Michelle Malkin » What’s wrong with the University of Delaware? Update: The school responds

What’s wrong with the University of Delaware? Update: The school responds

By Michelle Malkin • October 31, 2007 04:05 PM

Residential life on elite college campuses has been infected with political correctness for decades. Ethnic segregation in dorms and at graduation. Mixed bathrooms. “Safe spaces” protecting sexual minorities from hearing any criticism of their lifestyles. I lived through it in the ’90s, but it has gotten progressively worse. What’s reportedly going now on at the University of Delaware takes the cake. Those who dissent from left-wing orthodoxies now must submit to “treatment.” The vigilant group FIRE blows the whistle:

The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university’s own materials as a “treatment” for students’ incorrect attitudes and beliefs. The Orwellian program requires the approximately 7,000 students in Delaware’s residence halls to adopt highly specific university-approved views on issues ranging from politics to race, sexuality, sociology, moral philosophy, and environmentalism. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling for the total dismantling of the program, which is a flagrant violation of students’ rights to freedom of conscience and freedom from compelled speech.

“The University of Delaware’s residence life education program is a grave intrusion into students’ private beliefs,” FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. “The university has decided that it is not enough to expose its students to the values it considers important; instead, it must coerce its students into accepting those values as their own. At a public university like Delaware, this is both unconscionable and unconstitutional.”

The university’s views are forced on students through a comprehensive manipulation of the residence hall environment, from mandatory training sessions to “sustainability” door decorations. Students living in the university’s eight housing complexes are required to attend training sessions, floor meetings, and one-on-one meetings with their Resident Assistants (RAs). The RAs who facilitate these meetings have received their own intensive training from the university, including a “diversity facilitation training” session at which RAs were taught, among other things, that “[a] racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality.”

The university suggests that at one-on-one sessions with students, RAs should ask intrusive personal questions such as “When did you discover your sexual identity?” Students who express discomfort with this type of questioning often meet with disapproval from their RAs, who write reports on these one-on-one sessions and deliver these reports to their superiors. One student identified in a write-up as an RA’s “worst” one-on-one session was a young woman who stated that she was tired of having “diversity shoved down her throat.”

According to the program’s materials, the goal of the residence life education program is for students in the university’s residence halls to achieve certain “competencies” that the university has decreed its students must develop in order to achieve the overall educational goal of “citizenship.” These competencies include: “Students will recognize that systemic oppression exists in our society,” “Students will recognize the benefits of dismantling systems of oppression,” and “Students will be able to utilize their knowledge of sustainability to change their daily habits and consumer mentality.”

At various points in the program, students are also pressured or even required to take actions that outwardly indicate their agreement with the university’s ideology, regardless of their personal beliefs. Such actions include displaying specific door decorations, committing to reduce their ecological footprint by at least 20%, taking action by advocating for an “oppressed” social group, and taking action by advocating for a “sustainable world.”

In the Office of Residence Life’s internal materials, these programs are described using the harrowing language of ideological reeducation. In documents relating to the assessment of student learning, for example, the residence hall lesson plans are referred to as “treatments.”

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The University of Delaware, feeling heat, has just issued a response. They claim their program actually promotes free speech:

The University of Delaware residential life educational program has been misrepresented and its goals distorted in a report generated this week by an advocacy group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

…Students in residence halls are not forced to participate, and certainly are not forced to agree with any particular point of view. Students are faced with questions, but the answers to these questions are their own. There are no “correct” answers.

“The notion that students at the University of Delaware can be coerced into any one point of view does a great disservice not only to the institution but also to the student body, which is bright, creative and represents a wide array of thought,” Gilbert said.

The residential life educational program, which has been developed with the express intent of helping students think critically and analytically, has had the input of student leaders, faculty and administrators and is continually assessed through feedback from individuals and through focus groups.

I smell CYA.

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I’m preserving screenshots and docs from the university’s residential life page, in case they mysteriously disappear:

FIRE has much more here.

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Bryan Preston presses the university.

John Leo writes: “The basic question about the program is how did they think they could ever get away with this? Most campus indoctrination is more subtle, with some wiggle room for fudging and deniability. This program implies a frightening level of righteousness and lack of awareness. But the RAs have begun to back away a step or two. After telling the students the program is mandatory, the RAs sent an email saying the sessions are actually voluntary.”

Derbyshire: “I can’t help thinking, though, that the real culprits here are the alumni who let these horrors go on, often in buildings that have their names on them; and the damn fool parents who beggar themselves to send their kids off to these fascistic institutions.”

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#1

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:11 pm, Grey Fox said:

I wonder if they mention this in their brochures…
#2

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:14 pm, Master Shake said:

So, by admitting white students, isn’t the University of Delaware a racist institution?
#3

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:14 pm, yt1300inHtown said:

Sometimes I wish I could go back to college just to fidht the system with what I know now.
#4

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm, Buck I said:

Residental dorms are for studying, sleeping, drinking, and occasional “relations”. This U. of Delaware program is just corny. Get out of the young people’ business. Man.
#5

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm, conservativesRus said:

These people who come up with this stuff - such arrogance. Where do they get off thinking that they know morally acceptable things and the rest don’t? Since when is “diversity” some super “positive” that supersedes any other moral position.
#6

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:17 pm, englishqueen01 said:

Geez.

