The demands of wannabe campus fascists keep getting wackier.
Last week, the Oberlin College Black Student Union blasted their liberal mecca for its “imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy.” The protesters issued a 14-page list of demands, spelling out the group’s “larger goals.” These include “the divestment from all prisons and Israel,” “exclusive Black spaces on campus,” and “an end to the erasure of Black contributions on this campus.”
Oberlin College’s Carnegie Building. Public Domain.
Reading the whole thing makes clear that campus craziness has gotten to the point where it’s difficult to even parody the demands. See for yourself. Try to guess which of the following ten demands are authentic and which are me having a little fun at their expense.
- “We DEMAND a 4% annual increase in Black student enrollment from EACH of the Americas, the Caribbean and continent of Africa starting in 2016 to accumulate to a 40% increase by 2022.”
- “We DEMAND a concerted effort to increase the percentage of Black students and specifically Black female identifying instrumentalists in the Jazz department.”
- “We DEMAND that Black student leaders be provided a $8.20/hr stipend for their continuous organizing efforts.”
- “We DEMAND a structural change in institutional graduation requirements: Intro to the Black Experience or a similar course must be instituted as a mandatory requirement for all students before graduation.”
- “Departmental requirements for students to take Western/Classical centered courses must be eliminated. If NOT then we demand all students MUST also take an equivalent course in the African Diaspora . . . For example, in the Dance Department students are required to take Ballet& Contemporary I & II, therefore students should be required to take West African I & II.”
- “We DEMAND a 6% annual increase in grant offers versus loan offers for Black students for the next 5 years leading to a 30% increase by 2021.”
- “We DEMAND that a mandatory professional development program be developed for faculty . . . that will help facilitate their understanding of the ways in which racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and other forms of violent oppression inform and shape instructional methods for the disciplinary content of their courses.”
- “We DEMAND that Jazz Curriculum in the Conservatory be reflective of the students [sic] musical focus. Students SHOULD NOT be forced to take heavily based classical courses . . . and seeing as how most Jazz students are of the Africana community, they should not be forced to take courses rooted in whiteness.”
- “We DEMAND that spaces throughout the Oberlin College campus be designated as safe spaces for Africana-identifying students. Afrikan Heritage House should not be the only space allotted for the promotion and acknowledgement of our community specific needs. We DEMAND that no less than one full room or space be given to this need in: Wilder Hall, The Science Center, Mudd Library.”
- “We DEMAND a written form that assures us of the institution’s commitment to increase the number of black psychologists within the Counseling Center. Furthermore, we DEMAND that Black students be able to sit in on the interviews of . . . candidates in order to ensure that these professionals cater to the needs of the Black students. We also DEMAND the hiring of Black healers/ non[-]western health practitioners because not everyone finds comfort and healing solely from a psychologist.”
Okay, so it was a trick question. All ten are authentic.
Indeed, for those who might be inclined to overestimate their reasonableness, the protesters take pains to assert, “These are not polite requests, but concrete and unmalleable demands.” It’s gotten hard to tell whether this has all gotten ridiculous, ominous, or a little of each.
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