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White professor teaches the 'problem of whiteness' course at Arizona State University
Campus Reform ^ | 01/24/2015 | Lauren Clark

Posted on 01/24/2015 10:31:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind

At Arizona State University (ASU), students can now learn about the “problem of whiteness” in America.

The public university is offering an English class to its students this semester called “Studies in American Literature/Culture: U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness.”

According to the class description on ASU’s website, students will be reading The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, Critical Race Theory, Everyday Language of White Racism, Playing in the Dark, and The Alchemy of Race and Rights.

At time of publication, 18 students were enrolled in the course offered at ASU’s Tempe campus. Students can receive three credits for successfully completing the course.

The class syllabus is not available online.

"I think it shows the significant double standard of higher education institutions," James Malone, a junior economics major, told Campus Reform. "They would never allow a class talking about the problem of 'blackness.' And if they did, there would be an uproar about it. But you can certainly harass people for their apparent whiteness."

The course, first reported by the Pundit Press, is taught by Lee Bebout, an assistant professor of English at ASU. According to his faculty page, critical race theory is one of his research interests.

Bebout, who is white, has previously taught classes titled “Transborder Chicano Literature,” “Adv Studies Theory/Criticism,” and “American Ethnic Literature,” among others.

Campus Reform was unable to reach Bebout by phone in time of publication.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: academicbias; aliens; arizonastate; college; race; searchandfind; whiteness
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To: Chode

This guy looks queer to me.


21 posted on 01/24/2015 11:01:34 AM PST by Artcore
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To: SeekAndFind

So when does the course “problem with blackness” start?


22 posted on 01/24/2015 11:02:54 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Chode

I think I can smell his BO over the interwebs.

Let’s gang up on him and throw him in the shower.


23 posted on 01/24/2015 11:03:12 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: SeekAndFind
White Man Problems:

1) Good looking women, just assume we cannot dance.
2) No one takes us seriously on the basketball courts.
3) How many times do we have to hear: “size doesn’t matter, honey”. (no personal experience here, of course)
4) The long lines at local ski resorts.
5) The high cost of SP 90 sun screen
6) The increasing difficulty of getting reasonable slip fees for my Benateau.
7) Having to explain my James Brown Record collection.
8) The Gospel choirs just aren’t the same at our churches.
9) Collecting rent from the section eight housing apartments we own.

24 posted on 01/24/2015 11:06:59 AM PST by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: Chode

Did you read the book titles behind him?


25 posted on 01/24/2015 11:09:18 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: __rvx86

I figure this must be a course about Albinos.


26 posted on 01/24/2015 11:11:13 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Chode

My guess is that he’s probably got a thing for black chicks and teaching a course about how white people suck, will gain their approval and make him more attractive.

AKA as Pandering for Pu$$y.


27 posted on 01/24/2015 11:11:53 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: SeekAndFind

The “Professor” Bebout will soon become Al Sharpton’s new best friend. He would be able to name his price on the lecture circuit.


28 posted on 01/24/2015 11:12:15 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Paladin2
Speaking of Albinos:


Edgar and Johnny Winter

Best Albino guitarists EVER!!

29 posted on 01/24/2015 11:16:44 AM PST by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: Paladin2

I was talking about Bill Maher, on Home Box Office


30 posted on 01/24/2015 11:18:25 AM PST by __rvx86 (Rafael Cruz Jr: soon to be the first conservative, Latino President of the U.S. ¡Si se puede!)
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To: __rvx86

Whoops, wrong thread. I got it mixed up with Bill Maher ‘dissing’ Ted Cruz...


31 posted on 01/24/2015 11:20:14 AM PST by __rvx86 (Rafael Cruz Jr: soon to be the first conservative, Latino President of the U.S. ¡Si se puede!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sound like a low self esteem problem.


32 posted on 01/24/2015 11:23:11 AM PST by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: CharleysPride

I thought the biggest problem of whiteness was providing for so many non-whites.


33 posted on 01/24/2015 11:28:16 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Da Coyote

STEM education: There is one person here in Houston who has the ear of Houston Independent School District allegedly regarding STEM education, but her agenda is bringing in her California ideas.


34 posted on 01/24/2015 11:31:57 AM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Catmom

Don’t forget to toss in the Comet and a scrub brush.


35 posted on 01/24/2015 11:36:46 AM PST by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: Chode

I wonder if his husband is black?


36 posted on 01/24/2015 11:39:05 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Michael.SF.

If Whiteness were key, albinos would rule everything and be the Master Race.


37 posted on 01/24/2015 11:42:39 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Dr. Ursus

Thanks; I needed that!


38 posted on 01/24/2015 11:48:57 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; Artcore; Catmom; RushIsMyTeddyBear; Stormdog; Dr. Ursus
it's like y'all read my mind... these things don't realize they'd be the first to get it in the neck by those they champion given the chance if the slime ever came to real power
39 posted on 01/24/2015 11:52:07 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: kearnyirish2

By historical circumstance, the torch of Christianity got passed on to a population of mostly white gentiles, and the Reformation, even whiter gentiles.

This is the blessing, and the bane, of white people.


40 posted on 01/24/2015 11:53:31 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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