A student at Columbia University is urging the school to inject more diversity into its required courses, claiming she suffered severe emotional trauma from reading too many books by and about white people.
Columbia students and faculty gathered Wednesday night for a panel discussion on Race, Ethnicity, and University Life. According to the Columbia Daily Spectator, much of the commentary revolved around the idea that minorities on campus simply spend too much time being traumatized by the white-centric content of their classes.
One of the panelists at the event was black Columbia student Nissy Aya. Aya was supposed to graduate in 2014, but instead is only on track to receive her degree in 2016. That, Aya says, demonstrates how hard it has been for me to get through this institution, though its worth noting she is an exceptional case, as Columbia has one of the highest four-year graduation rates in the country.
Aya attributed some of her academic troubles to the trauma of having to take Columbias current Core Curriculum, which requires students to take a series of six classes with a focus on the culture and history of Western, European civilization. Aya says this focus on the West was highly mentally stressful for her.
She makes a decent point about diversity. However, this whole Trauma nonsense is just going to turn people off anything she says.
Personally I don't think she has a decent point about diversity.
She just has to take six Western Civ Core classes. Beyond that, she can load up on whatever the hell she wants and I'll bet money there's enough "diversity" oriented classes to fill the rest of her schedule. Given it's taken her six years to graduate, that's only one class per year to fulfill her requirement. She has really no ground to stand on.
Sometimes I wonder if African Americans are going to end up like radical Muslims, still holding Christians accountable for the crusades. How many generations need to pass before people move on?
She makes a decent point about diversity. However, this whole Trauma nonsense is just going to turn people off anything she says.
Complete BS. Oh the trauma.
I guess maybe she should switch to another college.
I'm going to change that anyway, even the forums are getting overly PC.
Western civilization is shaped by... western people. OH NOES!!!
Quick, purge the history books!
No? Let's marginalize them instead. If no one ever reads them then no one can be harmed by reading of such "white" things as the Renaissance or the American Revolution. Especially not that part where a WHITE President freed the slaves. Take it all out, not enough diversity.
History books need quotas too, you know.
"Diversity" is a code word for black supremacy. I heard some douchebag on the radio talking about a "diverse" school in some hellhole. The demographics was 90%+ black, ~6% Latino, and the rest other. The definition of "diverse" has changed since I was in school...
The dumbest thing I've read in a while. Wow.
"Diversity" is a code word for black supremacy. I heard some douchebag on the radio talking about a "diverse" school in some hellhole. The demographics was 90%+ black, ~6% Latino, and the rest other. The definition of "diverse" has changed since I was in school...