Sensitisation and anti-white diversity trainings continue at universities

Students and teachers are told to take anti-racist training courses with an anti-white narrative in focus. These days, nearly anything can be perceived as offensive and even a Mexico-themed party could qualify as cultural appropriation, according to the training materials.

WORLD MAY 6. 2021 16:27

In the United States, sensitisation targets both teachers and students through a variety of training sessions on diversity, anti-racism, and „whitesplaining” . One of the most recent rounds of diversity and inclusion trainings was delivered at the University of Florida, and a student has provided images from the session to the The College Fix website.

During the training course the tasks focused on the definition of concepts, such as fairness, equality or equity, and students were also explained what constitutes privilege. The programme also featured a series of multiple choice questions. Participants had a description of a situation and they had to decide what the appropriate response was in each given circumstance.

One of the situational tasks revolves around Tanner, a white man, who is planning what he thinks is a lighthearted Mexican „salsa and sombreros” themed party. When a friend of his, Luca, hears about it, they get angry because they recognise the event as „cultural appropriation” that makes fun of their Mexican heritage. The question is: „What should Tanner do?”

Ouf of the three options, one suggests that Tanner should end his friendship with Luca and spread the word that he is overly sensitive. Another choice for Tanner is to listen to Luca s problem, asking him to use a less angry tone if they are going to talk about it. The third option suggests that Tanner should thank Luca for warning him because it has not even occurred to him that the theme could be offensive. Tanner should also promise that he will learn more about cultural appropriation to avoid making the same mistake. The third option was considered appropriate interaction, according to participants. 

During the programme, participants were also shown some videos to raise awareness about the impropriety of saying „All Lives Matter”. According to the training s transcript, saying „All Lives Matter” is like the fire department showing up at a house when it s burning and spraying down the house across the street, instead of yours (which is on fire), because all houses matter.

The student who showed The College Fix the training materials feels misled by the university. The training was advertised as being compulsory, but this is not the case, those who do not complete it will receive no penalty. The student only received a warning for missing the course deadline and found out that, although everyone thought it was compulsory, it wasn t.

Meanwhile, professors at Tulane University also had a chance to participate in an anti-racism training course in April. Its aim was to make the participants anti-racist, to allow them to understand how oppression works and to build a community that stands up against racism. Activist Ibram X. Kendi, who has written several books on anti-racist perception, also attended the course, according to its description. One of his books was also given as a gift to the first 500 applicants.

In another recent event, however, the organisers have taken a stance against the mainstream leftist ideology by inviting speakers who fell victim to today s cancel culture. The two invited speakers at the online event which took place at Yale University were Abigail Shrier and Ryan Anderson. Both guests have written books about transgenderism and its dangerous ideology, which have been removed or censored by some sites. 

Abigail Shrier says the current generation, growing up amidst today s prevalent cancel culture, needs „an injection of optimism.” They need to know that they can go against certain principles and ideologies and it is okay to disagree with them. Moreover, the author says, American society is not as divided as many people think. The problem is actually with a tiny minority of far-left activists, who continually blame others via social media, she said.

In his lecture, Ryan Anderson stressed that they may be wrong in what they write, but the solution is not to try and eradicate or delist their books. Rather, we need to have a sensible debate in such cases. The author believes that no one should allow themselves to be intimidated and silenced.

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