William_the_Bloody

I am not denying the fact that their has been institutionalized white racism in the United States. The whole south was based on it, and in my opinion, they have had a devastating effect on Black and Aboriginal Americans communities for centuries.

But to believe in an philosophical entity known as whiteness that seeks to surpress non white minorities has no scientific basis, and is simply rendered false by the fact that Asians, and I do now believe Indians have on average higher levels on incomes than white males in the U.S. In other words they are now the top of the food chain.

Look I am all for racial equality and stomping out racism where it exists, but I'm against quasi scientific theories that are solely based on political ideologies. One could make the case that whiteness theory is implicitly racist in itself as it only attacks people of European decent.

The end result of such indoctrination are the students with the dog whistle.

Frownland

I see intentional misreading is a forte of yours.

William_the_Bloody

If you want to make up an argument please back it up with facts not smug comments.

I am always open to having my opinion changed. For me all that matters is reason and facts and evidence. I could give a f)ck up about being liberal or conservative or political ideologies in general, so long as they are not breeding extremism, which on university campuses they currently are.

Frownland

Just calling it like I'm seeing it mate.

Well, if you follow critical theory, then it never closes out the opportunity for what you suggest with the whiteness theory being implicitly racist being true. In fact, you could take that same theory and use it to survey and analyze the actions of people who have been taught about whiteness theory because that in itself could be a social construct that they've picked up through education. That's why I said that it's ironic for anyone to teach critical race theory as an absolute, because that theory stems from.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

William_the_Bloody

Ok I think I understand your viewpoint, and we'll end it here.

For me it comes down to whether or not the concept being taught by a professor is scientifically sound, and I don't believe that Whiteness or many theories utlizing social construct theories are.

and it may be just coincidence, but everytime I took one of these courses it was run by a Marxist left wing professor, and the material was heavily politically biased. (I honestly don't think they even realize it, I think that their just true believers)...but then again, I may have just had bad luck.

I'm oppossed to the religious right as much as I am the authoritarian left, it is just that the latter appears to be growing in power while the former is diminishing. ...as for people like Milo Yiannopoulos, honestly not a fan, he just happens to be counteracting this stuff.

Frownland

Soft sciences are absolutely valid. I'm sorry that you're not willing to accept that.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

William_the_Bloody

Well considering my degree is in history, I entirely accept it, because they are backed by primary source documents.

I do think that academic disciplines like sociology, and political science are of less value to society than the hard sciences of physics and chemistry though, and more open to be abused for someone's political gain.

I actually have a honor's degree in history, but when people comment that I must be really smart, I laugh in their face. Any pointdexter can get an A in history or sociology if they read enough. It takes real brain power to be a top biochemist.

RoxyRollah

Bigot. .

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RoxyRollah

Well you freshed faced dad bod college graduate. You seem to suffer from California white guilt as well as being a slave to this cult of personality / i hate myself movement. And i dont want to be the person to tell you this but.... You kinda create more people that think like me, Goo, WTB.....I just wish you realized that this has been pumpped into your head...And its 67% hogwash.

Edit: most ppl have heads full of hogwash.see the difference is we let you have your hogwash while you brow beat and hen peck others because "you" see it as illogical. In all actuality no one gives a **** if frownlandthinks its hogwash but you.

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RoxyRollah

I ask you this do they teach critical thinking in schools anymore.Or has Bill Ayres done more damage to the education system then he did when he was bombing banks with the weather underground?

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