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Friday, December 29, 2017

Things college professors called 'racist' in 2017 | Fox News - Education

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Caleb Parke, associate editor for FoxNews.com reports, "It seems like everything is racist these days, especially when it comes to American college campuses."

Professors have labeled everything from mathematics to college football as racist in 2017. 
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In the era of microaggressions, trigger warnings, and “safe spaces,” professors, in their efforts to purge the world of racism, have labeled just about everything under the sun – and moon – as such.

Here are a few of the more off-the-wall ones from 2017:

Math

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A math education professor at the University of Illinois argues that white privilege is bolstered by teaching mathematics.

“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness,” Rochelle Gutierrez wrote. “Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white.”

Farmers’ markets
Did you know that “farmers’ markets are often white spaces where the food consumption habits of white people are normalized”?

According to two geology professors at San Diego State University, farmers’ markets are contributing to “environmental gentrification.” 
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Source: Fox News