April Designated as “White Shaming Month”


The ironic thing about this entire concept is that, without slavery and colonization (not that either of those things are acceptable), they wouldn’t have the free speech platform and government attention they now have today. The echoes of history are interesting in the fact that should you decide to trace events, you come across subtle truths that people choose to ignore.

For those interested in learning even more about the study of whiteness, PCC provides a link to a portal on the school library’s site listing additional resources.

Planning for the event is still ongoing, with applications being accepted until February 1 from those who wish to “get engaged” by hosting a lecture, guest speaker, panel, film screening, discussion, art exhibit, or class field trip to local art or history museums.

Representatives for PCC had not responded by press time to Campus Reform’s inquiries as to whether professors would be allowed to assign grades for participating in field trips or on-campus events.

While details about the specific programming are not yet available, PCC does outline the objectives that it seeks to accomplish through the project, as well as the concepts it would like students to explore over the course of the month.

In the “Context” category, for instance, the school challenges students to explore the meaning and history of whiteness, specifically how it “[emerged] from a legacy of imperialism, conquest, colonialism, and the American enterprise.”

Like so many other American colleges, Portland Community College is claiming its mission is to dismantle whiteness. What does that even mean? You can’t dismantle an entire race of people. That’s both racist and suggestive of genocide. If you want to know why racism exists today, it’s because of classes like this one.

Source: downtrend.com

 



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