Tonight! Schools' Out: Political Correctness vs. Academic Freedom
We'll be showing a film as well as a presentation on political correctness in Canada...and then a reception after our event.
March 12, 2013, 7 PM Library & Archives Canada
395 Wellington
Admission: $20 (Students get in FREE)
Diversity in higher education has been defined in terms of race, gender and class. Critics say this has resulted in a new tyranny of anti-Western prejudice. They claim education has turned into indoctrination of political ideology that undermines the university's goal of intellectual diversity and freedom.
Supporters say this is a triumph over white European patriarchy that has unfairly dominated and distorted education with a Western prejudice. They reveal an underlying systemic structure of oppression against minorities in traditional definitions of "knowledge." Who is right? Who is wrong? Where does the truth lie? Or is truth a social construct created in the interest of the ruling class?
"School's Out" explores the battlefield of this raging war of cultural beliefs and educational standards going on in ivy league citadels like Harvard, Princeton and Yale, but also schools across North America.
posted by GayandRight @ 10:04 AM
2 Comments:
Great to see you on Ezra last night plugging this.
Do you have any plans to stream your event so we west coasters can participate at some point Fred?
Best of luck!
Rastas
Where can one see this film at a later date? I live on the West Coast. Fat chance this will appear in my public library -- or am I mistaken.
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