{"id":17034,"date":"2020-09-10T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17034"},"modified":"2020-09-10T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:41:28","slug":"quick-takes-enemies-of-wokeness-white-male-art-is-bad-threats-against-women-are-good-grammar-is-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/09\/10\/quick-takes-enemies-of-wokeness-white-male-art-is-bad-threats-against-women-are-good-grammar-is-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Enemies of Wokeness: White Male Art Is Bad; Threats Against Women Are Good; Grammar Is Genocide"},"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: Purge bad teh juju.<\/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\/8Gv0H-vPoDc\" 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;Because we can\u2019t have nice things, at least when they are produced by \u201cpale penis persons\u201d, a museum director was induced to quit his job because he wouldn\u2019t preclude the possibility of the museum <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/07\/14\/gary-garrels-san-francisco-museum-modern-art-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquiring<\/a> work by said \u201cpale penis persons\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUntil last week, Gary Garrels was senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). He resigned his position after museum employees circulated a petition that accused him of racism and demanded his immediate ouster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Gary&#8217;s removal from SFMOMA is non-negotiable,\u2019 read the petition. \u2018Considering his lengthy tenure at this institution, we ask just how long have his toxic white supremacist beliefs regarding race and equity directed his position curating the content of the museum?;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis accusation\u2014that Garrels&#8217; choices as an art curator are guided by white supremacist beliefs\u2014is a very serious one. Unsurprisingly, it does not stand up to even minimal scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe petitioners cite few examples of anything even approaching bad behavior from Garrels. Their sole complaint is that he allegedly concluded a presentation on how to diversify the museum&#8217;s holdings by saying, \u2018don&#8217;t worry, we will definitely still continue to collect white artists.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGarrels has apparently articulated this sentiment on more than one occasion. According to artnet.com, he said that it would be impossible to completely shun white artists, because this would constitute \u2018reverse discrimination.\u2019 That&#8217;s the sum total of his alleged crimes. He made a perfectly benign, wholly inoffensive, obviously true statement that at least some of the museum&#8217;s featured artists would continue to be white. The petition lists no other specific grievances.\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;At least that museum director wasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/she-called-institutional-racism-a-myth-syracuse-wont-punish-students-threatening-her-she-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened with physical violence and death<\/a>, unlike this student.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAdrianna San Marco [said] \u2026 the administration has ignored her plea to respond to physical threats made against her, by identifiable Syracuse students and alumni, in the wake of her recent column in LifeZette.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is in stark contrast to the university\u2019s prolonged and far-reaching response to purportedly racist graffiti found in a residence hall last fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn January Syracuse pledged to suspend students accused of \u2018Bigoted vandalism\u2019 and remove them from campus while their conduct cases go forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe university\u2019s radio silence for three weeks represents \u2018a refusal to work with me \u2013 to work with any conservative student,\u2019 San Marco said in a phone interview last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018I\u2019m not the only [student] who sent emails\u2019 notifying the administration of death threats and other promised violence for expressing conservative views: \u2018They haven\u2019t responded to those students either.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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;Well, that\u2019s what she gets for using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/rutgers-english-department-to-deemphasize-traditional-grammar-in-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proper English grammar<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe English Department at Rutgers University recently announced a list of \u201canti-racist\u201d directives and initiatives for the upcoming fall and spring semesters, including an effort to deemphasize traditional grammar rules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOne of the initiatives is described as \u2018incorporating \u201ccritical grammar\u201d into our pedagogy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is listed as one of the efforts for Rutgers\u2019 Graduate Writing Program, which \u2018serves graduate students across the Rutgers community. The GWP\u2019s mission is to support graduate students of all disciplines in their current and future writing goals, from coursework papers to scholarly articles and dissertations,\u2019 according to its website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUnder a so-called critical grammar pedagogy, \u2018This approach challenges the familiar dogma that writing instruction should limit emphasis on grammar\/sentence-level issues so as to not put students from multilingual, non-standard \u201cacademic\u201d English backgrounds at a disadvantage,\u2019 the email states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Instead, it encourages students to develop a critical awareness of the variety of choices available to them w\/ regard to micro-level issues in order to empower them and equip them to push against biases based on \u201cwritten\u201d accents.\u2019\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=\"Enemies of Wokeness: White Male Art Is Bad; Threats Against Women Are Good; Grammar Is Genocide\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Purge bad teh juju. \" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Purge bad teh juju. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/09\/10\/quick-takes-enemies-of-wokeness-white-male-art-is-bad-threats-against-women-are-good-grammar-is-genocide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[25,24,42,69,48],"class_list":["post-17034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-mood-music","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17036,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034\/revisions\/17036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}