I’m starting my Masters’ degree in January, looking through the handbook, I came across this gem under the “Students will” section:

12. Demonstrate sensitivity to issues of inclusiveness, global awareness, and social justice.

One of my first classes is a professional grant writing course where we get paired with a non-profit of our choosing to write a grant for money for this NPO. I’m choosing the Wisconsin Right to Life foundation or Pro-Life Wisconsin.

We’ll see how that’s received.

Back in college, I was a liberal. Yes, I know…if you’ve read some of my posts you probably doubt that. But it’s true.

So when I graduated, I received honors. I often wonder - if I professed the same political views then as I do now - would I have been conferred honors? My alma mater had a different grading system (no letter grades, assessment outcomes) so honors was conferred by the faculty.

My gut tells me I wouldn’t have recieved honors had I been a conservative in college.

I hope FIRE wins this suit and the program is dismantled and buried 100 feet below the surface. But it won’t go without a fight; political correctness never dies easily.
#7

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:21 pm, Jim M. said:

Excerrpts from the Unuversity of Delaware’s training document”

“A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination. (This does not deny the existence of such prejudices, hostilities, acts of rage or discrimination.)” - Page 3

—–

“REVERSE RACISM: A term created and used by white people to deny their white privilege. Those in denial use the term reverse racism to refer to hostile behavior by people of color toward whites, and to affirmative action policies, which allegedly give ‘preferential treatment’ to people of color over whites. In the U.S., there is no such thing as ‘reverse racism.’” - Page 3

—–

“A NON-RACIST: A non-term. The term was created by whites to deny responsibility for systemic racism, to maintain an aura of innocence in the face of racial oppression, and to shift responsibility for that oppression from whites to people of color (called “blaming the victim”). Responsibility for perpetuating and legitimizing a racist system rests both on those who actively maintain it, and on those who refuse to challenge it. Silence is consent.” - Page 3

—–

“Have you ever heard a well-meaning white person say, ‘I’m not a member of any race except the human race?’ What she usually means by this statement is that she doesn’t want to perpetuate racial categories by acknowledging that she is white. This is an evasion of responsibility for her participation in a system based on supremacy for white people.” - Page 8

This is absolutely astounding. And it is absolutely one of the most racist, bigoted and hate-filled screeds I have ever read. I would submit that this document is a prime example of hate speech at its worst.

I have seen similar trash that has been circulated by the New Black Panther party. Is that who is running “diversity” training at the University of Delaware?

Unconscionable and unconstitutional don’t even begin to describe the utterly vile nature of this program. Talk about civil rights violations.

This goes well beyond any lapse or error in judgment. It is so reprehensible that any sense of justice would require the immediate removal of anyone and everyone at the University associated with this program, starting with the President.
#8

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:24 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

If the University of Delaware did not intend to create a hostile environment then why the program in the first place. Regardless of their intentions, the University has created the very problem they espouse to be trying to solve.

These approaches to civility are just plain silly. If anything, an attempt to impugn a single race based on an assumption is disgusting. Worse it leads to a greater probablity of violence as the supposed suppressed minority now has some superior right of not grievance but action as well. Damn stupid.
#9

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:24 pm, Trubble said:

Let’s see…

I’ll advocate for upper middle class heterosexual white males. They are automatically prejudged to be racist, misogynistic homophobes based solely on their ethnicity, sexual preference and socioeconomic status making those who hold these views, by definition, prejudiced bigots.

Now, instead of reducing my carbon footprint, I will set out to reduce the carbon footprint of the human race by actively encouraging and advocating for the sterilization of Liberals. This “No Child Policy” will greatly reduce the damage we are doing to Mother Gaia.

So, do I get an A?
#10

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:27 pm, englishqueen01 said:

Wow.

Thanks for posting that, Jim.

It’s nice to know that I’m a racist - simply based on the fact that I’m white and people who lived 50-100 years before I was born had prejudiced laws and practices. Guess I should tell my African American, Asian, and Arab co-workers that I’m really a racist because I’m white.

As always, the politically correct lefties are the ones who are racist. Just take the word “white” in the above and substitute any other race and watch heads explode over the (justafiable) racism in that screed.

And, as always, politically correct lefties know where to place the blame: on people who weren’t, by and large, even born when slavery, segregation laws, and the civil rights movement took place.

This makes me sick. Wonder if you can homeschool for college, too?
#11

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:27 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

The crazy thing is that people pay to go to these places.
#12

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm, conservativesRus said:

englishqueen - complete aside: Isn’t asking the gov’t for grant money a bit problematic right from the get-go? I completely agree with who you are choosing - and I think they have every right to the money as much as any other group (wait, more than most groups) - but in my “limited government” view, there shouldn’t be grants. By it’s very nature, “How to ask the government for money” pre-supposes that government handing out money is a good thing.

