Do your research, know your campus
If you are interested in, supportive of, angered by, etc. the idea of a White Student Union, I would like to invite you to do a little research on the following topics:
What are the origins of the Youth for Western Civilization? How is YWC connected to the Leadership Institute and CPAC? Why would these organizations want to support YWC groups on college campuses? How do these organizations (and the idea of a White Student Union) connect to national, state, and local politics?
What is the history of Black Student Unions?
When, where, and why were they founded on U.S. college campuses? Do historically Black colleges and universities (such as Morgan State and Howard) have Black Student Unions?
Why or why not?
What does the term “white” mean in the U.S.? Who gets to be white and who gets to decide? How has the meaning of the term “white” changed over time?
What do these meanings and changes imply for the idea that white people in the U.S. share a “unique cultural heritage [and] folk customs” (Heimbach, Towerlight letter, Sept. 2, 2012)?
I offer this “assignment” as professor, in hopes that if you do this homework you will better understand the context of these issues.
And I offer this assignment as a white American with European heritage, in hopes that it will (to paraphrase a Christian prayer) make each of us an instrument of peace.
May you not so much seek to be consoled as to console, and to be understood, as to understand.
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No, we’d rather yell at each other on our computer machines.
How about
“Why might people’s of European descent wish to seek political representation as Europeans? Why do other groups do exactly the same thing? Would it be politically suicidal for Europeans not to also stand up for their interests in an environment where everyone else is doing just that? Is it or is it not in the interest of Europeans to be politically empowered? If it is in their interest then why on earth would they do anything other than that which is in their interest?”
How about “Are western nations democracies? In a democracy, does the majority rule? If Western peoples are reduced to a minority in their own democratic countries then will that deprive them of their powers of self determination, autonomy and independence? Why would European peoples ever embrace that? Why would peoples of European descent ever deliberately disempower their own children? Would they have to be oppressed, self-hating cowards in order to do that?”
How about: “What is ‘racism’? Is the notion of ‘racism’ really just a social construct which is used to bully European peoples out of standing up for their interests? Why are you a ‘racist’ when you do what’s good for peoples of European descent, and you’re only not a ‘racist’ when you do what’s good for non-Europeans? Is the notion of ‘racism’ really just a political tool and a weapon of oppression which is used to shut down thought and shut down discussions which might be threatening to the dominant leftist hegemony?”
How about “Why does it seem like Western peoples and ONLY western people seem to feel that it is there moral imperative to donate their countries to the experiment of multiculturalism? Have there ever been functional multicultural countries in the past? If not, then does it not make sense to approach the experiment of multiculturalism with extreme caution, rather than blindly rushing into it? Does it make sense to risk the entire Western World on an experiment which has never been shown to work?
How about, of the liberal-arts professors at Towson university, such as Professor Caronna, how many of them are conservatives? What percentage is that? How many conservative professors are there at any American university? Of the readings in my course kit and my curriculum, how many are representative of a conservative perspective? Is it possible that I am being exposed to exclusively leftist perspectives on the these very important issues? Is my university really just a leftist think-tank?
How about: Am I being indoctrinated?
Hugh,
How about you take some initiative PRIOR to applying to undergrad to see if the demographics will suit you and your social perspectives. Perhaps transferring to Rice, Duke, or Vanderbilt would better suit you? Oh, wait, you’re probably low-income and got a 1500 on your SAT so Towson was your only choice. I’m so sorry!
Well, Professor Caronna, looks like you’ve been assigned some homework yourself, by the redoubtable and critically-thinking Mr. hugh!
I might hazard just a couple more:
The Black Student Union proclaims in the first paragraph of its historical outline on its website that it “stormed” President James Fisher’s office with “demands” in 1970; yet this website also boasts of BSU’s “unique[ly] privilege[d]” office location “across the hall from Student Government….” How does such a rhetorical strategy of simultaneously signaling violent revolutionary fervor and establishmentarian coziness compare and contrast with Leon Trotsky’s notion of a “permanent revolution”? With other leftist power structures?
How is this bivalent message reinforced or undermined by the BSU’s choice of images: an American flag redone in the Black Revolutionary colors of red, black, and green?
And he shall give you another Comforter…; Even the Spirit of Truth…. (John 14:16-17)
“How many conservative professors are there at any American university?” Are conservative professors a minority at universities? Does that imply the more educated you are the less likely you are to be conservative? Sometimes that looks the case to me!
Wasn’t it as recent as the 1960s that black students weren’t allowed at universities? What about segregation in schools and public up to the late 1960s? That’s the reason there are Black Student Unions – because they were needed. Go to Japan or China as a college student and I would wager forming a white student union there would be OK.
I think the perspective of a White Student Union is too broad and does make itself purposely irritating. Do you think an Irish-American Student Union would be better? Italian-American / German-American / etc.
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