At a recent conference on Critical Race Theory, professors discussed how “there is no virtue in whiteness,” with some saying “whiteness” is “inherently violent.” Other conference-goers reportedly called the concept of intellectual diversity “white supremacist bullshit,” while another said “research” is a “colonial, white supremacist, elite process.” [More]
Sorry, Rodney. But thank you for trying.
[Via Michael G]
“whiteness” is “inherently violent.” So?
Being human is inherently violent. Something Jane Goodall realized during her research in Gombe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
The Chimpanzees she was studying are are closest living cousins. Far from being some philosopher’s “noble savages”, they are just as violent and warlike as we are. Which leads to the conclusion that the tendency to violence up to and including war is in our shared DNA.
The good professors need to think this one out, and not just understand the inherent violence. They need to “grok in fullness”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
They need to fully accept that there are consequences to provoking those prone to violence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
Mike Vanderboegh said his grandfather told him that if he didn’t want to have his balls ripped off, he probably shouldn’t poke a wolverine with a stick.
That kind of “inherently violent.”