I think people are getting sick of this shit. And finally people are standing up to the leftist tools who blame everything on institutional racism and white people.
[i]The politics of faux victimization are spiraling out of control at a community college in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where several white students, their black professor and irritated administrators have one-upped each other with complaints, reprimands and now a lawsuit.
The trouble began in English professor Shannon Gibney’s Introduction to Mass Communications class at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Though the class ostensibly has little to do with race, Gibney considers herself an activist on racial issues, and frequently invokes white privilege and oppression during class time, according to her students. (She has previously taught classes on race and gender.)
Recently, several white students announced that they had had enough with Gibney’s incessant racial screed. They interrupted her during a lecture, and said, “Why do we have to talk about this in every class? Why do we have to talk about this?” according to Gibney’s account of the incident, which was recorded by the City College News.
Gibney felt put on the spot, but told the students not to take matters personally.
“We are not talking about all white people, or you white people in general,” she told them. “We are talking about whiteness as a system of oppression.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this failed to provide comfort to the white students. Next, Gibney invited them to file a racial harassment complaint with the college if they were so offended.
So they did.
Last week, the college reprimanded Gibney and accused of her creating a hostile work environment for white students.
According to Gibney, she received the following reprimand from Lois Bollman, vice president of academic affairs:
“Shannon, I find it troubling that the manner in which you led a discussion on the very important topic of structural racism alienated two students who may have been most in need of learning about the subject… Your actions in targeting select students based on their race and gender caused them embarrassment and created a hostile learning environment.”
This is not the first time that Gibney’s penchant for stirring the racial pot has raised eyebrows. She was investigated by the college on two previous occasions. On one of those occasions, she suggested to the student newspaper that circulation was slipping because it did not have enough minority staff members. On another, she was accused of discriminating in favor of minority candidates for a job at the college, according to Inside Higher Ed.
The college said that it did not reprimand Gibney in the manner she claimed but declined to comment on the matter in general.
Gibney called MCTC’s investigations into her behavior “attacks on me by white males.”
“As a vocal black female younger looking… faculty member here, unfortunately this is no the first time,” she said. “I’ve actually had multiple verbal and institutional attacks on me by white males, whether they were students, faculty, administration or staff.”
Gibney and six other MCTC faculty members have filed a class action lawsuit against MCTC that alleges the college is a discriminatory workplace for people of color.
She did not respond to a request for comment.
Gibney received mostly positive reviews on ratemyprofessor.com, although many students — even those who enjoyed her class — said she brings up race way too much.
[b]“I thought I was taking english, not racism 101,”[/b] wrote one student.[/i]
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[quote]“As a vocal black female younger looking… faculty member here, unfortunately this is no the first time,” she said. “I’ve actually had multiple verbal and institutional attacks on me by white males, whether they were students, faculty, administration or staff.”[/quote] I lol'd at this bit.
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Edited by SexyPiranha: 12/7/2013 5:49:40 AMThe students weren't paying for a class on race relations. If anything she's just guilty of wasting her student's time trying to teach a class that they weren't paying for, but the racial harassment claim is a bit much.
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Edited by Coup de Grace: 12/8/2013 3:16:39 AMWow. No one is even reading the article, are they? The situation at hand sounds very similar to if they got to the Crusades chapter in History, and every Christian in the room starts repeating "Can we please not talk about this? Can we please just skip this? There's no need to start talking about how religion caused wars, just. Please, seriously, stop talking about this, it's a History class, not 'Bashing on Religion 101'" With that perspective down, the story could go either way, hinging on the relevance of her racial comments n stuff.
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Edited by Section Ratio General: 12/7/2013 8:02:00 AMAh, college. The time when a college student realizes that the college professor doesn't give a shit about you or whatever you think is the time that they grow up. A college student is there to learn, and not to try and sound smarter or stand up to the professor. Just get your learning done and leave, don't raise hell. That's College 101: Don't give shit to the teacher. They control your grade. [quote]Gibney received mostly positive reviews on ratemyprofessor.com, although many students — even those who enjoyed her class — said she brings up race way too much.[/quote] Again, with this, I reiterate: Don't give shit to the teacher. They control your grade. They're not there to babysit you. Teachers and professors are there to give you learning material to go over. My teacher talked about her personal house life too much while I was in Hawaii. I ignored that and focused on the learning material. Got an A because i did that.
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Damn crackers.
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You are one of the most disgustingly racist people on this forum. All you ever do is post about black people. Just stop, you look like an idiot to everyone with a brain.
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Edited by Raw Sugar: 12/7/2013 9:58:38 PMWow more black people biting the hand that feeds them. What a twist. If she cant do her job effectively, fire her. Simple.
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So finally people have realise that a black person can be racist against a white person
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I'm not even sure if this idiot is capable of breathing and thinking at the same time.
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Saw a video about it yesterday. It was kind of boring, I must say.
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Edited by cxkxr: 12/7/2013 5:34:56 AMThat teacher probably watches too much msnbc.
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Fake and gay, you can't be racist towards white people.
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About time
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"I like to generalise all white liberals, but don't dare oppose my views or I'll hate you and mute you. Because I can't accept that I'm an idiot" - You Seriously, this thread would have been somewhat acceptable if you didn't have your generic I HATE LIBERALS opener
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Shit, at least warn me about the wall of text that just smashed me in the face.
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I talked about this a lot in my college classes. I think that I, and others, learned a lot by being open. There's no need to apologize for things you didn't do, nor do you need to get defensive about them. But refusing to talk about history because it makes people uncomfortable is just wrong.
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Whites feeling sorry for themselves? Typical
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Another black person playing the race card? No way....
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She can't express her opinions or ideals, without being attacked? If the roles were reversed this wouldn't even be an article.
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Aha, so the tables have turned!
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Whites standing up for themselves? We must put an end to this. [spoiler]mega -blam!-ing sarcasm[/spoiler]
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[quote]Perhaps unsurprisingly, this failed to provide comfort to the white students. Next, Gibney invited them to file a racial harassment complaint with the college if they were so offended. So they did.[/quote] Well, that backfired...
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Well she did ask for it...
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Yeah I think she's in the wrong here.
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nobody cares.
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Woo, more flame baiting.