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i really want to figure out what i should be doing about this.  it's not
going to be "wished away" and being depressed about its depth doesn't help.
maybe when we surface after overeating, FEASTers (can't resist a pun now
and then) can strategize a little?
Ann

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 4:41 AM, Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.slate.com_blogs_the-5Fslatest_2016_12_22_&d=CwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=cr6tht_WvtJKEkQysz8VwIE5WKUE7ExGLxdZZNe9YgQ&m=-oqEYDkN1U3N3GmGZeAZ6XTxWOc1lmFHFcymF7TrpKU&s=jZNt3QSHeSrhMNzU53odLcUFAadPTsD-gFkm8hvCrH4&e= 
> wisconsin_republicans_want_problem_of_whiteness_class_
> cancelled_professor.html
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.slate.com_blogs_the-5Fslatest_2016_12_22_wisconsin-5Frepublicans-5Fwant-5Fproblem-5Fof-5Fwhiteness-5Fclass-5Fcancelled-5Fprofessor.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=nKKKDr7ftNHLMgLoSSUq-K5rG6jjggRbomKARKrlb3E&e=>
>
> Wisconsin Republicans Want "Problem of Whiteness" Class Cancelled,
> Professor Fired
> By Osita Nwanevu
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.slate.com_authors.osita-5Fnwanevu.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=D-PG7oYE-rsNWCYIxMosJmalXpNe-Ud7FetRGge2CaQ&e=>
> [image: 185655948-an-outside-view-of-bascom-hall-on-the-campus-of-the_1] An
> outside view of Bascom Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin on
> October 12, 2013 in Madison, Wisconsin.
>
> Mike McGinnis/Getty Images
>
> Republican legislators in Wisconsin are threatening to reject the
> University of Wisconsin-Madison's requests for additional state funding
> unless an elective course they find offensive is cancelled and its
> professor is fired.
>
> Rep. Dave Murphy, chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on
> Colleges and Universities, told the* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel*
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jsonline.com_story_news_education_2016_12_21_gop-2Dlawmakers-2Ddemand-2Duw-2Dmadison-2Ddrop-2Dproblem-2Dwhiteness-2Dcourse_95694610_&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=4B3qJn0-lIjiOaPSbHdLdZ0yyvZGToDDS0EQsOxIzeU&e=>
> he believes the course “The Problem of Whiteness” contributes to “the
> polarization of races in our state.”
>
> “I am extremely concerned that UW-Madison finds it appropriate to teach a
> course called, ‘The Problem of Whiteness,’ with the premise that white
> people are racist,” he said in a statement
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wispolitics.com_1006_Statement-5Fon-5FUW-5FMadison-5FThe-5FProblem-5Fof-5FWhiteness-5FCourse.pdf&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=XaFzRc1V2HJr4xwI2bD5ysmZ8mAe0Xf71SHlGgKSxow&e=>.
> “Even more troubling, the course is taught by a self-described
> “international radical” professor whose views are a slap in the face to the
> taxpayers who are expected to pay for this garbage.”
>
> The statement includes a selection of tweets made by the course’s
> professor Damon Sajnani. In one made on the night of July's Dallas
> shooting—during which five officers were ultimately killed and nine
> injured—Sajnani captioned a photo of a CNN chyron reporting the casualties:
> “Is the uprising finally starting? Is this style of protest gonna go viral?”
>
> Is the uprising finally starting? Is this style of protest gonna go viral?
> — ProfessorD.us
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ProfessorD.us&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=fh9g8Sn3VSfq76tdzi5-UgnH-Apf0-e_1scN_-b8nGE&e=>
> (@profd) 4:36 AM - 8 Jul 2016
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_profd_status_751258510168625153&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=iaCkpFJNE5MOECowvxhv08gmhBBwDnI-UhjFDHd0ULQ&e=>
>
> Sajnani’s course description
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__african.wisc.edu_content_problem-2Dwhiteness&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=H-o8z53y7dFBdo19ukB4wKsC6tsFBjVo1yUnzKz5HT0&e=>
> describes “The Problem of Whiteness” as a chance to “understand how
> whiteness is socially constructed and experienced in order to help
> dismantle white supremacy”:
>
> Our class will break away from the standard US-centric frame, and consider
> how whiteness is constructed globally, with particular attention to
> paradigmatic cases like South Africa. Whereas disciplines such as Latino/a,
> African, and Asian American studies focus on race as experienced by
> non-whites, whiteness studies considers how race is experienced by white
> people. It explores how they consciously and unconsciously perpetuate
> institutional racism and how this not only devastates communities of color
> but also perpetuates the oppression of most white folks along the lines of
> class and gender. In this class, we will ask what an ethical white identity
> entails, what it means to be #woke, and consider the journal Race Traitor’s
> motto, “treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity.”
