Arizona State University loves to quote its charter: it wants to be "measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes."Dr.A’s Substack is a reader-supported publication.
Yesterday, in conference with a student in my English Language academic writing course, i asked what she read in her reading class with the Intersectionality Obsessive.
She said, "Everything New York Times about black people. I had to ask her to please give us something else to read."
I had to laugh.
Does the Intersectionality Obsessive believe that assigning only the New York Times "about black people" is inclusive? Is it diverse? Not only that, but our students are mainly Chinese nationals. This particular student is a Japanese-Brazilian. Our program is advertised to prepare students for undergraduate studies in design. What do black people have to do with that? And to read about black people for an entire semester?
Perhaps this will be amusing:
Yesterday, in conference with a student in my English Language academic writing course, i asked what she read in her reading class with the Intersectionality Obsessive.
She said, "Everything New York Times about black people. I had to ask her to please give us something else to read."
I had to laugh.
Does the Intersectionality Obsessive believe that assigning only the New York Times "about black people" is inclusive? Is it diverse? Not only that, but our students are mainly Chinese nationals. This particular student is a Japanese-Brazilian. Our program is advertised to prepare students for undergraduate studies in design. What do black people have to do with that? And to read about black people for an entire semester?