@zaranosaur
Zara B
3 years
Replies to this with “it’s called the humanities” kind of forgetting how one can do an entire humanities degree and not encounter critical race theory or critical philosophy of race and I think we need to remember that
@SebDance
Seb Dance
3 years
When the dust settles we need to have a serious conversation about how we equip people with the critical analytical skills they need in an increasingly online world. Sifting fact from friction must be everyone’s core skill.
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@zaranosaur
Zara B
3 years
hands up if you’ve got a humanities degree and it never even tried to teach you the concept of “whiteness”?
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@zaranosaur
Zara B
3 years
hands up if you’ve got a humanities degree and it taught you that white supremacy is a global political system not just a term for far right extremists?
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@DavidKenvyn
David Kenvyn
3 years
@zaranosaur Certainly could 50 years ago, and we got into trouble for raising the issue.
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@zaranosaur
Zara B
3 years
@DavidKenvyn Increasingly I want to learn more about the histories of this, because in a really concrete sense that’s just the complete opposite of the current narratives certain quarters including the govt tell us
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@martin_eve
Martin Paul Eve
3 years
@zaranosaur Boris Johnson studied the humanities.
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@profkakie
Kakie Urch
3 years
@zaranosaur @lecagle And yet, the Complete Works of Shakespeare. SMH.
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@rhoark
Morgan
3 years
@zaranosaur The humanities are a game of nomic.
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