If we were going to trade our tales of teachers speaking out of turn I would tell the story of my fifth grade teacher telling our whole class that "Slavery wasn't that bad. It's like if you owned a horse, you wouldn't beat the horse for no reason".

But I don't think that story or your story is very relevant to the story at hand.

The Administrator didn't come at the students incorrectly or say anything patently offensive to the students.

She said something the students objected to and disagreed with and the students were unable to maintain a civil discourse to discuss.

I would also argue that it is intellectually disingenuous to say that the administrators email made anyone "unsafe".




>And a minority at an institution like that.
>
>It's kind of like in hs, when I had to sit in sex ed and the
>teacher told the class...
>Just so you know, if you don't want to date anyone black,
>that's not racist. That's just a preference, just like I
>prefer to date blondes.
>
>If this was in a class and they were having an intellectual
>discussion about this, it'd be different. Here you have a
>person in authority, essentially discouraging students from
>being racially sensitive and minimizing the cultural
>appropriation issue and if that persons job is to create a
>home for students and make them feel welcome, then that IS a
>failure.
>
>It is already difficult for minority students at places like
>this and it shows a lack lf empathy. In reality, it could be
>perfectly intellectually correct or at least debatable to say
>something like not dating blacks isn't racist, or dressing up
>like Milan isn't racist. (Not saying I agree). That's
>irrelevant bc creating an intellectual discussion isn't their
>job. Creating a home for students is.
>
>But to understand this you really have to be able to put
>yourself in these students shoes and most people can't.


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