{"id":7169,"date":"2020-10-17T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2020-10-17T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:18:02","slug":"is-there-anything-more-dangerously-stupid-than-the-university-of-minnesotas-lecture-featuring-12-step-recovery-program-for-whiteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/17\/is-there-anything-more-dangerously-stupid-than-the-university-of-minnesotas-lecture-featuring-12-step-recovery-program-for-whiteness\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there anything more dangerously stupid than the University of Minnesota\u2019s lecture featuring \u201c12 Step Recovery Program for Whiteness\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/U-of-Minnesota.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7170\" width=\"354\" height=\"198\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of\nMinnesota has been included in a 2001 book on America&#8217;s so-called \u201c<em>Public-Ivy\nUniversities<\/em>\u201d. This university\u2019s modern motto: is <em>Driven to discover<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently a clinical social worker, called Ms. Cristina Combs, lectured the University of Minnesota\u2019s students on \u201c<em>how to recover from whiteness<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her twelve-step recovery\nprogram is described in the link below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/2020\/10\/15\/university-of-minnesota-lecture-features-12-step-recovery-program-for-whiteness\/\">https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/2020\/10\/15\/university-of-minnesota-lecture-features-12-step-recovery-program-for-whiteness\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi will not spend much\ntime on this post as her time is more valuable to her than reading about society\u2019s\nblind adherence to our collectively stupid times. However, in her non-expert\ncitizen\u2019s opinion, she cannot help not to wonder if she should laugh or cry to\nsuch program\u2019s title and content. Indeed, she finds it sad to see our North\nAmerican universities diving lower and lower in the waters of our collectively\nstupid times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is pushing those\nideological agendas on these American universities? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are smart people\nallowing themselves to fall into the trap of sectarianism (radical yet\nsuperficial one)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are we teaching all this to young men and women? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aren\u2019t we worried about\nthe toxic effects of such programs, despite any noble intention of the teacher\nor her alma mater institution? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps they just want to\nthink they are doing something noble. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps they are only aspiring\nto be the wokest of the woke. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps they just want to\nfeel that they fit in their collectively stupid times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of their\nmotivation, they may have forgotten the basics: Universities are supposed to be\na lighthouse of critical thinking in a society. The latter is perhaps more\nurgently needed in uncertain and dark times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question that begs\nitself is the following: When will academic and other public institutions wake\nup and start fast swimming to the surface\u2026 to breath the fresh air of\nintellectual independence again? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Minnesota has been included in a 2001 book on America&#8217;s so-called \u201cPublic-Ivy Universities\u201d. This university\u2019s modern motto: is Driven to discover. 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