Gotta say - I’m sooooo glad I completed my university time a) before this political correctness got like this and b) in engineering where the beam doesn’t care if it’s politically correct or not - only if it’s strong enough.
#13

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:30 pm, ScaryBiscuits said:

If you dig through the documentation FIRE has provided, you see in the “presentation” notes that the definitions were developed by a San Fran-based organization called “Challenging White Supremacy.” Their mission statement:

“We believe our special responsibility is to help white social justice activists become principled and effective anti-racist organizers — both to challenge our white privilege and to work for racial justice in all our social justice work.”

Glad to know that University of Delaware is using such diverse sources for their diversity program. (/sarcasm)

One other interesting paragraph of note, also found in the presentation notes for Dr. Butler:

“Under Moorish rule, Spain had been the center of European culture. The Moors built 11 universities, thousands of book stores, hot and cold running water perfumed with roses, and a system of public baths for poor as well as rich. Moorish cities were centers of trade with Africa and Asia. Jewish people flourished during the Moorish empire; they had major roles in education and commerce, and were treated more justly than at any other time in European history.”

Is it just me, or is this person viewing “Moorish rule” through “rose”-colored glasses? I seriously doubt that it was an accidental oversight not to include the status of Christians and the punishments for those infidels caught breaking the law in this period. There was a reason the Catholic faith came back with the raging vengeance known as the Inquisition.

This document reeks of ignorance — both genuine and self-imposed.
#14

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:31 pm, Buck I said:

Jim M.

I didn’t get a lot of sleep, so I may not be as alert as I would like, but you are doing schtick right? Where did you find that information? If I’m being slow and missing the joke, then it’s just over my head.
The Dave Chappelle Show could have used this document in a skit.
I don’t think it reads as though it’s real. Where did you find it?
#15

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm, englishqueen01 said:

conservativesRus:

I only looked at a brief description of the course, but I’m going to assume that it’s also possible to compose a grant for funds from private organizations and donors as well - where I work, we’ve gotten private grants to run programs with no government involvement.

I’ll see and let you know, but I understand your point. I’d much rather write proposals for private donors.
#16

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm, MissMarciLyn said:

Oh.

My.

LORD IN HEAVEN.

I cannot for any reason think why this has been allowed to happen for even a minute — not only am I white, but I’m also a Christian — so am I now doubly evil simply for being who I am??

Vile, evil, hate filled, hate mongering, all of the above and then some.
#17

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:35 pm, englishqueen01 said:

I cannot for any reason think why this has been allowed to happen for even a minute — not only am I white, but I’m also a Christian — so am I now doubly evil simply for being who I am??

Yes, MissMarciLyn. You and I - both white and Christian - are the most vile people simply for who we are, because the politically correct liberals hold US responsible for the actions of people long dead.

Nice, isn’t it?
#18

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:37 pm, Jim M. said:

Buck

I found that on the FIRE site, which has a complete copy of the program document and took excerpts verbatim from that document.

I wish I was doing schtick. This is so far out there it is hard to believe even the most liberal minded person would swallow it.
#19

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:39 pm, conservativesRus said:

englishqueen - I stand corrected - agree completely in what your thinking is going in.

OT again: I’m envious of you being in WI. My wife and I met in WI. You have real winters there - unlike here in the northeast where we get useless winter.
#20

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:

Delaware has a University?
#21

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm, J S Ragman said:

OK, say it AJ.
#22

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm, Jim M. said:

The sections quoted in my post above came from this document:

http://www.thefire.org/pdfs/3d0208922083e5d59664be8371ab5f0f.pdf
#23

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm, conservativesRus said:

Sorry to break it to you ladies - missmarcil and eq….nope, you are not the MOST vile..etc. A white male Christian is. A category which I’m a proud member of (not that such category carries any special view in God’s eyes - in fact, God still sees me as fallen and only accepted because of His grace given through Jesus sacrifice)
#24

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:46 pm, MissMarciLyn said:

Aloha –

Univ. of Delaware definitely exists….Having grown up about 25-30 minutes directly north of Delaware, I used to respect the institution (mostly because of the awesome marching band they had that would perform at my high school’s band competitions. You didn’t get a better show when it came to the low brass sections (Ohio State had nothing on these guys).

So sad to see that the academic side of things is rather pathetic, despite the evil they espouse.

Ooh wait — I’m soory, I’m a white Christian — it’s me that’s evil…..darn my brain - it’s just so slow to indoctrinate!!!!
#25

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:48 pm, MissMarciLyn said:

Rus:

Amen to that, Brother!!

Saved by Grace, and humbled by it!
#26

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:48 pm, Buck I said:

Well the University of Delaware is looking like a cartoon or a comedy skit in my mind now.
I’d urge all you white people out there(christian or otherwise), to realize that the large majority of minoritie don’t think this way. As you probably already know from your black and other minority friends and co-workers, not all people live their lives blaming white people for everything and wearing a victim name tag.
If you think this U. of Delaware view is mainstream, please expand and diversify your social circles.

Thanks Jim
#27

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:49 pm, conservativesRus said:

Just a question of logic here: If there is no such thing as “reverse racism” - how can there be “racism”. If one exists, isn’t the other ALWAYS possible?
#28

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:57 pm, AlohaGuy said:

If you think this U. of Delaware view is mainstream, please expand and diversify your social circles.

