They are beyond pale.
Mandatory orientation for first-year University of Wisconsin Law School students denounces “whiteness” and rips “colorblindness” as a sinister tool of racism, according to reports.
The racial refresher was given last week to students who have completed their first semester of teaching at the esteemed Madison school led by dean Daniel Tokaji.
Students were given preparatory literature in advance to familiarize them with the requirements of the session.
One section reminds white students that they benefit from racial oppression regardless of their remedial efforts — and that “there are no exceptional white people.”
“You may have attended many anti-racism workshops; you may not shout racist epithets or actively discriminate against people of color, but you still experience privilege based on the color of your white skin,” the pamphlet said.
The document was written by Debra Leigh, lead organizer of the St. Louis Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative. Cloud State University in Minnesota.
Dean Dan Tokaji leads the Madison law school. law.wisc.edu
Leigh’s writing, according to the website, is tailored for government officials, K-12 students and religious groups among others who need an anti-racism reboot.
A pamphlet used in Wisconsin, titled “Common Racist Attitudes and Behaviors That Indicate Deflection or Mistakes of White Guilt, Denial, or Defensiveness,” lists 28 potential dangers for well-meaning whites on their journey to redemption.
The document begins by dismissing “colorblindness” as a tool of white racial evasion.
“‘Color blindness denies the cultural values, norms, expectations and lived experiences of people of color,'” it read. “By saying we’re not different, you don’t see color, you’re also saying you don’t see your whiteness. It denies people of color the experience of racism and your experience of privilege.”
First year students are required to attend the session. Google Maps
Another section targets whites who seek to eradicate their innate racism through the holding of New Age practices such as Native American sweat lodges.
Although seemingly benign, the trend is actually genocidal, Leigh argues.
“Rather than escaping one’s white racism by seeking a spiritual path, whites instead collude in other ways with genocidal attacks on indigenous cultures,” the article said.
One attendee told the Federalist that the orientation felt like a “confession” for white law students.
The session was chaired by anti-racism expert Joey Oteng, the outlet reported.
Students are told that being colorblind promotes injustice. Google Maps
Social justice educators at one point encouraged students to create catalogs for various racial groups.
Stereotypes and epithets associated with white people drew laughs, while the room turned grave when the exercise turned to other races or ethnic groups, the student recalled.
Rick Esenberg, president of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Freedom and attorney general, condemned the seminar.
“The student body is subject to nonsense that ignores the rule of law and true equality in favor of a racist way of looking at the world,” he said in a statement.
Spokesman John Lucas told the Federalist the session “was held in partial fulfillment of ABA (American Bar Association) Standard 303 requirements that law schools provide education to their students about ‘bias, cross-cultural competence and racism.'”
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