OU: It's Your Fault We Have Few Black Engineers

[Glocktogo]

These mental midgets would be better served by going into predominantly black neighborhoods and volunteering to teach advanced mathematics and science. Harassing white students at the final point of service is something I'd think an engineering student would be able to determine to be "less than productive"

What are they teaching these engineering students at OU?

 

[Shadowrider]

These mental midgets would be better served by going into predominantly black neighborhoods and volunteering to teach advanced mathematics and science. Harassing white students at the final point of service is something I'd think an engineering student would be able to determine to be "less than productive"

What are they teaching these engineering students at OU?

It starts in Comrade Boren's office and rolls downhill from there. I think he may be single handedly responsible for the entire "diversity movement". He sure does execute the agenda at least and he has for years.

 

[dennishoddy]

The people that think up this drivel need to be tarred and feathered. What stupid crap.

"The University of Oklahoma is kicking off the “Year of Diversity” by trying to shame students into admitting their “privilege.”

The Gallogly College of Engineering website states the school will “celebrate diversity” through events that “enhance awareness of the issues faced by underrepresented members of our engineering community and promote GCoE’s inclusive climate that is welcoming of all differences.”

Therefore, the school has taken the initiative to place “footprints” around engineering buildings that attempt to shame people for not acknowledging their “privilege” and for the fact that African Americans are not choosing to earn Ph.D.s in engineering:

“Year of Diversity” action committee member and director of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Randa Shehab, confirmed the text of the footprints to MRCTV.

Although one of the footprints states it’s an individual’s “fault” for not acknowledging his or her privilege, the school states the footprints are designed to “prompt healthy dialogue and conversation.”

It is unclear how a footprint instructing people to feel guilty for having “privilege” will prompt a “healthy dialogue” and be part of a “inclusive climate that is welcoming of all differences.”

It is also unclear how a footprint stating only “1.5% of all engineering Ph.D. [sic] awarded went to African Americans in the U.S. last year” will make more black people want to earn engineering doctorates.

The footprints appear to use text from the American Society for Engineering Education’s “Year of Action on Diversity.”

The footprints are allegedly placed up around the Carson Engineering Center, Felgar Hall, and the Devon Energy Hall.

In addition to placing footprints around campus in an attempt to shame high-achieving engineering students, the “Year of Diversity” will also include events such as a “Spring Festival of Diversity.”

The “Year of Diversity” appears to be part of the College of Engineering’s Diversity & Inclusion program."

 

[Dale00]

As an OU student who was once an engineering major. This is legit but no one takes it seriously. They send out emails to the students and the students ignore them. It's all publicity and hype

This is consistent with what my OU contact tells me - engineering students are able to just ignore it and go about their business. It is window dressing and not a hard core indoctrination effort. Viewpoint diversity is what they need rather than political correctness (which is reaching some absurd extremes eg "white privilege).

 

[RugerSooner]

The engineering department is honestly the final place that this diversity effort is being pushed. With exception to maybe the law school, everybody is bombarded with white privilege thinking. Truly not worth it to be on campus. I just go to class, go to work, and do the assignments. Get in get out

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[gfercaks33]

I don't see how race factors into this any, if some one wants to be an engineer they will work on themselves to get there, white, black, yellow, purple it doesn't matter. The same goes for the other end if you want to wake up and be a hood rat stealing radios from your neighbors car and living off welfare that is race specific either.

I think we are past that as a scociety its not like the school is saying no you can't join the engineering department because of your skin color.

 

[dennishoddy]

I don't see how race factors into this any, if some one wants to be an engineer they will work on themselves to get there, white, black, yellow, purple it doesn't matter. The same goes for the other end if you want to wake up and be a hood rat stealing radios from your neighbors car and living off welfare that is race specific either.

I think we are past that as a scociety its not like the school is saying no you can't join the engineering department because of your skin color.

Na, crackers are putting the thumb down on the minorities. Its well known. Happens everywhere except the NBA and NFL.

 

[TedKennedy]

In other words, "sit down and shut up, whitey - we're going to tell you what to think and how to act.

It's amazing to look at everything that "white privilege" has afforded society. Why, people can even get onto a device created by white privilege, on a network created by white privilege - even with electricity harnessed and generated by the discoveries of white privilege.....and ***** about that evil white privilege. Shouldn't they be using the inventions and technological breakthroughs created by sub-Saharan Africans to convey their dissatisfaction?

I'm gonna send you back to "diversity training".

I wonder if the void of engineering students is present in Asian and ME students? If not, would that be a result of white privilege as well?
And if I have white privilege, and create offspring, would I be a better parent if I tried to maintain that for my offspring, or better if I tried to buffer any advantage my kids have?
Since whites are a minority, it seems only right that we try to hang on to every advantage we have.

 

[JD8]

The engineering department is honestly the final place that this diversity effort is being pushed. With exception to maybe the law school, everybody is bombarded with white privilege thinking. Truly not worth it to be on campus. I just go to class, go to work, and do the assignments. Get in get out

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This "effort" makes no sense to me. I remember taking classes at Sarkey's and in no way could anyone look in those classes and talk about white privilege, unless you were trying to shame the 4-5 white kids in each class lol.

 

[RugerSooner]

Middle East and Asian students are about half I think. And they are way more black students then what the media will tell you

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