Heh.
#29

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:59 pm, MissMarciLyn said:

Buck I:

If I thought that this tripe was the mainstream idea, I’d be far angrier about the whole situation.

As it stands, I am disgusted more than anything, thought I have to admit some genuine concern over the education of our children up to that point that no one thought this was a problem from the start.

When will we get back to teaching our children good judgment and discernment and just plain reality????
#30

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:02 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

The problem is that Delaware was run by the Dupont’s for decades if not an entire century. These individuals of privilege cannot escape guilt for being successful. To atone for the sins of their fathers, they have created insanity.
#31

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:09 pm, gayle said:

My daughter is in an all girl college, Presbyterian in fact, that allows homosexuality.

Some roommates are gay and of course we know what goes on……

There are numerous girls on campus that are outraged that a Christian college would allow such behaviors.
This past semester, a transexual was admitted into the freshmen class.

I told my daughter that I would no longer contribute to any school that allows what is against Christian beliefs.

For those of you that have kids going off to college very soon, just remember this can happen to your child.
Watch where your money goes.

If my daughter wasn’t on a full scholarship, she’d been long gone.
Luckily for me, she knows what is right and what is not.
#32

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:11 pm, HeatherRadish said:

If there is no such thing as “reverse racism” - how can there be “racism”. If one exists, isn’t the other ALWAYS possible?

Not necessarily. There’s time, but there’s no reverse time…

I’ve never believed in “reverse racism” anyway. If you’re a dark-skinned person hating on people of pallor, you’re no different than a pale person hating on dark-skinned people. No different.
#33

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:13 pm, Ali-Bubba said:

University of Delaware motto:

Teaching Your Children to Hate You, Since 1743!
#34

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

Is Delaware an all black university? Rhetorical…

I’m black and my husband is white. What if our child were attending this university?

So far my school Liberty University seems like the only university worth sending my kids…
#35

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:32 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

gayle: Unfortunately, the homosexualization of many of the mainline churches is not only ongoing but accelerating. The Episcopal church is self-destructing, and is losing about a 1000 people per day from the pews. Entire diocese as well as the larger churches are simply departing with or without their property. Laity is running to non-denominational churches, the baptists, and the catholics.

Your daughters plight is not unusual in church run schools and colleges. I would not send a child to any of these institutions - unless I was one of the looney liberals that act mindlessly when it comes to their kids. Before you accept a free ride, check out the strings that come with it.

Another sad part of all this is that most of these church run institutions are really controlled by the government - they can’t reject an applicant without violating the civil rights laws and losing a lot of money. And, of course, let’s not forget the lawyers who are just waiting in the wings for any opportunity to sue based on a presumption of bias.
When, and I mean when, the homosexual lobby gets special status, look out for reverse discrimination from this crowd of losers. (They would like nothing better than to abuse a heterosexual girl who actually practices Christianity.)
#36

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:38 pm, taylork said:

This is going to go one of two ways: a bunch of people are going to get fired, or Ward Churchill is about to get hired.

Hopefully the oppressive alumni will get word of this real soon.
#37

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:42 pm, taylork said:

Maybe soon you’ll be able to get a degree in white guilt and moonbattery, thus giving you a heads up against the rest of competition for George Soros’ money.
#38

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:46 pm, JohnHolliday said:

these programs are described using the harrowing language of ideological reeducation.

Hmmmm…Re-education…

As I recall, Maoist China sent 50 million people to re-education camps. Unfortunately, no one told them that the final exams were, literally, life and death. Actually, just death. I wonder if those 50 million Chinese would consider themselves better people because they were “educated”; to death.

Also, in #7, we see that only white people can be racist. As opposed to Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Ron Karenga (creator of Kwanzaa). No, all these “fine upstanding citizens” can’t be racist because, well, they’re not white!

Bovine excrement!
#39

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:51 pm, FLLegal said:

I think our children would be wiser and smarter to avoid such universities altogether, i.e. avoiding such leftist socialist multiculturaal pathetic indoctrination and propaganda.

We need to “gut” our schools of such people.

As a lawyer, let me say that said “definitions” are ludicrous and outlandish. We have idiots teaching our kids.
#40

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:52 pm, taylork said:

New classes include: how to write a catchy protest, effigies for the unartistic, banner making 101, Stalin and Mao–the most misunderstood leaders of the 20th century, troofer physics, and Drum Circles Jam Bands and Bongs–Peace through partying.

Seriously though, we’re getting closer to full on bizarro world step by step
#41

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:52 pm, FLLegal said:

multicultural…sorry for the typo
#42

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:56 pm, pressto said:

I loved some of the “references” he used to get his definitions with in that school manual.

His terms for “Race and Racism” comes not from an accredited dictionary or source, but the People’s Institute.

http://www.pisab.org/

Nope, no indoctrination going on here if you look at the programs they have.
#43

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:56 pm, pressto said:

I loved some of the “references” he used to get his definitions with in that school manual.

