Indoctrination in Education
I recently came across this thought-provoking video on YT - College Indoctrination Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaNYcZmu3to)
I agree with a lot of the points raised especially that labeling with terms sexist, racist, homophobic, etc has become a method to silence particular opinions thus protecting the ideological monopoly.
I recall my teachers expounding their political opinions in high school. At that point my opinions had not yet been formed on many topics so I felt no need to dissent publicly. However, by the time I got to college, I did have opinions and many of them were not in sync with what my peers believed. I had dual influences - a conservative family and a liberal everyone else. At times I felt backed into a corner during my undergraduate career in the late 2000s. It seemed that I was often expected to take certain positions because of my status as an minority and a woman.
Furthermore, it seemed I was expected to isolate myself from White students and spend my time in the cultural centers and "Black dorm." I felt like these expectations only served to make integration into the greater community more difficult. Even within the diversity office, I felt like there were certain spaces that were not for me. I couldn't tell you what the Asian student's rooms looked like. I only knew the general areas and the rooms reserved for the Black cultural group. Not conforming to their definition of afrocentric would also cause isolation from those minority communities. So, you kind of have to accept the social group you're assigned. Identity politics have gone to such an extreme that we're isolating ourselves. It's extremely counter productive.
That being said, many of the commentators disagree with affirmative action, but I would argue that it is needed. Its application may currently be... problematic. The colleges need to come up with an algorithm to even the playing field. Develop a scoring system based on what the evidence shows affects achievement. For example, average wealth of families does differ by race. However, family income bracket needs to be the first consideration regardless of race. To add another layer of complexity, students in the same socioeconomic class, would have different opportunities based on their phenotype so race and sex must be considered as well. Numerous studies have proven that Whites with fewer qualifications are preferred over their more educated minority counterparts.
