Boston University history department advertises DEI commitment, hosts classes on ‘White Supremacist Thought’ and ‘Black Power’

While I would question how balanced the reporting is from this source (I've seen their stuff before, and it's extremely one-sided), even if it's half true, this isn't surprising.

Many in that academic realm have basically built their entire personality and purpose in life around those themes, and in order for the existence of such departments/courses to "make sense", they basically have to play make-believe and operate on the flimsy premise things are just as bad now as they were in the 60's in order to justify their own existence.

When in reality, society (mostly organically) made great strides in areas of minority rights from 1970-2010. However, if they acknowledged that, then everyone would reach the logical conclusion of "well, if we made more progress before your departments even existed, then what exactly do we need your department for??"

So they have to pretend that we've made no progress. And they do so by constantly shifting the goalposts and constantly finding a "new thing" that the majority of society is uncomfortable with to rally around, and use society's discomfort as evidence that "we've got a long way to go", and "this is exactly why need our areas of study and need us to educate you".

Valletta said:

https://www.campusreform.org/article/boston-university-history-department-advertises-dei-commitment-hosts-classes-white-supremacist-thought-black-power/29892

An Executive Order is not going to stop people from trying to destroy America.

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When trying to understand the concept and history of white supremacy, it might be good to (I dunno) have seasoned professional sociologists put together some sort of systematic review into a cohesive presentation.
How is this “destroying America”?

Valletta said:

If anyone doubts information, even information that is not published by the major media establishment, with today's tools it is not hard to check:

"The Boston University History Department recognizes and mourns the long history of racial injustice that has left deep scars on our society and which continues to manifest in horrific incidents of racial violence, including the very recent murders of Black men and women at the hands of police."

Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | History

www.bu.edu

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Why is this “wrong”?
Please explain your thinking in great detail, for I truly want to know why you think the Boston University History Department is doing disservice to its students and the general public by…STUDYING HISTORY.

Pommer said:

When trying to understand the concept and history of white supremacy, it might be good to (I dunno) have seasoned professional sociologists put together some sort of systematic review into a cohesive presentation.
How is this “destroying America”?

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If it was purely for informational purposes, that would be fine.

However, to elaborate on my previous post, how is it that these programs have seemingly led to the younger college crowd getting it in their heads that things are just as bad now as they were in the 60s, so much so, that they have a duty to tear down all of the existing systems and radically reshape them?

It was just a few years ago when people were labelling voter id rules as "Jim Crow 2.0", and "it's a trans genocide if you don't let males play in female sports", and "the fact that we we don't have free government-funded XYZ is evidence we're in late stage capitalism" and "every outcome that's not perfectly equitable has to be looked at under an intersectional lens"

Is the goal to actually inform, or is the goal to give young impressionable college kids the notion that this is somehow the worst time to be alive and that radical change and a "complete re-think of society" is needed? Because a lot of them seem to be exiting the halls of academia with the latter idea.

It's a free country.

essentialsaltes said:

It's a free country.

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Is it?

Campus Reform must be struggling to find content if they're reporting on DEI statements that were put up 5 years ago.

Also, these are history classes. The "Black Power" one is about the history of Black Studies as a discipline:

The "White Supremacy" one is about the history of racial attitudes in the US and Europe:

I don't know how one could argue that this is an inappropriate subject of study (especially at the 500-level) given that white sumpremacist ideology was a significant factor in centuries of public policy and at least two massive wars (as well as many smaller ones).

iluvatar5150 said:

Campus Reform must be struggling to find content if they're reporting on DEI statements that were put up 5 years ago.

Also, these are history classes. The "Black Power" one is about the history of Black Studies as a discipline:

HI 112: Black Power in the Classroom: The History of Black Studies | History

www.bu.edu

The "White Supremacy" one is about the history of racial attitudes in the US and Europe:

HI 580: White Supremacist Thought – Self, Culture and Society since the 18th Century | History

www.bu.edu

I don't know how one could argue that this is an inappropriate subject of study (especially at the 500-level) given that white sumpremacist ideology was a significant factor in centuries of public policy and at least two massive wars (as well as many smaller ones).

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The tactic is to label any mention of race as "racism".