‘Blackout’ Student Protesters Demand End To ‘Oppressive’ Standardized Testing
15th March 2016
Hey, when you’ve got a racket, take it for all it’s worth.
Protesters interrupted the University of Wisconsin system’s Board of Regents meeting for a third time last week, demanding the end of “blatantly oppressive” standardized testing.
The group of about 40 students, who call themselves “BlackOut,” stood up an hour into the meeting and began loudly chanting, “Ashé,” a Nigerian word referring to the creative power of an artist to make something happen, with others responding, “Power!”
The urge to loudly chant ‘Bullshit!’ or ‘Boring!’ would have overpowered me; probably a good thing I wasn’t there.
March 17th, 2016 at 07:28
I couldn’t agree more: there should be separate degrees for every race, class, and gender, marked with the appropriate race, class, gender symbols. Imagine the worth of a feminist math degree.
March 18th, 2016 at 03:52
Imagine the ‘disparate impact’ civil rights suits….