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Nathan Rubbelke: In Orwellian college lecture, ‘whiteness in decline’ is leading to ‘resurgence,’ or something……..


 

In Orwellian college lecture, ‘whiteness in decline’ is leading to ‘resurgence,’ or something

In Orwellian college lecture, ‘whiteness in decline’ is leading to ‘resurgence,’ or something

 

Ed. – Let’s translate. “[Spit]”…”[gasp]”…”[incoherent honks and tweets]”… “Whiteness, dammit!!” (“Make checks payable to University of Bandwagon-Bugsplat, USA”)]

A lecture scheduled for next month at Columbia College in Chicago will examine the topic of “whiteness in decline” and look at how whites’ current social position has led to a “resurgence of white supremacy.”
The lecture, titled “Whiteness in Decline: The Emotional Politics of White Nationalist Resurgence,” will take place April 12 and include a presentation from professor Paula Ioanide of Ithaca College in New York.
Ioanide’s remarks will touch on the “imagined and real losses in entitlements white Americans have come to expect and the ways these connect to the resurgence of white nationalism,” according to an online description of the event.

 

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