A private liberal arts college for women in Northampton, MassachusettsShe offers a course titled “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump” in the spring as President-elect Trump returns to the White House.
“This course analyzes the history, spread, and current manifestations of the white supremacist movement by examining its ideological components, tactics, and strategies and their relationship to mainstream politics.” The course description says.
“Students research and discuss the relationship between white supremacy and white privilege, and explore how the human rights movement was built to counter the white supremacy movement in the United States. Students develop analytical writing and research skills while engaging with multiple cultural perspectives. The overall goal is “to develop the ability to understand a range of Possible responses to white supremacy, both in its legal and illegal forms.
The four-credit course, which the college has offered since 2019, is also available to students at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst through the Massachusetts Five College Consortium program.
Smith College, a private liberal arts college for women in Northampton, Massachusetts. (Smith College)
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In previous years, the course curriculum included required readings from “anti-racist” academics, Ta-Nehisi coats And Robin DiAngelo.
One paper assignment asked students to answer the following question: “How did white supremacist ideology help elect Donald Trump and what did the 2016 election teach us?” and “Why is liberal democracy endangered by white supremacy?”
Course It has been taught since 2019 by Loretta J. Ross, a visiting associate professor at Smith College.
Ross, a social justice activist who was once an “activist in residence” at the school, “devoted many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice,” and is credited with helping to coin the phrase “reproductive justice,” according to the National Museum of Women's History.
A social justice activist blamed the backlash of the civil rights movement for President Trump's 2016 victory. (AP Photo)
Ross previously blamed Trump's 2016 election on backlash to the civil rights movement.
“What we are witnessing is what happened after the success of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. People who felt they had lost control of this democracy and were determined to protect white privilege and white supremacy hatched a multi-decade plan to 'take back power,'” she wrote in Posted in 2017 on her website.
“To implement this plan, they not only brought together people who opposed the civil rights movement, and fanatical segregationists, but they also believed they needed to foment culture wars against gay rights, women’s rights, abortion rights, immigrants, and workers. The post continued: “They perfected the policy of White grievance against modernity.
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Smith College in Massachusetts offers a course called “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump.” (Istock)
Smith College and Professor Ross did not respond to a request for comment.
When asked what prompted the college to offer the course Campus reforma spokesperson for the school cited its statement on academic freedom and freedom of expression, noting that “Smith College faculty may freely pursue any topic of intellectual or artistic research and may not be subject to censorship, discipline, or intimidation.”
“Faculty members are entitled to complete freedom in creative work and research, and in sharing findings through publication, performance and exhibition. In the classroom, faculty members are similarly free to determine content and method of learning relevant to the subject of their expertise, consistent with professional standards,” it said. In the statement.
The spokesperson also told Campus Reform that “faculty members suggest courses based on their own initiatives and interests, and courses are approved for addition to the catalog by the Academic Priorities Committee.”
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