UDel Position

[Whistle_Pig]

<p>The following excerpts are taken from the University of Delaware’s Office of Residence Life Diversity Facilitation Training document. The full document is available at [FIRE</a> - Foundation for Individual Rights in Education](<a href=“http://www.thefire.org%5DFIRE”>http://www.thefire.org). </p>

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Students living in the University’s housing, roughly 7,000, are taught: “A racist: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities or acts of discrimination. (This does not deny the existence of such prejudices, hostilities, acts of rage or discrimination.)” This gem of wisdom suggests that by virtue of birth alone, not conduct, if you’re white, you’re a racist.

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<p>This was in a syndicated column written by Prof. Walter Williams, George Mason University (11.12.07) Does anyone know if this is accurate and true? If so, I’m older than even I imagine.</p>