His terms for “Race and Racism” comes not from an accredited dictionary or source, but the People’s Institute.

http://www.pisab.org/

Nope, no indoctrination going on here if you look at the programs they have.
#44

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:58 pm, leepro said:

This is outrageous! I am very glad that F.I.R.E. is doing something about it!

We’ve heard from two posters here who are in inter-racial marriages. What are they or their children to do if attending an institution like this???!!?
#45

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm, pressto said:

Sorry for the double post again, this is like the 3rd time that has happened when I click submit
#46

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:08 pm, aunursa said:

This diversity training program for RA’s is particularly disgusting.
#47

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:17 pm, JW2 said:

Wow. I should take these training classes. I didn’t even know that I was racist and thought that the only way people of color got jobs was through affirmative action. Why didn’t anyone tell me that I thought that way?!?

I’m Christian too, luckily I’m not male or I would be truly despicable. I’ll have to warn my husband that he is. [That's "that he is... despicable" I think he already knows he's male.]
#48

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:24 pm, vickisoup said:

From Jim M’s post, as copied from the literature:

By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination.

There are people who actually can say this with a straight face. I was visiting with a Human Resources Specialist who was Latina, and she uttered these words, “Well, [she] can’t be racist because [she's] not White”. We got into it. Her best line? “The good news is that in LA, minorities are up to about 60%, so they will have the power to fight back”. Uh….60% is a majority; not a minority. Oh yeah: she had her Master’s Degree.
#49

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:34 pm, Jim M. said:

University of Delaware’s new motto:

KILL WHITEY!
#50

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:38 pm, Jim M. said:

The quick and dirty Latin version (for their diplomas and such):

IUGUOLO NIVEUS Vir
#51

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:41 pm, JW2 said:

vickisoup -

Interesting… I wonder if she got her Master’s at the University of Delaware.
#52

On October 31st, 2007 at 6:51 pm, puhiawa said:

Pure racism. Absolutely incredible. Since this school receives substantial State money it should be investigated immediately for violating the civil rights of ALL it’s students with these bizarre conclusions.
#53

On October 31st, 2007 at 7:28 pm, Yashmak said:

I am so mad right now. I recognize racism when I see it, and this is it. I stand accused, simply for the color of my skin, of helping to “perpetuate the ideology that people of color are morally and mentally inferior“. It is made as a statement of FACT, not an opinion.

It stands behind a veil of ’shining a light on racism’, when it is itself racist. Moreover, it claims nothing has changed, that whites are still perpetuating this.

Nothing of what it says is true about me. NOTHING.

Caucasians force stereotypes on minorities? WHAT?!? Did the author of this piece of bigot-filled filth ever watch a hip-hop video or movie targeted at black youth? And WE stereotype?!?

And to polish it all off, they claim that inter-ethnic racism between other groups is also the fault of the whites.

NICE. If I ever have kids, and they go to college, University of Delaware will be added to Emory, and GWU as one of the schools they will not attend.
#54

On October 31st, 2007 at 7:32 pm, Jim M. said:

The Board of Trustees for the University. Just in case they decide to take this down for a while.

July 2007

——————————————————————————–
Ex-Officio Members:
Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of the State of Delaware
Patrick T. Harker, President of the University
Jean W. Allen, President of the State Board of Education
William H. Narvel, Jr., Master of the State Grange

Officers of the Board:
Howard E. Cosgrove, Chairman
Robert A. Fischer, Jr., Vice Chairman
Robert W. Gore, Vice Chairman
Joan Thompson Mobley, Secretary-Treasurer

Elected and Appointed Members:
Thomas J. Burns
Irwin G. Burton III
R. R. M. Carpenter III
Charles M. Cawley
Richard S. Cordrey
Patricia A. DeLeon
Scott A. Green
Ilona E. Holland
Dennis E. Klima
John A. Krol
Cynthia Primo Martin
James P. Neal
Christopher H. Schell
A. Gilchrist Sparks III
Chelina N. Tirrell
Everett C. Toomey
H. Wesley Towers, Jr.
P. Coleman Townsend, Jr.
Sherman L. Townsend
John E. Wallace, Jr.
Mary Jane Willis
Jacquelyn O. Wilson

Honorary Counselor:
Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Trustees Emeriti:
Werner C. Brown
Catherine B. Flickinger

Sally H. Higgins
Robert F. Rider
#55

On October 31st, 2007 at 7:39 pm, Grey Fox said:

The funny thing is, it validates racism in a way. If you are White, then you are automatically racist, and there is nothing you can do to change it. Ergo, why not go the whole way, join the KKK, and fight to remain on top? Since you are guilty either way, you may as well get something out of it…

Honestly, I was taught most of this in Sociology 101, taught by a professor who professed to like Rush Limbaugh at rather conservative little denominational college. It wasn’t stated in such stark terms, but the logical conclusion of what I was taught was the same. I don’t believe that any of this would be considered controversial among sociologists, judging from my textbooks in that class. I came to the conclusion that if I ever came to believe it, then I would probably end up killing myself, and then started to wonder why all the sociologists who professed to believe it were still alive, or at least still employed and occupying a position that a “minority” could hold…

BTW, the sociological definition of “minority” has nothing to do with numbers, but everything to do with power structures, which is why Vickisoups’s lady could say what she did.
#56

On October 31st, 2007 at 7:56 pm, blogagog said:

“Students are faced with questions, but the answers to these questions are their own.”

