Whiteness has its privileges, among which is the privilege to be taken seriously as an intellectual…

Posted in Excerpts/Quotes on 2015-11-23 02:46Z by Steven

Whiteness has its privileges, among which is the privilege to be taken seriously as an intellectual, to be seen as the model patron of a library, the rightful inhabitant of a university campus, never to be viewed as a security risk to other students for his mere presence there.

Ann M. Little, “Who’s telling who to STFU at American universities? Observations on teaching at a HWCU.” Historiann: History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present, November 21, 2015. http://historiann.com/2015/11/21/whos-telling-who-to-stfu-at-american-universities-observations-on-teaching-at-a-hwcu/.

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Who’s telling who to STFU at American universities? Observations on teaching at a HWCU.

Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, Social Justice, United States on 2015-11-22 19:19Z by Steven

Who’s telling who to STFU at American universities? Observations on teaching at a HWCU.

Historiann: History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present
2015-11-21

Ann M. Little, Associate Professor of History
Colorado State University

Ah, yes: freedom of speech. What some really mean when they evoke it is, “my right to have my say and not have you talk back,” like all of those crybabies who have cancelled their appearances at commencement ceremonies in the last few years because not every student and faculty member greeted their future appearance on campus with hugs and cocoa and slankets.

If you really believe in liberty of speech, then stop telling others to STFU. In my view, the people who are being criticized most vigorously for speaking up lately at Yale and the University of Missouri are all too often quiet about their experiences, silent on campus, and eager not to draw attention to themselves, and it’s these students whose voices we need to listen to the most.

Too many people have zero imagination about what it is to be African American or Latin@ on a historically white college or university (HWCU) campus. But everyone who has ever attended or taught or worked at a HWCU knows that African Americans on HWCUs are viewed with suspicion just for being there, let alone when they try to unlock their own damn bikes or organize a protest about their marginalization…

Read the entire article here.

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