The Newest Trauma College Students Face? Reading Books By White People.

This one doesn’t surprise me.

According to this, a fragile and delicate student at Columbia University (yet another Ivy League school) is complaining that reading literature by and about white people has caused her honest-to-goodness trauma. I am not even kidding –

A student at Columbia University is urging the school to inject more diversity into its required courses, claiming she suffered severe emotional trauma from reading too many books by and about white people.

 

Columbia students and faculty gathered Wednesday night for a panel discussion on “Race, Ethnicity, and University Life.” According to the Columbia Daily Spectator, much of the commentary revolved around the idea that minorities on campus simply spend too much time being traumatized by the white-centric content of their classes.

 

One of the panelists at the event was black Columbia student Nissy Aya. Aya was supposed to graduate in 2014, but instead is only on track to receive her degree in 2016. That, Aya says, demonstrates “how hard it has been for me to get through this institution,” though it’s worth noting she is an exceptional case, as Columbia has one of the highest four-year graduation rates in the country.

 

Aya attributed some of her academic troubles to the trauma of having to take Columbia’s current Core Curriculum, which requires students to take a series of six classes with a focus on the culture and history of Western, European civilization. Aya says this focus on the West was highly mentally stressful for her.

 

“It’s traumatizing to sit in Core classes,” she said. “We are looking at history through the lens of these powerful, white men. I have no power or agency as a black woman, so where do I fit in?”

Well, if you believe your liberal professors and classmates when they tell you that you have no power or agency and you actually give it up just because of that – then yes, you have no power or agency. You’re sitting there, demanding that someone else do something to make you happy. And even if they do give in to your demands, you’ll STILL find something wrong about what they’re doing. That’s the point – you’re trapped in the cycle of the grievance industry. All you know how to do is complain and whine and play the victim, instead of being your own person. You’re limiting yourself to merely a skin color and nothing more.

Lady, I sat through hours upon hours of multicultural literature written by blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and every other minority rainbow that you can think of in my undergraduate English classes and I survived just fine. I read stuff that attacked my beliefs and my values – I read stuff that celebrated my beliefs and values. There were things that I hated reading, there were things that I loved reading. Those things challenged me and made me think about why I believe the things I believe. And, honestly, my beliefs and opinions are stronger because of it. That’s why you go to college!

If you can’t handle that, might I suggest dropping out and letting someone who actually CAN deal with being intellectually challenged. I’m pretty sure there’s someone else who’d love to go to Columbia who’d be jumping at the chance to take your spot.

Unless you’re reading a magical book that’s tied to a millennia-old curse that’ll bring back an undead mummy, no honest-to-goodness harm ever came from reading a book.

(h/t Gateway Pundit)