[Townhall] Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine professor Angela Putman recently asserted in an academic paper that the notion "if I work hard, I can be successful" is merely a product of white ideology, reports Campus Reform.Don't have to work very hard to get a decent grade in her classes, do you?
Angela Putman conducted a study to critique and examine "ideologies within college students’ discourse that are foundational to whiteness."
First examine the ideologies, then determine if the thing actually exists...
Her resulting conclusion published on Thursday was that "meritocracy", or the belief that people should rise based on the fruits of their own labor, is a "white ideology." In her mind, this "white ideology" is unfortunately widely accepted in academia.
If the cause and effect test works, maybe that's why it's unfortunately widely accepted.
But, Professor Putman argues that professors can change this "ideology" by teaching students "how racism and whiteness function in various contexts, the powerful influence of systems and institutions, and the pervasiveness of whiteness ideologies within the United States."
And really, they'll be doing them a service. I'm sure they'll all go far taking that advice to heart.
Putman believes that it is somehow a bad thing to teach students personal responsibility. Emphasizing a collectivist mindset, Putman puts forth the idea that Americans are falsely "socialized to believe that we got to where we are... because of our own individual efforts."
Funny, but I'm a-think'n that my hard work is how I got my White Privilege!