Princeton U Still Requires RAs to Participate in DEI Trainings That Include ‘Microaggressions’
“Every system of oppression comes from the idea that one group is somehow better than another”
Every time it seems like we’re finally getting past this nonsense, it rears its head again.
The College Fix reports:
Princeton still requires RAs to participate in DEI, ‘microaggression’ training
Ahead of the fall semester, Princeton University required student dormitory supervisors to participate in diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings that covered “microaggressions,” “internalized oppression,” and other topics.
National Review first reported on the mandatory training sessions based on recordings and documents it obtained at the end of August.
Many universities have been closing their DEI offices and shutting down programs under pressure from the Trump administration. But, as some conservative education leaders have observed, Princeton has been doubling down instead.
National Review’s Abigail Anthony, a College Fix alum, wrote that the RA trainings are an example of how, “despite the Trump administration’s efforts to purge such programming from campus life, DEI is alive and well at some of the most elite universities.”
One of the sessions Princeton required RAs to participate in this summer was the “Four I’s of Oppression.” It taught the students about “ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized oppression,” according to the report.
“Every system of oppression comes from the idea that one group is somehow better than another,” according to a video from the training.
During another session, “DEI training part two,” students learned about “facilitating inclusive conversations.”
The session involved students acting out “hypothetical scenarios involving undergraduates,” including conflicts involving “microaggressions,” “racism incident,” “elections conversation,” “gender discrimination,” according to the report:
A scenario about “gender discrimination” addresses “a group of males who have formed a bond with each other” that is refusing to let a student who “openly identifies as a trans man” join an off-campus trip to watch soccer; a member of the male group says “our group is only for guys; we do a bunch of guy stuff that wouldn’t be fun unless you’re a guy.”
Staffers involved in the trainings included Jes Norman, “an education and outreach program coordinator at Princeton University, who opened ‘DEI training part one’ by saying, ‘My pronouns are they, them, or xe, xir, or you can use my name,’ and ‘I come into the space as a black, queer, non-binary person who is also neurodivergent,’” according to National Review.
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When asked about what is wrong with being a straight, white, christian, conservative, male, I answer, absolutely nothing. And this despite living in Portland, where apparently, I am the source of ALL problems, especially those I seem to know nothing about. Imagine what I could accomplish if I put my mind to it. 😉 The day is young.
“I come into the space as a black, queer, non-binary person who is also neurodivergent,’”
It didn’t take Democrats long at all to come up with a mandatory euphemism for “mentally ill.”