You refer to Professor Canin being assaulted by “woke activist students”. This seems unlikely, given that he was actually assaulted by pro-Trump Republican students. I mean, it’s possible that pro-Trump GOP activists are also “woke activists”, but I’d be very surprised if that were the case.
I was just sent a document to read. Apparently the issue at the rally had something to do with a clash or disagreement between both sides regarding BLM and the shooting of Philando Castile - which I at least would interpret within the DEI topic space?
While the linked article omitted that detail for Canin, another article I found just now detailed the pro-Trump rally but, as you suggest, beyond the detail of the fake accusation doesn't say what the topic of the sign or what the student was protesting for. It may or may not 'fit' the DEI but does fit the punish now, investigate later. The best quote in that article was:
"At the board meeting, Jennifer Eagan, a professor of philosophy at Cal State, East Bay, and president of CalFac, said she and her colleagues were proud to support Canin “in a troubling world where the truth is called fake and the right is targeting colleges, universities and university professors.”
The linked article referred to him as “a member vilified by right wing forces“ and said they were “false accusations made against him by a right-wing student group” in the first paragraph. I’m just not sure how you got “woke activists” from any of that.
See my other response. I was sent a document by another reader that says the issue was sparked when an argument/disagreement broke out between the two groups at the rally over BLM and the shooting of Philando Castile.
In many ways it is worse and much more insidious than the Old Racism.
The Old Racism (which still exists today although mostly among the DEI-favored groups, and it's not even whispered, it's fairly shouted: "White folks are evil!" "Never trust Asians") was a somewhat secret, shame-filled and joke-infested set of beliefs about any out group. In the 20s and 30s there were Irish jokes & prejudices, and then 40s and 50s there were Italian and Polish jokes, and of course other groups.
The New Racism is like the Scamdemic. It doesn't matter if it lacks proof or even logic, you simply have to leap into the faith-based concepts--in this case--of systemic racism and white guy bad.
Like many religions, it created lots of preening ninnies filled with moral superiority, but this time it was based (for the white beta women and men who espouse it) the underlying, feel-good statement of "Me So Bad." Which became a quasi religious competition: who can proclaim his own racial wickedness the loudest?
Their uniform of the day is, of course, the hair-shirt.
DEI training is not a good use of time for many people, so I think that you make some good points.
Thanks
You refer to Professor Canin being assaulted by “woke activist students”. This seems unlikely, given that he was actually assaulted by pro-Trump Republican students. I mean, it’s possible that pro-Trump GOP activists are also “woke activists”, but I’d be very surprised if that were the case.
I was just sent a document to read. Apparently the issue at the rally had something to do with a clash or disagreement between both sides regarding BLM and the shooting of Philando Castile - which I at least would interpret within the DEI topic space?
While the linked article omitted that detail for Canin, another article I found just now detailed the pro-Trump rally but, as you suggest, beyond the detail of the fake accusation doesn't say what the topic of the sign or what the student was protesting for. It may or may not 'fit' the DEI but does fit the punish now, investigate later. The best quote in that article was:
"At the board meeting, Jennifer Eagan, a professor of philosophy at Cal State, East Bay, and president of CalFac, said she and her colleagues were proud to support Canin “in a troubling world where the truth is called fake and the right is targeting colleges, universities and university professors.”
The linked article referred to him as “a member vilified by right wing forces“ and said they were “false accusations made against him by a right-wing student group” in the first paragraph. I’m just not sure how you got “woke activists” from any of that.
See my other response. I was sent a document by another reader that says the issue was sparked when an argument/disagreement broke out between the two groups at the rally over BLM and the shooting of Philando Castile.
That doesn’t turn right wing Trump supporters into “woke activists”.
DEI has always been, simply, the New Racism.
In many ways it is worse and much more insidious than the Old Racism.
The Old Racism (which still exists today although mostly among the DEI-favored groups, and it's not even whispered, it's fairly shouted: "White folks are evil!" "Never trust Asians") was a somewhat secret, shame-filled and joke-infested set of beliefs about any out group. In the 20s and 30s there were Irish jokes & prejudices, and then 40s and 50s there were Italian and Polish jokes, and of course other groups.
The New Racism is like the Scamdemic. It doesn't matter if it lacks proof or even logic, you simply have to leap into the faith-based concepts--in this case--of systemic racism and white guy bad.
Like many religions, it created lots of preening ninnies filled with moral superiority, but this time it was based (for the white beta women and men who espouse it) the underlying, feel-good statement of "Me So Bad." Which became a quasi religious competition: who can proclaim his own racial wickedness the loudest?
Their uniform of the day is, of course, the hair-shirt.