Have you ever wondered what kind of life your professor has when they aren’t in front of the classroom? Have you caught yourself wondering what activities they partake in, what their beliefs may be, or how professors truly perceive us students? Well I’m sure some of the students at Georgetown, University of Utah, University of Colorado, and Elizabethtown College, would be surprised to know that there professors attended a “ Racist Gathering”.
Almost two weeks, the radical group of the Anti-Defamation League, the H. L. Mencken Club, hosted their 4th annual conference. The members of the club are paleoconservatives, worshipers of Norse pantheon, and believer’s of eugenics. This extreme right-winged group has attracted professors who believe race determines a person IQ. This conference was brought to light when Professor Patrick Dennen of Georgetown University, was invited to speak about Catholic traditions. He quickly learned after hearing the following speaker defend eugenics, that this crowd didn’t share his beliefs.
As an African-American female student, it’s a bit startling learning that these professors have these beliefs and is still teaching. Where I agree, everyone has a right to have their beliefs, I don’t agree in racism and bias. If these professors support Eugenics, they shouldn’t be trusted to teach at universities where there are multiple races. Which is nearly every university in America. As a society we have come a long way in erasing the racist practices and belief systems, but occurrences like this remind there is still work to do.
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