Kudos to Reed College, which has, under repressive conditions, found a way to continue to educate its students.
[Reed College professor] Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, a professor of religion and humanities, declined to lecture alongside [protesting] students who, he said, equated [his humanities] course — and by extension him — with white supremacy. He invited interested students to visit his office, and approximately 150 of them did so … resulting in an impromptu lecture.
Hidden in out of the way places, packed into private offices, the determined students of Reed pursue the life of the mind. It is the Polish Flying University system again. An underground system that has found its way – has had to find it way – to America.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:34AM
What the hell? If any of these jackhole’s want to see where the real white male supremacy resides, why don’t they storm the Regent meetings? Better yet, when the admins are talking to Wall Street bond palaces in order to get more debt for some useless building project, show up and annoy the hell outta those white guys….
September 20th, 2017 at 1:07PM
Wow. Indeed nothing says “white supremacy” like a professor with the name Kambiz GhaneaBassiri teaching a class that begins with the epic of Gilgamesh…
September 20th, 2017 at 2:31PM
Jonah R. I know! I considered noting that – Im glad you did.