{"id":179535,"date":"2018-01-09T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2018\/01\/09\/oh-you-delicate-snowflakes-3\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T01:10:00","slug":"oh-you-delicate-snowflakes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2018\/01\/09\/oh-you-delicate-snowflakes-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, You Delicate Snowflakes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a course on the history of white racism at white racists’ feelings have been hurt<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When a “White Racism” class meets Tuesday at Florida Gulf Coast University, at least two campus police officers will be on guard as a precaution.<\/span>

<\/span>Today marks the start of the spring semester at FGCU, and Tuesday will be the first time the class meets. The course has caused controversy due to its name and garnered national media attention.<\/span>

<\/span>“We have prepared for any possible distractions related to Tuesday’s first class of the White Racism course, but we are expecting normal campus civility as our students engage in this and other courses at the spring semester’s start,” Susan Evans, FGCU’s spokeswoman and chief of staff, said in an email.<\/span>

<\/span>Ted Thornhill, the assistant professor of sociology who will teach the class, said he received some disturbing emails and voicemails after news of the class spread. He also said a couple of students enrolled in the class talked to him about safety concerns.<\/span>

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<\/span>A security plan was put in place after Thornhill, FGCU President Mike Martin and others met in December. Thornhill wouldn’t say if the police presence will continue throughout the semester. <\/span>

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<\/span>Thornhill said he started getting the emails and voice messages as word about the class spread through news stories and on social media. <\/span>

<\/span>The course will cover everything from ways to challenge white supremacy to the ideologies, laws, policies and practices in this country that have allowed for “white racial domination over those racialized as non-white,” according to a course description<\/a>.<\/span>

<\/span>Some of the emails and calls Thornhill received were from people who simply expressed disappointment about FGCU offering the class and challenged the course’s validity. Others expressed their views with foul language, called Thornhill a racist and referred to him using the n-word.<\/span>

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<\/span>Thornhill sent FGCU police 46 pages of emails and some voicemails that were left for him regarding the course. Thornhill said he sent the emails and voice messages to police out of an abundance of caution. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Losers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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