JMU, Social Justice and the Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices (OSARP)
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31 responses to “JMU, Social Justice and the Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices (OSARP)”
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Judge Crater, call your office.
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As parents, we always enjoyed our visits to JMU and found it to be perhaps the most welcoming of the state universities.
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How long ago was that?
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We have not visited the campus in the past couple of years as our travel has been somewhat curtailed. Prior to that we did visit quite often and I found the orientation for the parents to be exceptional and the university offices to be extremely helpful.
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Do you acknowledge that the orientation might have changed in the past couple of years — along the lines detailed in The Breeze?
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That could be but impressions can last a lifetime. I think that over the years I have likely visited almost all of the state schools and JMU does stand out in my memory. One son graduated from there and the other one from UVA.
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The deep conceptual confusion is because systemic racism is not racism. It is due to past racism, not present day racism.
https://www.cfact.org/2020/09/14/systemic-racism-is-not-racism/
https://www.cfact.org/2020/09/10/systemic-racism-is-emotional-semantics/
Nobody is oppressing anybody as a general rule.
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I submit that OSARP is organized repression in a state-funded university.
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I agree and this form of organized repression is now widespread. My point is that it stems from a conceptual confusion. Systemic racism is not evidence of present day racism.
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Dr. Wojick — Outstanding articles, thank you.
You write, “Conclusion: Systemic racism is not racism. It is not even evidence of racism. That people think it is, and are being told so, is a destructive conceptual confusion. Instead of coming together we are being torn
apart.”All true.
Unfortunately, whenever the nation seems to be making progress in race relations, we are told that it is all an illusion and that life here is misery for non-whites. Life here is not perfect, but it’s pretty good. Just ask the people who want to live here.
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What do you have to say about institutional bias and implicit discrimination?
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I am against biased institutions. Do you have an example? But I have no idea what “implicit discrimination” means. Can you explain it or point us to an explanation?
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If you once had a terrible experience owning a 1978 Fiat 128, and now the thought of buying another Fiat never even crosses your mind, then you have an’ implicit bias’ against Fiat automobiles.
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Imagined RACISM is the most harmful to people wanting to improve their life.
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I like that slide.
“I’m from NOVA”
But it’s not because of any belief, value, choice, or interest of mine.
Someday I’ll be able to escape this place.
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I was certainly taught from a young age that it was a privilege to be born an American, and to respect those who also became citizens by choice. No apology. As to the privilege of wealth, well duh.
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“I was certainly taught from a young age that it was a privilege to be born 3/5 of an American….”
Doesn’t have the same ring to it…
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But it fueled your fantasy of over achieving.
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Thank you from both a naturalized citizen and a 20 year veteran of the United States military.
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An ancestor of mine was scalped by ‘Injuns’ and left for dead…….I am oppressed still today because of that heinous act. I want restitution and restorative justice!!!
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An ancestor of mine was an “Injun”……I am oppressed still today because of that. Restitution and restorative justice for all!!! 🙂
Maybe we can trade our relative restitutions and have them offset. We could all come out even and head into the future together. Sort of like a big melting pot of humanity, silly thought I know. What country would ever think of itself like that?
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Let’s all hope that, after April 1 that, when we are moved to North Carolina, Putin drops a big one on Washington, D.C. It won’t fix everything, but it would be a big start. No more nonprofit D.C. offices and a lot fewer members of the MSM.
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What do they call it when you are hoping for the bombing of the Capital of your own country? Crazy, un-American, and no respect for human life at the least.
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The D.C. area is heavily populated by white Americans who hate America and any non-Woke Americans. As they hate me, so, in return, I hate them. This is the natural result of tribalism. If people want to take things away from me because of false claims of privilege, I can only hope things get taken away from them.
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So that includes their lives?
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…and Jonathan Swift seriously advocated eating children.
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What kind of person would even suggest such a thing? Perhaps someone whose values are more closely aligned with Putin than with America.
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The objective of those who cry racism is to divide the country into tribes that war against each other. A country of tribes is eventually governed by the strongest tribe — usually the most ruthless. Those currently in power think they will retain their governing role.
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Nature’s laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. — Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)
Perhaps not global warming as just a long term weather change but it’s week one of March and a large flock of Canada geese just over flew the house headed North.
In the meantime, Ukraine may have violated Geneva Conventions. They are handing Russian army POWs their cellphones and saying, “Call your mother and let her know you’re okay.”
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The chart is interesting. I am not sure exactly what percentage of my ancestors were “non-western European”, so that makes me somewhere between 2/5 oppressed and 3/5 oppressed…
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Jon Alger and Tim Miller are incredible leaders. Our Commonwealth is lucky to have them. I am sure that the students are sorry for oversharing. They are not accustomed to dealing with uptight boomers. Please do try and keep up.
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