I read a few pages of that vile document, but didn’t see any question marks… Just a bunch of definitions.
#57

On October 31st, 2007 at 8:34 pm, swj719AWG said:

It promotes free speach, eh?

Someone wanna pay for a semester of my fees there?

We’ll see how much free speach they can stand…

I just decided I’m no longer Luthren. I shall start my own religion, whose core beliefe is that I dan’t have to participate in anything that calls me a racist without ever having met me.
#58

On October 31st, 2007 at 8:36 pm, mojoe said:

If you replace “white” with “black“, “hispanic” or “asian” then this crap sounds as vile as some of the KKK literature I’ve seen.
#59

On October 31st, 2007 at 8:39 pm, mojoe said:

Students are faced with questions, but the answers to these questions are their own. There are no “correct” answers.

Isn’t that what they say in therapy and psycho-analysis?
#60

On October 31st, 2007 at 8:40 pm, Surak said:

One comment above said that the professors are “idiots”. That is a dangerous mistake, my friend. I have been teaching at colleges for more than 18 years, and the faculty are not idiots. They are sociopaths who are hellbent on destroying Western civilization no matter what the cost.

When Michael Savage said “liberalism is a mental disorder”, I thought he was being rhetorical. Now I finally get that it is literally true at many levels. It is not just the whiny depression, the hypocrisy, etc. They are enraged that they are not running the world as Plato said they should, in the Republic. It is cognitive distortion. It is infantilism and polymorphous perversity - see Diana West’s “The Death of the Grown-up”. I am writing some notes on “The Psychological Crisis of Civilization”, and “Academic Freedom and the Purpose of the Academy”. (Hint - that purpose is strongly connected to the transmission of our civilization, which, according to the votes of tens of millions of illegal immigrants, is the greatest civilization in history!)

We need to be clear that the universities and colleges are no longer filled with “Mr. Chips”, but with members of the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League (no joke) and their ilk. Those who are not openly communist are themselves so indoctrinated in Marxism that they assume it’s mainstream. Bottom line - the universities and colleges are the West’s most dangerous enemies. Yes - more dangerous than the jihadists, because the Marxists are destroying our civilization from the inside, destroying our will to resist, even our will to survive.

If you want to make a difference, check out these three organizations:

http://www.goacta.org/flashindex.html
http://www.thefire.org/
http://www.nas.org/

For the record, I’m Jewish. When one of my colleagues gave a recent workshop on “White Privilege”, I wanted to drag her to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC and demand of her, “Let’s hear your lecture about white privilege now!”
#61

On October 31st, 2007 at 9:16 pm, BKennedy said:

The most telling sign all of that is a load of new-age crap is that all the sources come from the year 1975 or later.

Don’t trust any source under 35. They ignore the rest of history in favor of illogical deconstruction and whilst they condemn an “agenda” they exist only to promote a completely different one which completely and deliberately ignores the facts.
#62

On October 31st, 2007 at 9:37 pm, BrianNY said:

#26 said:

I’d urge all you white people out there(christian or otherwise), to realize that the large majority of minoritie don’t think this way.

Both liberal blacks and whites espouse this type of radical stuff, so it shouldn’t be viewed as a racial/ideological phenomenon; it should be viewed as a liberal/ideological reality. These are just punch-drunk liberals asserting their power within their constructs.
#63

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:06 pm, swj719AWG said:

I have a copy of the geneology of my father’s family.

4th Generation, of mostly German decent.

Same on my mom’s side.

In fact, when my father’s family came here, they were so poor, they were indentured servents in all but name.

Tell me I owned slaves. I have documentation that you’re lying.
#64

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:08 pm, 3Steps said:

On October 31st, 2007 at 8:36 pm, mojoe said:
If you replace “white” with “black“, “hispanic” or “asian” then this crap sounds as vile as some of the KKK literature I’ve seen.

Yup.. and they would deny it to the ends of the earth… cause everyone knows only Whitey can be racist.

I don’t think I’ll even bother to drive thru Delaware again. The outragous toll they collect probably helps support that University. But even if it doesn’t… can’t take the chance. I’ll go around the other way.
#65

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:20 pm, USAF61 said:

A friend reminded me that any school that has adopted the sobriquet of “Blue Hens”
is already suspect. Perhaps these strange birds are certainly of a small minority and are the only beings that are free of racism or sexism (blue, hens, get it?).
#66

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:24 pm, jsr said:

not only am I white, but I’m also a Christian

Miss Marc Lyn - At least you’re not male or you would already be in a re-education camp.

What bothers me the most about discovering I am a racist is that apparently I am oppressing and forcing into submission my beloved dark-skinned hispanic wife. From my point of view it seems quite the reverse, but I’m sure these scholars know alot more about it than I do.
#67

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm, englishqueen01 said:

Sorry to break it to you ladies - missmarcil and eq….nope, you are not the MOST vile..etc. A white male Christian is.

