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The University of Houston denounces the United States as a “white supremacist system,” condemns Christians as “religious privilege,” and sexually explicit content such as “Queer Sex After Dark” and “Sex Ed Bingo.” Created a radical DEI bureaucracy that hosts events. : Chance to win sex toys. ”
The University of Houston is a public institution with approximately 46,000+ students. 80 percent Among them are racial minorities. But for leaders, the goal of “diversity” is an ideological project, not a demographic one.
got document Through a request for public records exposing the university’s sprawling Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, which has grown in size and scope since the 2020 George Floyd riots.
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According to these materials, University DEI Department Adopting the basic narrative of critical race theory, the United States is a “white supremacist system” and[s] In this scheme, white heterosexual Christians are endowed with “white privilege,” “heterosexual privilege,” and “religious privilege,” while racial and sexual minorities are victims of has become a person. Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia. ”
Universities promote similar narratives centered around sexuality. The administrators of the LGBTQ Resource Center and the Women and Gender Resource Center believe that American society is “heteronormative” and “cisnormative,” the socially constructed oppression that artificially elevates heteronormative and non-transgender people. It promotes the core tenets of queer theory, which it claims are characterized by structure. The goal of queer theory is to reduce these forms of normativeness and replace them with queer normative ideals.
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In pursuit of these aims, university bureaucrats created various racial and sexuality training programs aimed at students’ language, speech, and behavior. Students are advised to be aware of “microaggressions,” “microassaults,” “microinsults,” and “microinvalidations.”
According to one presentation on Intention and Impact, colorblindness, meritocracy, and hard work are all racist concepts that should be classified as “color avoidance racism” or “meritocratic myths.” What are the consequences of these microaggressions against racial minorities? Anger, sadness, alienation, trauma, depression, chronic mental health problems. .
Regarding sexuality, the university’s LGBTQ and gender organisations, run a wide range of workshops, seminars, and workshops aimed at subverting heteronormativity and normalizing explicit sexual themes, such as the distribution of sex toys to students. We organize trainings and events. For example, the LGBTQ Resource Center recently hosted a presentation on “Queer Sex After Dark,” while the Women and Gender Resource Center hosted “Slut Shaming Workshop,” “Toxic Masculinity Workshop,” and “Sex Ed Bingo: A Chance to Win Sex Toys.” (When asked for specific materials about these events, university officials claimed they were unable to find them.)
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The purpose of these exercises is to help students focus on: race, sexuality and identityintended to steer them toward political activism.
The first step is classification and confession of privilege. In one training program, managers instruct members of a “dominant group” to “recognize that”. [their] In another example, a university encourages students to participate in a “privileged walk.” The instructions read, “If you are a white man, take a step forward. If your ancestors were forced to come to the United States against their will, take a step back.”
Students are then encouraged to participate in a process of political education, culminating in a desire to “reduce heteronormativity” and “become anti-racist.” In race awareness training, administrators direct students to internalize a list of affirmations that lead to overt activism. [sic] “I talk about myself about race and systemic racism,” “I give power to marginalized people,” “I support anti-racist policies and leadership.” Promote and defend people.”
Observers should keep in mind that these are administrative programs rather than academic programs. Her DEI bureaucrats at the university do not offer scholarships or participate in classroom instruction for credit. Rather, they figured out how to distill the ongoing problem. public subsidy Participate in private left-wing activities.
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This placement is sensible, but not unavoidable. The Texas Legislature is currently considering bill SB 17 to eliminate her DEI bureaucracy at all state universities. Austin sources say the universities sent lobbyists to persuade moderate Republicans to water down the bill.
But legislators should not be deterred. This is not about academic freedom or free speech (neither of which applies to the work of public university bureaucrats), public universities should conduct “privilege walks” and sex toy giveaways at the taxpayer’s expense. It is about the simple wisdom of not. These systems serve no public interest and should be abolished.
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