UC Santa Cruz is running SECRET classes, to demean President Trump and American freedoms. The Administrators know this is wrong, which is why the classes are discussed underground, not part of the general education process. This is like the KGB on campus—and you get credit for hatred, bigotry and fascism.
“A new course at the University of California, Santa Cruz examines the rise of Donald Trump in the context of white supremacy, patriarchy, and Islamophobia.
“Social Justice, Institutions, & Power: Origins of Trumpism” is a new 5-unit course being taught this spring by graduate student Bob Majzler. The course fulfills the university’s “American History & Institutions” general education requirement, and currently has 17 enrollees.
“If there is any backlash…I’ll say it is to be expected.”
Hate Christians? Take this course. Hate free elections..this is the class for you. Want to love riots and revolution—take this class. Now you know how your tax dollars are spent—teaching kids to hate freedom, free speech and promote violence and those that promote violence. Feel safe and good about government?
Prof tries to keep anti-Trump course secret, fearing backlash
Amber Athey, Campus Reform, 4/6/17
A new course at the University of California, Santa Cruz examines the rise of Donald Trump in the context of white supremacy, patriarchy, and Islamophobia.
The instructor, however, only agreed to speak with local reporters anonymously, saying he fears a backlash for teaching an anti-Trump course in the current political climate.
A new course at the University of California, Santa Cruz examines the rise of Donald Trump in the context of white supremacy, patriarchy, and Islamophobia.
“Social Justice, Institutions, & Power: Origins of Trumpism” is a new 5-unit course being taught this spring by graduate student Bob Majzler. The course fulfills the university’s “American History & Institutions” general education requirement, and currently has 17 enrollees.
“If there is any backlash…I’ll say it is to be expected.”
The class will analyze the rise of Trump through “power structures such as capitalism, media, white supremacy, militarism, patriarchy, Islamophobia, and two-party politics” and will also teach students about “oppositional liberation movements.”
Majzler recently spoke about the course with KION 5/46, a local CBS affiliate, but was only willing to comment anonymously because he says he fears that teaching a course critical of Trump could elicit a negative reaction in the current tense political climate.
He reportedly went on to describe the class as a safe place for students to express their feelings about Trump, explaining that this requires keeping a low profile so as not to provoke controversy.
Some UCSC students praised the class, arguing that it will help student with “life decisions” and allow them to be “educated about the issues.”
“I think everyone should have the right to be educated about the issues,” Isaiah McCole told KION. “I mean, that’s just going to improve people’s decision making skills for future elections or just life decisions. So it’s disappointing to hear that there’s rumors of backlash.”
“If there is any backlash for the students who are taking the class or the professor, I’ll say it is to be expected,” said Joanna Beltran Giron. “It is to be expected, and right on for the people who are actively choosing to take this class.”
Dr. Costanza Rampini, another professor at UCSC, wrote on Twitter that the course made her “proud to be slug,” referencing the school’s Banana Slug mascot.
Campus Reform reached out to Majzler for comment but did not receive a response by press time.
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