Oh, that’s right. My bad. As white Christian females, we’re merely stupid and brainwashed by the oppressive white male patriarchy. And I converted to Catholicism before I married my husband, so I’m in serious need for re-education. What with all the making the choice to be Catholic and all that…

OT again: I’m envious of you being in WI. My wife and I met in WI. You have real winters there - unlike here in the northeast where we get useless winter.

Yeah. Except our taxes stink. Majorly. And our governor’s corrupt as the day is long.

I’d urge all you white people out there(christian or otherwise), to realize that the large majority of minoritie don’t think this way.

I agree. Too bad liberals are incapable of realizing not every white person is racist, and that institutions are not racist because white people started or are involved with them.
#68

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:49 pm, Jim M. said:

On October 31st, 2007 at 10:20 pm, USAF61 said:
A friend reminded me that any school that has adopted the sobriquet of “Blue Hens”
is already suspect. Perhaps these strange birds are certainly of a small minority and are the only beings that are free of racism or sexism (blue, hens, get it?).

Guess you didn’t get the memo. UD will announce in the next couple days that they are replacing the school mascot with a black panther. IUGUOLO NIVEUS Vir!
#69

On November 1st, 2007 at 1:52 am, leepro said:

It’s “Newspeak” doncha know.

/1984
#70

On November 1st, 2007 at 7:01 am, sierra.caddis said:

taking action by advocating for an “oppressed” social group

I would advocate on behalf of those who celebrate Festivas and solicate donations throught the Human Fund!
#71

On November 1st, 2007 at 7:05 am, sierra.caddis said:

“Do you, Senator Biden, support and/or agree with The Univesity of Delaware’s adoption of the Resident Life Re-education program?”
#72

On November 1st, 2007 at 10:10 am, TK-421 said:

I seen this yesterday actully. I find it Funny that its the white man thats racist. As I recall in a little taught lesson from my home state, the biggest slave owner here was a Black man, who was once a slave himself with over 300 head! And yes most of this does steam from that subject alone. Never mind the Southern US had only 10% of the slaves in the Western himisphier, the bulk were in the Carribian. And bar the fact all slaves weren’t black, some Indians, and whites had to go through that.

Perssonally and no offense to anyone, attitudes like those by UoD is perfect proof why afirmitive action needs to be shut down. After all it could not be merit that got the writer of that artical his or her job. A person reguardless of Sex or Race should recive a job based solely on Merit, character, and ability.

Has the UoD forgotten that MLK did not just march for Blacks, Asians, Mexicans, or anyone else against the White man? As I recall he invisioned a world where we all live together and are judged by our character, not our race. And that went for Whitie too.

The so called “opression” that leads to comments like those of the UoD have mearly not defeated racisim, but spun the peduilim back the other way. And Barring Racial Genocide, the cycle will continue. Its Funny given that I’m white, that I AM a racist, I guess I got to divorse my Chinese wife, and disown my mixed nephew, maybe buy a few white bed sheets.

Racisim isn’t pretty, and not a white matter only. In fact I’m from the south and I’ve seen more Racist blacks than whites, but then again I’ve seen racisim in every skin tone that exsist. Not a White’s only problem.
#73

On November 1st, 2007 at 10:29 am, Yashmak said:

Yeah, but according to that article, racism in every other skin tone is whitey’s fault too.
#74

On November 1st, 2007 at 10:47 am, Pat said:

The academic study of the evil of white people and white culture has now been codified in a new curriculum termed “whiteness studies.” I’m not kidding.

And guess what, folks, whiteness is not a good thing.
#75

On November 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am, Grey Fox said:

Probbly no one is even reading this, but as a For Your Information: There is/was an old Backwoods belief that no fighting cock was game unless he was a blue hen’s chick. That is why so many backwoodsmen during the 18th century bragged that they were “Blue Hens’ Chickens”. The Blue Hens mascot is probably a garbled reference to that…
#76

On November 1st, 2007 at 11:36 am, BadIdeaGuy said:

I work in Delaware and pay taxes here (darnit) but live in PA. The highly politically correct news paper in Delaware, the News Journal, has not even mentioned this report, though the local news radio has.

Imagine that.
#77

On November 1st, 2007 at 11:41 am, Eric_CharlotteNC said:

Good comments. Another point. This is brought to you by the people that want to make everyone feel good about themselves.
- no keeping score in soccer/baseball games
- no honor role
- raise the children’s self-esteem at all cost
- homosexuality is normal
- dressing up like a girl is normal (unless there conservative)
- having 2 dads is great
- labeling people that want to kill us is bad
And so on….
#78

On November 1st, 2007 at 1:24 pm, ggchuck said:

I couldn’t find the screen shot shown. Have they taken it down as Michelle suspected they would or did I just not find the right link?

http://www.udel.edu/reslife/students/wholenewworld.htm“
#79

On November 1st, 2007 at 1:33 pm, Jim M. said:

They have taken down the “Whole New World Taining” Section.
#80

On November 1st, 2007 at 1:52 pm, Jim M. said:

They still had this up on their site:

The 6 th annual Multicultural Leadership Retreat will be held Friday, November 2 through Sunday, November 4, 2007.
#81

On November 1st, 2007 at 2:11 pm, JW2 said:

I finally got around to looking at the material that FIRE posted from the U of D website. The Diversity Facilitation Training material presented by Dr. Shakti Butler is some of the most racist stuff I have ever read. I googled Dr. Butler:

Dr. Butler received her doctorate in Integral Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. Her field of expertise is Transformative Learning and Change.

