{"id":17964,"date":"2021-05-20T00:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17964"},"modified":"2021-05-20T00:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:05:23","slug":"quick-takes-anti-racist-academia-critical-race-theory-professorship-faculty-of-color-endowed-chair-antiracism-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/05\/20\/quick-takes-anti-racist-academia-critical-race-theory-professorship-faculty-of-color-endowed-chair-antiracism-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Anti-Racist Academia: Critical Race Theory Professorship; Faculty of Color Endowed Chair; Antiracism Librarian"},"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: Free inquiry into how to best peddle a gnostic doctrine.<\/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\/mqeaFPHVCGA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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;Ideology isn\u2019t an academic discipline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/boston-university-law-school-creates-first-critical-race-theory-professorship-in-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yet here we are<\/a> treating it as <em>the<\/em> truth in a world of <em>our<\/em> truths\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBoston University\u2019s law school recently announced its inaugural appointment for a professorship focused on critical race theory and antiracism, the first of its kind in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe private university selected Angela Onwuachi-Willig (right), the law school dean, as the first Ryan Roth Gallo and Ernest J. Gallo Professor. The Gallos endowed the position with a $3 million gift, according to the Bostonia, the university\u2019s alumni magazine.\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 fighting racism like telling people that they can\u2019t have a job because they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/colleges-english-department-calls-for-creation-of-faculty-of-color-endowed-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not the right race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cProfessors within the English Department at Gustavus Adolphus College have called for the creation of a Faculty of Color Endowed Chair as part of an effort to address systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe position is one of eight published by the department in its statement on anti-racism, written following the death of George Floyd. The department prefaced its propositions with a denunciation of racism and police in America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018The criminal justice system in the U.S. is racist with modern police forces arising out of vigilante groups that hunted down escaped slaves,\u2019 the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn addition to creating the Faculty of Color chair, Gustavus English professors also called for a commitment to \u2018decolonize the curriculum,\u2019 invites black students to correct professors openly, and requests \u2018Bards in the Arb\u2019 presentations to be focused solely on works by black writers for the next three years.\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;Remember when librarians supported free speech above all else and would celebrate \u201cbanned books\u201d? Now-a-days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/harvard-creating-new-antiracism-librarian-job-it-pays-up-to-240300-per-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech is out and wokeness is in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHarvard University is creating a new position for its Ivy League campus: an \u201cAssociate University Librarian for Antiracism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe salary grade (061) for the position is listed between $133,300 to $240,300 per year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience and demonstrate strong data analysis, leadership and administrative skills, according to Harvard officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA media relations spokesperson for Harvard Library responded that \u2018we\u2019re not commenting beyond the information listed in the job posting,\u2019 but added once the person is hired they will release more information.\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=\"Anti-Racist Academia: Critical Race Theory Professorship; Faculty of Color Endowed Chair; Antiracism Librarian\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Free inquiry into how to best peddle a gnostic doctrine.\" \/><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: Free inquiry into how to best peddle a gnostic doctrine. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/05\/20\/quick-takes-anti-racist-academia-critical-race-theory-professorship-faculty-of-color-endowed-chair-antiracism-librarian\/\">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":[25,42,69,48],"class_list":["post-17964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-higher-ed","tag-mood-music","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17964","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=17964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17965,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17964\/revisions\/17965"}],"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=17964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}