Schools including the University of Nebraska and University of Michigan are warning students not to use the word “rape” out of context – like saying “that test raped me.”
Such “inclusive language” campaigns have apparently not reached Geneva Gay, a professor of education at the University of Washington.
Speaking at Iowa State University’s two-day diversity workshop for staff and faculty on Friday, Gay compared sexual violence to slacking off on promoting diversity, Iowa State Daily reports:
Gay presented cultural responsiveness as a hot topic across the world and in schools everywhere. Because of the broad use of the term, Gay sees the idea of cultural representation possibly being skewed by positions of power.
“Higher powers may ask faculty to come up with their own plans for diversity representation but do not come prepared with plans of their own,” Gay said. “There’s a misuse of culture, a rape of its power and integrity.”
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Her point seems to be that administrators are trafficking in buzzwords – such as “awareness” – rather than putting in grunt work:
On top of creating more initiatives toward an active culturally diverse curriculum, Gay sees the term of diversity swaying from specific to broad needs. …
“Diversity has drifted away from specific diversity needs to just the nebulous term. If you overload the field [of diversity], you may destroy the integrity of the field. Diversity is not generic and broad but specific to needs.”
Gay wants administrators to actively fight “prejudicial thoughts and stereotyping” against students – and to get to that point, she’ll use “rape” for her own ends.
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