Dr. Butler is also the producer and director of the groundbreaking [documentary]… Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible.
#82

On November 1st, 2007 at 2:12 pm, in_awe said:

An email I sent to the president at president@udel.edu - they need a prescription of the medicine they always force on Conservatives:

I am shocked and appalled that a public university in American would even consider, let alone implement, such a nightmarish re-education program for its students. Has political correctness relieved the administration and faculty of its senses?

The only acceptable response must include:

1. Immediate cancellation of the RL Program
2. Firing the administration and faculty directors of the program and those who approved its adoption
3. Public renunciation of such violations of individual rights accompanied by a detailed explanation of why the RL program was inappropriate (including comparisons to similar re-education programs run by fascist and totalitarian regimes historically) and an apology to the student body from the President and Board
4. The appointment and funding of a conservative organization dedicated to the preservation of constitutional rights to monitor and report on student rights abuses at the University for no less than 10 years
5. The annual publication and distribution to students by the University of a guarantee of constitutional rights to its students

I am glad that my daughter is not being subjected to your idea of “education”. Shame on you all.
#83

On November 1st, 2007 at 2:20 pm, jsr said:

Dr. Butler received her doctorate in Integral Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. Her field of expertise is Transformative Learning and Change.

Can somebody please explain to me what this means in English?
#84

On November 1st, 2007 at 2:55 pm, JW2 said:

jsr -

That’s exactly what I was thinking when I read it. It’s good to know that at least the University went to a reputable source with a solid educational background… oh wait.
#85

On November 1st, 2007 at 3:01 pm, jsr said:

JW2 (or anybody else out there)

If you want to a good laugh (or perhaps a nightmare) go to the website of this institution. I don’t think I could imagine more ridiculous parody of what liberals consider education. Unfortunately it is real.
#86

On November 1st, 2007 at 6:16 pm, in_awe said:

See my message (#82 above) emailed to the President of the University of Delaware. I just received this reply:

Nov. 1, 2007

The University of Delaware strives for an environment in which all people feel welcome to learn, and which supports intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, free inquiry and respect for the views and values of an increasingly diverse population. The University is committed to the education of students as citizens, scholars and professionals and their preparation to contribute creatively and with integrity to a global society. The purpose of the residence life educational program is to support these commitments.

While I believe that recent press accounts misrepresent the purpose of the residential life program at the University of Delaware, there are questions about its practices that must be addressed and there are reasons for concern that the actual purpose is not being fulfilled. It is not feasible to evaluate these issues without a full and broad-based review.

Upon the recommendation of Vice President for Student Life Michael Gilbert and Director of Residence Life Kathleen Kerr, I have directed that the program be stopped immediately. No further activities under the current framework will be conducted.

Vice President Gilbert will work with the University Faculty Senate and others to determine the proper means by which residence life programs may support the intellectual, cultural and ethical development of our students.

Patrick T. Harker
President
University of Delaware
104 Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716-0101
E-mail: president@udel.edu
#87

On November 1st, 2007 at 7:17 pm, Jim M. said:

If the University’s goal is to turn out “global” citizens, perhaps the UN can provide future funding rather than the taxpayers of the US and the citizens of Delaware.

What is ironic and a bit sad is that these intellectual elites would not last a day in some of the “global” areas of the world, where education is dictated by religious leaders and freedom of speech and expression is the freedom to an early grave.
#88

On November 1st, 2007 at 8:25 pm, Surak said:

Speaking of the University of Delaware - sorry I didn’t post this yesterday, but if anyone’s still reading this, check out:

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDgyYTdmYmE5ZDM1MTYzN2Y1MWNkYjFmNDc1Njk3ZWI=

I saw this first at AtlasShrugs:

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/jihad_in_america_enemy_in_our_midst/index.html

The University of Delaware kicked my friend Asaf Romirowsky off of a panel discussing anti-Americanism because, you see, he’s a joint American-Israeli citizen who has served in the Israel Defense Force, and he seems to be very pro-American. A U. Del. professor was “not sure [he] would be comfortable sharing the same space with him”.

Oops - I forgot - Israel is the apartheid state. (sarcasm)
#89

On November 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 am, Bogtrotter said:

Glad to see they were forced to back off, but like cockroaches they are sure to be back.
#90

On November 5th, 2007 at 7:51 pm, westfred said:

Derbyshire: “I can’t help thinking, though, that the real culprits here are the alumni . . .”

This alumnus didn’t know it was happening until FIRE’s report was picked up here and elsewhere. I have had words with my contact in the “Development” organization and, I understand, I’m not alone.

It sure wasn’t like that when I graduated (1960s) and I was shocked to find it happening.