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To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 10:15:51 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1573988

disapproval of 'diversity' as it generally has been implemented on college campuses: too much celebration of racial and ethnic difference," coupled with "not enough celebration of our common American identity."

To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 10:16:38 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1573988

"Would it be uncharitable to suggest that, in a speech calling for more sensitivity to conservative views, he might have shown some?"

To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 10:24:33 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1573988

the obsession with race, class, gender and sexuality as the essential forces of history and markers of political identity. There's the dedication to "sustainability," or saving the planet from its imminent destruction by the forces of capitalism. And there are the paeans to "global citizenship," or loving all countries except one's own.

To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 10:26:17 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1573988

Even history majors aren't required to take a single course in American history. In the History Department, no course is devoted to American political, military, diplomatic or intellectual history—the only ones available are organized around some aspect of race, class, gender or sexuality.

To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 10:27:35 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1573988

seminars offered this year: "Affirmative Action and U.S. Society," "Fictions of Freedom," "Racism," "Queer Gardens" (which "examines the work of gay and lesbian gardeners and traces how marginal identities find expression in specific garden spaces"), "Sexual Life of Colonialism" and "Modern Western Prostitutes."

To: FJB who wrote (707628)	4/6/2013 12:01:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1573988

Gramscianism: ... In the History Department, no course is devoted to American political, military, diplomatic or intellectual history—the only ones available are organized around some aspect of race, class, gender or sexuality. One of the few requirements is that Bowdoin students take a yearlong freshman seminar. Some of the 37 seminars offered this year: "Affirmative Action and U.S. Society," "Fictions of Freedom," "Racism," "Queer Gardens" (which "examines the work of gay and lesbian gardeners and traces how marginal identities find expression in specific garden spaces"), "Sexual Life of Colonialism" and "Modern Western Prostitutes." ....