The TAMU "Office for Diversity" has some seminars planned for 2021.
https://diversity.tamu.edu/Menu/Enhancing-Diversity-Seminars-(1)
I've never seen anything quite like the explainer on these seminars.
Here is how it breaks down:
Think about this.....
It is the "Office for Diversity" and the seminars are to "enhance diversity," but what it really builds to is power, privilege and oppression.
This office isn't about achieving "diversity" on campus. It is a critical race theory activist group embedded in TAMU.
Here is the mission statement for the office:
How does anyone oppose those reasonable concepts?
But then you get the implementation. Suddenly, it is critical race theory. Suddenly it is privilege, power & oppression.
That's a bait and switch.
Yet no one at TAMU would dare for a moment to criticize what the TAMU "Office for Diversity" is doing because questioning a diversity & inclusion officer is like touching a live power wire. You are going to get burned.
https://diversity.tamu.edu/Menu/Enhancing-Diversity-Seminars-(1)
I've never seen anything quite like the explainer on these seminars.
You get that? You might not be ready for these seminars if you don't have the right diversity skill level.Quote:
Because of the diversity in experience, motivation, and knowledge in the campus community, the Office for Diversity offers sessions for participants with a variety of skill levels and knowledge about diversity.
Here is how it breaks down:
Emphasis added.Quote:
To help participants find presentations that match their interests and facilitate their personal and professional development, presenters have indicated experience and knowledge level(s) for their sessions:
- Novice - Limited or no experience, training, and/or personal reflection discussing racism, privilege, and other social justice issues and identifying personal biases, prejudices, and identity.
- Intermediate - Some to moderate experience, training, and/or personal reflection identifying and recognizing personal bias and prejudices, how power and authority are distributed within organizational systems, and forms of privilege, oppression, and discrimination.
- Advanced - Substantial experience, training, and/or personal reflection resulting in a willingness to engage in respectful discussions and discourse about power, privilege, oppression, and discrimination; the ability to function effectively in a multicultural society; the ability to understand conflict from multiple viewpoints; and the willingness to explore personal bias and prejudices.
Think about this.....
It is the "Office for Diversity" and the seminars are to "enhance diversity," but what it really builds to is power, privilege and oppression.
This office isn't about achieving "diversity" on campus. It is a critical race theory activist group embedded in TAMU.
Here is the mission statement for the office:
And what about that diversity plan?Quote:
The mission of the Office for Diversity is to implement and coordinate Texas A&M University's Diversity Plan by providing leadership and support to the academic and administrative units as they embed diversity and inclusion in academic and institutional excellence. The Office for Diversity works to advance accountability, campus climate, and equity across the university while resisting racism, bias, and discrimination.
You see in this introduction to the Diversity Plan all the things we were taught about "diversity" for years. Let's celebrate diversity! This brings about richness in the academic experience!Quote:
Diversity at Texas A&M University is an indispensable component of academic excellence. It is not an isolated concept that is separate to creating a culture of preeminence as was envisioned in Vision 2020 or the Academic Master Plan. We simply cannot achieve academic excellence without paying attention to and drawing from the richness and strength reflected in the diversity in our state and nation. Empirical evidence illustrates the educational benefits of diverse learning environments (Milem, Chang, & Antonio, 2005). Diverse learning environments foster civic learning and engagement and prepare us to live in an increasingly global and complex world. Diversity is also rooted in our land grant mission and core values: Loyalty, Integrity, Excellence, Leadership, Selfless Service, and Respect. Our commitment to diversity, broadly speaking, encourages respect for individual differences. Respectful treatment of others affirms and encourages individuals to take pride in their identity and results in the inclusion of all in the "Aggie Family." The Aggie family is diverse. Diversity involves an exploration of individual differences in a safe, positive, welcoming, and nurturing academic environment.
How does anyone oppose those reasonable concepts?
But then you get the implementation. Suddenly, it is critical race theory. Suddenly it is privilege, power & oppression.
That's a bait and switch.
Yet no one at TAMU would dare for a moment to criticize what the TAMU "Office for Diversity" is doing because questioning a diversity & inclusion officer is like touching a live power wire. You are going to get burned.