{"id":16317,"date":"2020-01-30T02:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T09:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16317"},"modified":"2020-01-30T02:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T09:12:38","slug":"quick-takes-woke-academic-study-secret-pedagogues-social-justice-mathematics-cultural-humility-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/01\/30\/quick-takes-woke-academic-study-secret-pedagogues-social-justice-mathematics-cultural-humility-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013  Woke Academic Study: Secret Pedagogues ; Social Justice Mathematics; Cultural Humility Training."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Wokeness has never been so seriously mysterious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ntSehWj14Z0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your humble author is not one to go hog wild for conspiracy theories, but its shenanigans like this that makes one wonder just what <em>is<\/em> happening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/where-do-campus-lgbt-orgs-get-their-training-material-they-wont-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sub-rosa<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMultiple schools that offer extensive training and educational opportunities on LGBT issues are refusing to say where they get their instructional material, who writes it, and who on campus is qualified to teach it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDrexel University, Duke University, Georgia Tech and the University of California, Davis all have active and dedicated LGBT resource organizations that offer students numerous opportunities for learning about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture. The websites for these organizations offer very little information about where the material for those classes and workshops come from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe College Fix reached out to each organization multiple times via email and phone asking for that information. None offered it. Reached via phone Wednesday evening, a representative from UC-Davis\u2019s LGBTQIA Resource Center said The Fix\u2018s queries would be passed on to a supervisor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you get two plus two to equal five? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/math-professor-soliciting-ideas-for-socialjustice-textbook-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Justice Mathematics<\/a>, of course!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA math professor recently involved in a political controversy in academic mathematics has issued a call for \u2018ideas\u2019 on how to \u2018advance #socialjustice\u2019 in a mathematics textbook series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cChad Topaz was one of the professors at the center of the uproar against Abigail Thompson, a math professor at the University of California, Davis, who recently wrote in opposition to required \u2018diversity statements\u2019 in academia. Thompson derided the practice of diversity statements, referring to them as \u2018using a political test as a screen for job applicants.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cDiversity\u201d means uniformity of thought, including for the catagorically \u201coppressive\u201d classes to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/iowa-state-promises-major-new-diversity-initiatives-including-cultural-humility-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humiliated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFollowing a series of racist incidents on its campus, including vandalism and offensive photographs, Iowa State University\u2019s administration has promised major new diversity initiatives for the school, including \u2018cultural humility\u2019 training and workshops for every faculty member on how to create \u2018inclusive classroom environment[s].\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn October the campus group Students Against Racism issued a list of demands to the university administration, including declaring a \u2018zero tolerance policy towards racism and antisemitism,\u2019 the expulsion of the students who recently drew swastikas on campus, and the firing of an advisor who \u2018wore blackface,\u2019 a reference to a student staffer\u2019s having painted his face \u2018a variety of colors\u2019 for a campus play nine years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Woke Academic Study: Secret Pedagogues ; 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