Whiteness & Feminism was the title of the event, one of the many sessions that were part of Portland Community Colleges whiteness history month. This particular event featured Portland State University instructors Roberta Hunte and Sally Eck.
The whiteness presentations are considered public events, take place in public college rooms, and are open to the public, often times joined by classes. In this instance, a womens studies class taught by Kathy Casto was taking part in this event.
After introductions, Eck encourages participants to surround and block the cameraman, in an effort to intimidate him and get him to stop filming. The angry feminists go bonkers, blocking the view with papers and body fat. PCC director of student life Josh Peters McBride indicates that this is acceptable behavior by students.
After a minute or so, the cameraman leaves the room, and inquires with campus security as to the nature of what just happened. The Sgt. on duty, Terry Langly, confirms that such actions by students are, apparently, acceptable at PCC.
The cameraman returns with his camera on an extended monopod. One angry female (?) student decides to start filming him, while another storms out of the room, grabs a cardboard display board from the Autism awareness club, and uses it to block the camera, while standing on a rolling swivel chair.
Eventually the college admins are able to get the situation under control, after realizing they could be on shaky legal grounds if this persists.
Eck and Hunte had good reason for wanting the camera blocked. They obviously didnt want their presentation to be seen by the sane world, as the entire event consisted of incomplete sentences filled with buzz words, catch phrases, and more utterances of uhh, uhmm, and, so, right? than you can you count. In fact, the entire session could have been condensed from 2 hours to 30 minutes if the instructors had the slightest idea of what they were talking about. Instead, it seemed like it was all just being made up as they went along. Lets listen in!
They started off by trying to define feminism:
Listen to Hunte ramble on incoherently:
Youve also got to challenge colorblindness, which used to be a concept pushed by the SJWs back in the 80s and 90s, as a way of judging people by their character, skill, and achievements rather than by skin color. Apparently that is racist now, because its a way for white people to avoid having to hire people of color.
You are racist, even if you say youre not, because racism is systemic and systematic, and you participate in that. You racist!
Also, youre a white supremacist, by default, until youre not.
According to the Portland State University website, Eck is a fixed-term instructor in the Womens Studies Department at Portland State University. Sally earned a B.S. in both Sociology and Womens Studies, with an MS in Education. Currently her courses have included Girl power Capstone, Local Justice Capstone, Social Justice Education, Womens Studies Inquiry, Gender and Education, and Spring Celebration. Sally has a personal commitment to issues surrounding Feminist Pedagogy, Oppression Theory, and feminist parenting. She teaches such courses as Feminism & Zines, Interruptions, and Gender & Education.
Ironically, Hunte is an assistant professor, with a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies. She teaches such courses as Women of Color in the U.S., Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality in the U.S., Gender, Militarization, and Activism, and Global Feminisms. Nice to see that conflict resolution sprung into action when she stood idly by while witnessing a conflict arise, thanks to her colleague.
PCC president Sylvia Kelley can be reached at 971 722 4365.
I cannot watch those mindless idiots, even for educational purposes.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: That's not funny!
Q:How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: One to screw in the light bulb, two to make a documentary about it.
Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Ten - One to change the light bulb and nine to form a support group for survivors of darkness!!
Q: How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: None, it's not the lightbulb that needs changing.
With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." -Alex Kurtagic