GREAT MOMENTS IN EDUCATION – AT 12:50 P.M. ET:  The Grievance Gravy Train rolls on.  I can't wait for my package.  From the College Fix: 

Incoming students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have the, er, “pleasure” of attending the “Our Wisconsin” program which is “aimed at increasing knowledge about cultural differences and promoting community.”

The Daily Cardinal reports that freshmen (oops, pardon the lack of gender neutrality) in selected residence halls will be required to complete the program this coming fall, and if this “pilot” is deemed successful all new students will fulfill the mandate in 2017.

From the university website:

“’College is often the first time where people are exposed to people who are different from themselves — those could be religious differences, racial, socio-economic status, or sexual orientation,’ says Joshua Moon Johnson, who is leading the program’s development as interim special assistant to the Vice Provost for Student Life. Most of the problems seen on college campuses stem from ignorance, not malice, he says.”

Coincidentally, Johnson is the head of the university’s (Orwellian titled) Hate and Bias Incident Team. He says that “many of the incidents reported to the team involve disrespectful speech that was intended to be funny or inquisitive.”

These come about from students’ ignorance “of the historical context surrounding race, difference and violence,” he adds.

COMMENT:   At least there's an understanding that "ignorance," not malice, causes the perceived problems.  But I wonder who'll be included in this program, and who will be left out.   Need I ask?  Yeah, I can just see a class about abuse suffered on college campuses by conservatives or pro-life Christian women.  Wake me when it happens. 

June 11, 2016