Guest Post by Walter E. Williams
A frequent point I have made in past columns has been about the educational travesty happening on many college campuses. Some people have labeled my observations and concerns as trivial, unimportant and cherry-picking. While the spring semester awaits us, let’s ask ourselves whether we’d like to see repeats of last year’s antics.
An excellent source for college news is Campus Reform, a conservative website operated by the Leadership Institute (https://www.campusreform.org). Its reporters are college students. Here is a tiny sample of last year’s bizarre stories.
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Donna Riley, a professor at Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, published an article in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Engineering Education, positing that academic rigor is a “dirty deed” that upholds “white male heterosexual privilege.” Riley added that “scientific knowledge itself is gendered, raced, and colonizing.” Would you hire an engineering education graduate who has little mastery of the rigor of engineering? What does Riley’s vision, if actually practiced by her colleagues, do to the worth of degrees in engineering education from Purdue held by female and black students?
Sympathizing with Riley’s vision is Rochelle Gutierrez, a math education professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her recent book, she says the ability to solve algebra and geometry problems perpetuates “unearned privilege” among whites. Educators must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society. She thinks that “on many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.” After all, she adds, “who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as White.” What’s worse is that the university’s interim provost, John Wilkin, sanctioned her vision, telling Fox News that Gutierrez is an established and admired scholar who has been published in many peer-reviewed publications. I hope that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s black students don’t have the same admiration and stay away from her classes.
Last month, the presidents of 13 San Antonio colleges declared in an op-ed written by Ric Baser, president of the Higher Education Council of San Antonio, and signed by San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and 12 other members of the HECSA that “hate speech” and “inappropriate messages” should not be treated as free speech on college campuses. Their vision should be seen as tyranny. The true test of one’s commitment to free speech doesn’t come when he permits people to be free to make statements that he does not find offensive. The true test of one’s commitment to free speech comes when he permits people to make statements he does deem offensive.
Last year, University of Georgia professor Rick Watson adopted a policy allowing students to select their own grade if they “feel unduly stressed” by their actual grade in the class. Benjamin Ayers, dean of the school’s Terry College of Business, released a statement condemning Watson’s pick-your-own-grade policy, calling it “inappropriate.” He added: “Rest assured that this ill-advised proposal will not be implemented in any Terry classroom. The University of Georgia upholds strict guidelines and academic policies to promote a culture of academic rigor, integrity, and honesty.” Ayers’ response gives us hope that not all is lost in terms of academic honesty.
Other campus good news is a report on the resignation of George Ciccariello-Maher, a white Drexel University professor who tweeted last winter, “All I Want For Christmas is White Genocide.” He said that he resigned from his tenured position because threats against him and his family had become “unsustainable.” If conservative students made such threats, they, too, could benefit from learning the principles of free speech.
the Germans set the standard with 3 generations now of native born whites taught self loathing to the point of self genocide. now we’ll see if U.S whitey will run with the same self hate or partner up again.
So now being intelligent enough to understand mathematics is racist? Hmmm…wonder at the IQ of someone who believes such. How many grads can do simple arithmetic in their heads or count change?
Can you think of any other countries with such standards? They’re all very poor. Must be a message there….
Part of the plan to Make America Worse Than Ever.
As a professional engineer and also a manager, I see I need to ask some new questions for interviews with young engineers seeking employment. I’m thinking some good questions might be:
1. When you add 2 plus 2, does it make any difference if the numbers are white or black?
2. Five people are racing cars and going exactly 80 mph. If one is a white male, one a lesbian white female, one a transgender, one a mix black/hispanic female, and one Catlyn Jenner, who crosses the finish line first?
These two questions should help weed out the Purdue graduates.
Government bureaucrat is interviewing potential consultants and asks a simple question: What is 2 plus 2?
Accountant comes in, hears the question and says 4.
Bureaucrat says, “We will get back with you.”
Engineer comes in, hears the same question and says 4.
Bureaucrat says, ” We will notify you in writing, if you are selected.”
Lawyer comes in, hears the same question, and says, “What do you need it to be?”
Bureaucrat smiles and says, “I think we can work with you.”
Another question you could as is:
“When you add 2 + 2, how does that effects your feelz?”
Cant wait to deal for structures designed by engineers that graduated under the ideals of maff iz raycist…
If I was the King of America, those Cultural Communist professors would be dining with my pigs by tonight.
Bring back “Pig Parties”. That’ll straiten shit out for these low T fucks.
I wonder what Donna Riley’s CV looks like…….just saying…….
Eliminate the Dept of ED
Cut off all Federal funding for universities.
Ban tenure.
Confession:
I never use the services of a non-white or non-asian health practitioner.
Why?
I am not willing to subject my health to a professional who may have been the beneficiary of affirmative action.
My life is too important to take chances.
This is the danger of a system that is not purely merit based. The credentials of non-whites and non-asians who are legitimately proficient become suspect.
Have read many stories about diploma mills in India, Pakistan, and the Caribbean islands.
Nigerian dentists are popping up all over. Almost all of them are from the Yoruba tribe, which is reputed to be far more intelligent than the other Nigerian tribes, but I am still not crazy about dealing with them. On the other hand, I have had experiences with white dentists who were barely competent.
Nice handle.
Campus reform is nice too, just decades late.