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  • #16
    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    I met them a couple of times, and work at Art Garfunkel's house. He used to teach in the next town over. Some of my favorite music from the sixties.
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    • #17
      I would SO get kicked out of that class for being a smart ass...
      That's what
      - She

      Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
      - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

      I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
      - Stephen R. Donaldson

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      • #18
        I self-identify as a purple pan-gender cactus so I should be good.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
          I would SO get kicked out of that class for being a smart ass...
          Yes it was at high end private school https://www.formanschool.org/page.cf...0&LockSSL=true

          He taught mathematics, but he always had real nice looking women hanging around his house, though I think he was happily married at the time.
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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          • #20
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            Yes it was at high end private school https://www.formanschool.org/page.cf...0&LockSSL=true

            He taught mathematics, but he always had real nice looking women hanging around his house, though I think he was happily married at the time.
            I meant the retreat in the OP...
            That's what
            - She

            Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
            - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

            I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
            - Stephen R. Donaldson

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
              I meant the retreat in the OP...
              oops, that too...
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                The University of Vermont held a retreat to teach white students how racist and privileged they are.

                https://www.uvm.edu/~asc/?Page=white...ventsmenu.html

                Examining White Privilege Retreat:

                Examining White PrivilegeThe ALANA Student Center (ASC) and a dedicated committee of campus colleagues are excited to announce Examining White Privilege: A Retreat for Undergraduate Students Who Self-Identify as White. It’s a new retreat specifically for white students to engage in building a stronger and inclusive campus community.
                Program Description:

                Students will have the opportunity to:

                conceptualize and articulate whiteness from a personal and systematic lens;
                recognize and understand white privilege from an individual experience
                as well as the impact of white privilege on the UVM community and beyond;
                build a community of dialogue and support in taking action against racism.

                We will explore questions like:

                What does it mean to be white? How does whiteness impact you?
                What action steps can you take individually to interrupt racism?
                How can we make UVM a more inclusive community?


                BARF.
                It's a whites-only retreat where white people talk about how privileged white people are above all other races. So it's a white supremacist retreat?

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Joel View Post
                  It's a whites-only retreat where white people talk about how privileged white people are above all other races. So it's a white supremacist retreat?
                  Isn't "white privilege" supposed to be a BAD thing?
                  If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Joel View Post
                    It's a whites-only retreat where white people talk about how privileged white people are above all other races. So it's a white supremacist retreat?
                    It's run by ALANA

                    ===
                    Vision Statement

                    The ALANA Student Center (ASC) Vision is to create a diverse and rich community of empowered, engaged, and enthusiastic ALANA and Bi/Multiracial students at UVM who:
                    Are proud people of color who actively seek and create opportunities for self-development and personal understanding

                    studentpic.jpg

                    So basically it is various liberal minorities trying to lay a guilt trip on students for having the audacity of being born white.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                      It's run by ALANA

                      ===
                      Vision Statement

                      The ALANA Student Center (ASC) Vision is to create a diverse and rich community of empowered, engaged, and enthusiastic ALANA and Bi/Multiracial students at UVM who:
                      Are proud people of color who actively seek and create opportunities for self-development and personal understanding

                      [ATTACH=CONFIG]11535[/ATTACH]

                      So basically it is various liberal minorities trying to lay a guilt trip on students for having the audacity of being born white.
                      I'm kind of a peach-ish color...
                      That's what
                      - She

                      Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                      - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                      I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                      - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                      • #26
                        I was speaking tongue-in-cheek.

                        But if pressed, supporters of privilege-checking will admit that privilege is not a bad thing. (In their terminology, privilege includes things like not being discriminated against--things that are not bad, but are desired for everyone. In general "privilege" means "not being oppressed".)
                        Then again, when not pressed, they tend to inconsistently slip back into speaking as if privilege is a bad thing.

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                        • #27
                          Not to mention that the most extreme privilege is held by those who can pass for Black.
                          Back in the day, they would have been moving heaven and Earth to pass for White, to acquire THAT privilege. Now there is so infinitely much more (and seen quite often in various supposedly Black organizations) privilege and fawning glorification by pretending to be Black even though they are 7/8th White.
                          Near the Peoples' Republic of Davis, south of the State of Jefferson (Suspended between Left and Right)

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