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My Law and Ethics Professor @CarletonSPPA started the semester on the use n-word @uOttawa. His takeaways, 1) there are two sides to every issue 2) class discussions "may not be the way we think about things" and 3) "there will be discomfort". Disgusting.
1/ Discomfort for who? Apparently the safety of Black students is administered (or not) by white professors?
2. The use of the n-word by white students, especially in a country built on the enslavement of Black people, will never be appropriate.
3/ Deciding whether the n-word is appropriate will never be the decision of non-Black people - regardless of your rank of professor.
As far as I know, I am the only Black student in the class. To start the class on the topic of the n-word is a big reason why Black students avoid the anti-Black mess that is high education
5/ what does it mean when university's release statements and strategies to address anti-Black racism while their staff continues to spew anti-Black rhetoric?
6/ White privilege is getting to be a graduate student. Being Black in graduate school means navigating and resisting anti-Black racism while balancing the SAME full course load. Recognize that my Magna Cum Laude is not the same as Karen and Bard's....
7/ Scary part is that when Black students speak up against the person marking their papers... our grades may be affected. But staying silent forces so many of us to exit high education all together... It should ne like this. We deserve better.
8/ The professor referred to 'what we all saw in the media' @uottawa around offensive/respectful class conversation. My understanding is that he was referring to the use of the n-word, as that was what media coverage centered on.
9/ FYI: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/professors-use-of-racial-slur-ignites-uottawa-debate
10/ Folks can e-mail @CarletonSPPA to express concern about this culture of anti-Black racism.
