{"id":1375,"date":"2009-11-25T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/25\/the-left-at-christian-universities-part-15-summer-camp-was-never-like-this\/"},"modified":"2009-12-06T22:04:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T05:04:18","slug":"the-left-at-christian-universities-part-15-summer-camp-was-never-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/25\/the-left-at-christian-universities-part-15-summer-camp-was-never-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left at Christian Universities, part 15: Summer camp was never like this"},"content":{"rendered":"

The previous post in this series is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Minnesota, future teachers may be sent to re-education camp.<\/a> (more at the link)<\/p>\n

Do you believe in the American dream — the idea that in this country, hardworking people of every race, color and creed can get ahead on their own merits? If so, that belief may soon bar you from getting a license to teach in Minnesota public schools — at least if you plan to get your teaching degree at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus.<\/p>\n

In a report compiled last summer, the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the U’s College of Education and Human Development recommended that aspiring teachers there must repudiate the notion of “the American Dream” in order to obtain the recommendation for licensure required by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Instead, teacher candidates must embrace — and be prepared to teach our state’s kids — the task force’s own vision of America as an oppressive hellhole: racist, sexist and homophobic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is this article doing in the “Left at Christian Universities” series?\u00a0 Because it illustrates how thoroughly the buzzwords of “diversity” are owned and promoted by the secular, anti-American Left.\u00a0 It illustrates the essential impossibility of separating those perspectives from the word “diversity.”<\/p>\n

How can “Christian diversity activists” at Christian universities hope to separate the word “diversity” from all its baggage, regardless of the application of other qualifiers?<\/p>\n

It is not at all uncommon for much of the language in the article that was referenced here to be heard in diversity and multi-cultural presentations at Christian universities and colleges.\u00a0 If you are a person of the Left, that probably doesn’t bother you much.\u00a0 For the rest of us, it is a clear sign that the desire to be well-regarded by the secular Left has triumphed over traditional Christian expectations.<\/p>\n

Will all good Christians be required to confess their racism and general bigotry, in writing, as a condition of employment?\u00a0 Not quite yet, it seems.\u00a0 But it does not seem impossible, given the way that Christian institutions continue to ape secular ones.<\/p>\n

The clear challenge for Christian colleges and universities with education departments or schools is this:\u00a0 how to satisfy the demands of the state credentialing apparatus without surrendering traditional Christian perspectives on values, the worth of human beings, etc.?<\/p>\n

h\/t: JW<\/p>\n

The next post in this series is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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