"WASHINGTON - Psychology students at Brooklyn College are being taught about whiteness, taking BuzzFeed quizzes on their privileges, and enduring lectures about microaggressions - in a "deeply divisive" course being panned by some educational groups. The shockingly woke class, Multicultural Counseling and Consultation, is mandatory for those seeking to complete the Psychologist program and entails "collective racial healing activities" as well as "trauma-informed interventions" to combat injustice."
"Enrollees in the course, as it was designed in the fall of last year, were instructed to listen to various lecture videos, then complete reflective activities on them. In one exercise, students were given scenarios and asked to identify the microaggression. One of the options listed in all of the scenarios was the phrase "I am not racist." Some of the material required students to respond to questions that were specific to their race."
Brooklyn College requires psychology majors to complete Multicultural Counseling and Consultation, a mandatory course addressing whiteness, privilege, and microaggressions. The course includes lecture videos, reflective activities, a BuzzFeed privilege quiz listing factors such as "I am white," "I have never been raped," and "I am heterosexual," and exercises identifying microaggressions that include the response "I am not racist." Modules include a "Weaponizing Whiteness" segment featuring Emmanuel Acho and course elements labeled "collective racial healing activities" and "trauma-informed interventions" aimed at combating injustice. Conservative watchdog Defending Education criticized the course as "deeply divisive" and expressed concern about its role in training future school psychologists.
#higher-education #race-and-privilege #multicultural-counseling #microaggressions #academic-controversy
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