>
> The university has defended the course in a statement
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__news.wisc.edu_statement-2Don-2Dafrican-2Dcultural-2Dstudies-2D405_&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=gG5nTU469iImDSNG2Y92fae96dpqNBEXFafWtnuCo50&e=>.
> “We believe this course, which is one of thousands offered at our
> university, will benefit students who are interested in developing a deeper
> understanding of race issues,” it reads. “The course is a challenge and
> response to racism of all kinds.” Sajnani’s tweets were addressed in
> another statement
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.washingtontimes.com_news_2016_dec_21_university-2Ddefends-2Dcourse-2Don-2Drace-2Drelations_&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=cuiOiu5QfN62ElSaoHpXjJ-RLY9pV2-0VzY25UW1R7w&e=>
> by University of Wisconsin-Madison provost Sarah Mangelsdorf in which she
> defended the “First Amendment rights of its students, faculty and staff” to
> express themselves on social media and elsewhere while stating that
> incitations of violence are not in keeping with the university’s values.
>
> The *Milwaukee Journal Sentinel* reports
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jsonline.com_story_news_education_2016_12_21_gop-2Dlawmakers-2Ddemand-2Duw-2Dmadison-2Ddrop-2Dproblem-2Dwhiteness-2Dcourse_95694610_&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=4B3qJn0-lIjiOaPSbHdLdZ0yyvZGToDDS0EQsOxIzeU&e=>
> that Rep. Murphy has directed his staff to inspect other course offerings
> to see if “they're legit.” The *Journal Sentinel* also reports that the
> first legislator to call for the cancellation of Sajnani's course was Sen.
> Steve Nass of the Senate’s Committee on Universities and Technical
> Colleges. In July, Nass similarly threatened funding for the university
> over a lecturer’s assigning of an essay on gay sexuality.
>
> In January, Nass issued a statement
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__host.madison.com_ct_news_local_education_university_uw-2Dstudents-2Dfire-2Dback-2Dat-2Dstate-2Dsen-2Dsteve-2Dnass-2Dover_article-5F9a7bd0ac-2D084d-2D5254-2Da7d8-2D1cd59a21600c.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=vgPdcvSa1dVKOs6-7b6whlgScgwcm1kn06NybGB5lQY&e=>
> criticizing comments made by University of Wisconsin system president Ray
> Cross about the university’s efforts to do more for minority students and
> staff.
>
> “President Cross needs to stop wasting time appeasing the political
> correctness crowd demanding safe-spaces, safe-words, universal apologies
> for hurt feelings, and speech/thought police,” Nass said.
>
> Osita Nwanevu is a *Slate* editorial assistant.
>
>
> natcphd
>
>    1. How PHILOSOPHY Was Whitewashed
>    <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sgrp.typepad.com_sgrp_2015_08_how-2Dphilosophy-2Dwas-2Dwhitewashed-2Dan-2Dinterview-2Dwith-2Ddr-2Dnathaniel-2Dadam-2Dtobias-2Dcoleman-2Dby-2Daaron-2Dsalzer-2Dof-2Dscienceorfat-2Dt.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=PIe3080lrTtQlgzWFqk6RnLSh3HUjRC1Z50PiJRQTBc&e=>
>
>    2. Why Is My CURRICULUM White? (We Inherited Galton)
>    <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__m.youtube.com_playlist-3Flist-3DPLXXq6t7B9L-5F7LrcF190Il9zyGYyZ1w0F3&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=iO9jECHEaawrz8RrKX-Qgc0-qlGcPxmIUvWrKzx2KQg&e=>
>
>    3. Why Is The UNIVERSITY Still White?
>    <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.newappsblog.com_2015_06_why-2Dis-2Dthe-2Duniversity-2Dstill-2Dwhite.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=sc__m11f986zOfE9JUg-Sd31xGPVg76GSkSS2THHqDE&e=>
>    —What Is Blackstudies?
>    <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icloud.com_keynote_0CJZei32EFzV60VcXfbQRSclA-23160730-5FBlackstudies-5Fis-5F.-5F.-5F&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=Z1Dg5QKPs0o13TyRWHRc5REfepgiD8_SKvuKJNi72HA&s=f5BXyeqPju3xzTXFjQN_quU-5cM7IsLzyQ04TsS00Ig&e=>
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