Handbook outlines principles of effective teaching, which include valuing and encouraging student feedback, encouraging appropriate faculty-student interaction, and respecting the diverse talents and learning styles of students. The syllabus statement you have brought to our attention clearly violates those principles. The faculty member has updated their syllabus, removing the section in question, and is now in compliance with the Faculty Staff Handbook.” Bully for them.
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Strange, sociology is not defined as “social change.”
When do we attack kanada for human rights abuses? Send kamalalala in first to scare ’em to death, before the attack. She’s a good diversion. Once she arrives, they won’t have any idea what our position is. FJB/FKH & FJT
This is what happens when the majority of Admissions People are women/feminist/racists: Anyone can get a degree, no one ever fails, and our children are assaulted with IDIOCY
A lot of professors are book smart but when it comes to common sense they are dumb as a fencepost.
In other words, like like all liberals this professor is a hypocritical racist. And like all other liberals, she’s too dam*ed hypocritical to admit it.
I remain hopeful that eventually, maybe sooner than later, much of the obvious racism, sexism, genderism and whatever else will run its course as people begin to wake up to the fact that those shouting about it the loudest are the worst offenders and they also realize that NO I am not what YOU are calling me and me sitting here taking it isn’t helping any situation. But maybe I give people too much credit for intelligence and being able to sort through the B.S. and being able to determine that many of those professing such are doing it solely to virtue signal their superiority and maybe soothe their own guilty conscious for being “privileged” themselves without having to make the sacrifice of giving ALL theirs away and thus remove the stain of the fruits of their privilege. Duplicitous, like so many virtue signalers, influencers and politicians are.
Professors that let their political views and extremist ideology impact their interaction with students are either incompetent or a danger to students.
What a fool? This professor should be under a jail where she cannot spread her hatred and completely biased subject matter.
Seems to me that the idiot-indoctrinating-racist leading the class is what should have been removed!