Discrimination against white male found

[Wotan]

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040924-120619-1344r.htm

An English professor at the University of North Carolina illegally subjected a student to "intentional discrimination and harassment" because he was "a white, heterosexual Christian male" who expressed disapproval of homosexuality, the U.S. Education Department's Office of Civil Rights has ruled.

 

The reason I posted this was because I found the following hilarious on the one hand and unbelievable on the other:

A topic of the session was "whether heterosexual men felt 'threatened' by homosexual men." Toward the end of the class, Mr. Mertes stated that " 'threatened' was the wrong word to use."

    According to the letter, Mr. Mertes cited the example of "a friend in California who is a Christian and who was propositioned by a gay man. He got a love letter from this man, and he felt dirty and disgusted, not threatened."

    Mr. Mertes told the class "that, as a Christian, he felt the same way," the letter said. "He would not want to have to explain to his 6-year-old why two men are kissing at a ballgame. [Mr. Mertes] ended his remarks in the classroom by saying that the only way to regard this activity as a 'threat' is that homosexuality could be a threat to life, e.g., reproduction or procreation."

    Mr. Jones said Ms. Crystall "didn't challenge [Mr. Mertes] in the class," but instead afterward "went around the environment of the classroom and e-mailed every student" to attack Mr. Mertes by name. The attack caused him to receive personal threats, and his car was vandalized, the congressman said.

    In her e-mail, Ms. Crystall told students: "I will not tolerate any racist, sexist, and/or heterosexist comments in my class. What we heard Thursday at the end of class constitutes 'hate speech' and is completely unacceptable, it has created a hostile environment. I am deeply sorry and apologize to those of us who are now feeling that the classroom we share is an unsafe environment, for those of us who feel vulnerable or threatened. I will do my best to counter those feelings and protect that space from further violence."

    Naming Mr. Mertes in the e-mail, Ms. Crystall wrote: "What we experienced, as unfortunate as it is, is, however, a perfect example of privilege, that a white, heterosexual, Christian male, one who vehemently denied his privilege last week insisting that he earned all he has, can feel entitled to make violent, heterosexist comments and not feel marked or threatened or vulnerable is what privilege makes possible."

Sweat Jesious what a kook...

[Lizking]

Not only a Kook, but a kook that is paid to teach (Yeah, right!) our children.

[Sandman]

In your opinion, which one is the kook?

Mertes, Jones, Crystall?

[lazs2]

no doubt the teacher is a kerrie voter.

lazs

[Mighty1]

Another "open minded" liberal in action.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Ah, the modern class room... where the actual subject material for the class is no longer taught.
-SW

[Sandman]

Read and re-read... I get it... Crystall is a bit unhinged.


Hate this writing style...

[Muckmaw1]

Unfortunately, you are looking at the bulk of Academia here.

Perhaps a bit more extreme than others...perhaps not.

[storch]

Originally posted by Muckmaw1
Unfortunately, you are looking at the bulk of Academia here.

Perhaps a bit more extreme than others...perhaps not.

I would say typical of what is in academia today.  you are entitled to freely express your opinion as long as it is in line with current liberal philosophy.

[RTSigma]

All I have to say is finally.

You know whats the worst minority today? The Single Male White College Student.

There are no scholarships or funds for being single or having kids in custody. No caucasian scholarships, insurance is high, etc.

There was an instance where a kid here got 400 bucks from a newly started Caucasian scholarship. He got booed continually, for being proud of his skin color.

I'm not saying I'm racist, I'm just stating facts.

[Mighty1]

Was talking to my oldest brother the other day and he was telling me about one of his Profs.

My brother is retired Army and has gotten married to a younger girls who is a teacher and she talked him into going back to college so he can become a teacher himself.

Well one of his manditory classes has something to do with learning to get along with others. His Prof. was a middle aged black woman.

He knew he was in trouble when he walked into the class and he was the only man in the room.

From the beginning she would always use him as an example of what was wrong with the US today. He was a White male.

She told the class he had no choice but to be prejudice because he was a white male and that he was born that way.

Long story short the Prof was not going to pass him till he stood in front of the class and admitted he was prejudice.

Of course this is normal for IU so no one was too suprised when she didn't get into trouble for it.

[Otto]

You could make a lot of money if you started a College where the instructors actually knew something of value.  Something that would increase the economic and social worth of their students.   I think there would be a lot of people who would pay for a true education.

[Muckmaw1]

Originally posted by Otto
You could make a lot of money if you started a College where the instructors actually knew something of value.  Something that would increase the economic and social worth of their students.   I think there would be a lot of people who would pay for a true education.

Pfft...I knew I would have.

I think in 4 Years of college I can name 4 classes that actually taught me somthing I used.

Marketting.
Economics
Psychology
US History WWII

Problem is...I was a business major.

Still, you need a degree unless your starting your own business.

[AKIron]

If this weren't so sad it'd be funny.

[storch]

I was an architecture major and a business minor.  There was one teacher, an Indian architect name Rizal Mistry that took me aside and suggested that I not waste my time in school any further and make my life in self employment.  I was dejected by his advise because trying as hard as I could I was a dismal student.  I dropped out 30 credits shy of graduation.  I went to work in the trades as an Iron worker/ welder.  In time I did start my own business.  In retrospect he saw something that I didn't and I misunderstood what he meant.  That man was a teacher even if his English was horrible.  If you closed your eyes you'd think you were speaking with a Pommie.