An online post by a University of Pennsylvania teaching assistant noting that she calls on black women and people of color in class ahead of white people has sparked calls for her removal.
Stephanie McKellop, a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant for a history class titled Sinners, Sex and Slaves: Race and Sex in Early America, posted Oct. 16 on her personal Twitter account that I will always call on my Black women students first. Other POC get second tier priority. WW come next. And, if I have to, white men.
McKellops Twitter account has since been set to private, but numerous news outlets, including The Daily Pennsylvanian, have posted screenshots of her tweet. In later posts, according to the screenshots, McKellop said she had learned the strategy, intended to redress a lack of opportunities for non-whites to speak up in normal life, as an undergraduate student from a professor.
The posts sparked an almost immediate backlash, with some accusing McKellop of racial discrimination, while others particularly in academia rallied to support her position.
This is why Trump won
Other POC get second tier priority.
I'm not sure I like this.
clearaflagrantj posted...
This is why Trump won
The fragile white male ego is partly why Trump won, you are correct.
while others particularly in academia rallied to support her position.
clearaflagrantj posted...
This is why Trump won
The fragile white male ego is partly why Trump won, you are correct.
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
This is why Trump won
The fragile white male ego is partly why Trump won, you are correct.
Insulting an entire demographic is surely the best course of action to promote tolerance of all demographics.
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
This is why Trump won
The fragile white male ego is partly why Trump won, you are correct.
Insulting an entire demographic is surely the best course of action to promote tolerance of all demographics.
My concern is that this treatment carries over into how she grades assignments. Who she calls on in class first is pretty inconsequential.
This is clearly an isolated incident #93852895
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
This is clearly an isolated incident #93852895
herpderp you literally said isolated incident unironically.
She means well, but this is not an appropriate way to run a class and I don't think it's justifiable at all.
Thats Ad Hominem and not an argument.
eston posted...
She means well, but this is not an appropriate way to run a class and I don't think it's justifiable at all.
Not sure why you assume she means well.
She shouldn't continue to do this, but she shouldn't get fired over it.
She means well, but this is not an appropriate way to run a class and I don't think it's justifiable at all.
eston posted...
She means well, but this is not an appropriate way to run a class and I don't think it's justifiable at all.
Not everything has to be centered around white people. The class itself and the title? That should readily make it clear that black students would have much more relevant discussion points to make.
Who
The hell
Cares
This is the same sort of kneejerk reaction as asking for a straight pride parade.
Black females would have the most amount of insight through both familial history and personal experience as a result of the topic's cascading effect into present day on the topic of "Sinners, Sex and Slaves: Race and Sex in Early America", and white dudes would have the least.
Making a point to call on them because they're not called on elsewhere seems like an auxiliary benefit.