Grad Students at University of Florida Hold Academic Town Hall for Students of Color Only
“We kindly remind all that you respond to this space [sic] is only for those who identify as a BIPOC individuals in this department.”
Will anyone call this racism? Isn’t that what it is? No one would even dream of doing this if the races were reversed.
The College Fix reports:
UF grad students host academic town hall open only to students of color
Grad students with the University of Florida’s Anthropology Department hosted a meeting during the fall semester that was open only to students of color.
The event was billed as a virtual town hall during which students of color from any major could join and “discuss future directions and goals for a BIPOC Anthropology Group.”
That according to the Nov. 18 emailed invitation, a copy of which was obtained by Young America’s Foundation, which reported that the invite stated in part:
“We kindly remind all that you respond to this space [sic] is only for those who identify as a BIPOC individuals in this department. While we appreciate white students may want to join to learn more about the BIPOC perspective, we ask they respect this space as a chance for BIPOC students to come together as BIPOC. … We ask white students to respect that this is a space where BIPOC students can come together without the need to perform any emotional or mental labor to explain their experiences.”
University of Florida officials did not respond to YAF’s requests for comment for additional information on the town hall and whether it was sanctioned by administrators.
The event was reportedly a precursor to forming the BIPOC Anthropology Group this spring 2021 semester, according to a social media post by grad student Isis Dwyer, an anthropology PhD student at the university who co-hosted the meeting.
There have been no social media posts as of yet to indicate if white students may join that group once it’s officially formed.
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“We kindly remind all that you respond to this space [sic] is only for those who identify as a BIPOC individuals in this department.”
Question: is a working knowledge of the English language still a requirement to attend college?
I know this is redundant here, but can you imagine the absolute sh*t storm that would result if this read: “We ask BIPOC students to respect that this is a space where white students can come together…”?
That these grammatically-challenged grad students are so blind to their own racial biases is almost as frightening as the thought that they want to be the ones teaching and training the next generation.
I assume that was a Rhetorical question.
Remember that this is the Anthropology department. Anthro departments have been taken over by left-wing groups, just like Sociology departments. Both areas have abandoned any attempt to look like sciences. Now they are just political pressure groups that do “research projects” with predictable outcomes designed to make it appear that everything results from systemic racism.
This looks like a clearcut violation of federal antidiscrimination legislation. Who has filed a complaint?
Aks dem do dey speak ebonic or is dey appropriate WHITE English?
It seems likely to me that this kind of thing will be resolved by the ongoing decrease in enrollment in what used to be the humanities and what are now the “humanities”.
Search for “decreasing enrollment in humanities”. There may be hope for the next generation.