{"id":17633,"date":"2021-02-04T01:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T08:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17633"},"modified":"2021-02-04T01:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T08:05:54","slug":"quick-takes-woke-education-woke-college-majors-woke-business-woke-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/02\/04\/quick-takes-woke-education-woke-college-majors-woke-business-woke-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Woke Education: Woke College Majors; Woke Business; Woke Dentistry"},"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: All education within wokeness; no education outside of wokeness; no education against wokeness.<\/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\/qHXU8NOss5k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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;The need for ever increasing wokeness means extraneous studies\u2014like <em>science<\/em>\u2014must be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/college-may-ax-science-economics-majors-but-keep-ones-focused-on-sexuality-gender-ethnic-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abandoned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGuilford College President Carol Moore has offered a plan that would cut majors in areas such as chemistry, physics, political science and economics, while retaining majors in social sciences like gender and sexuality studies and African and African American Studies, according to a statement released by the school last Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe plan, which has been submitted to the school\u2019s board of trustees, will include 15 tenured professors being let go from the school, as well as five other faculty members. Moore said the cuts are necessary to close a $7 million budget gap\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;Nothing says \u201csound business practices\u201d more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/americas-top-business-school-deans-discuss-embedding-more-racial-justice-into-business-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going woke<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cShould calculus be required in business schools? Should GPA trump \u2018lived experiences\u2019 in business school applications? Should business professors infuse diversity and inclusion topics into traditional business courses that don\u2019t necessarily call for such discussions?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThese questions and more were broached among a panel of deans from America\u2019s top business schools. The panelists tackled \u2018the challenges and opportunities they face in their efforts to prepare their graduates to be inclusive leaders of a racially diverse workforce,\u2019 according to organizers.\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;What could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/penn-dental-school-creates-lgbtq-fund-to-identify-bias-in-dentistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more racist<\/a> than that profession that is all about protecting those pearly \u201cwhites\u201d?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has received $50,000 for a \u2018LGBTQ+ Fund,\u2019 according to a January 20 news release from the university.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOfficials at the Ivy League university said the fund has \u2018the goal of identifying LGBTQ+ based biases in the dental profession and ways to dispel them.\u2019 An initial \u2018$50K leadership gift launches the Fund with the goal of eventually endowing the fund to support research and programs in perpetuity.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018As an academic community, understanding the root of homophobia, transphobia, and bias related to actual or perceived sexual orientation and\/or gender identity requires intentional study,\u2019 said the dental school\u2019s dean, Mark Wolff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe new fund will \u2018explore research and programming that can lead to best-practice models and suggest policy recommendations that can have profession-wide impact through scholarly publications,\u2019 according to the news release.\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 Education: Woke College Majors; 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