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re: Yale may cave on English poets course after students called it 'too white'
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:08 pm to SabiDojo
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:08 pm to SabiDojo
Yale should just rename the class "Major English Poets - The Good Ones" and tell the complaining students that the poems they are looking for can be found in the courses offered by the Women's studies and African studies departments.
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Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:08 pm to Fun Bunch
As a math major I'm pretty offended by the lack of diversity regarding the people who originally proved these theorems.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:09 pm to Fun Bunch
omg so we are supposed to shut up like good slaves and have you indoctrinate us with white superiority WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS #StayWoke
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:09 pm to crazy4lsu
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There are plenty of very good non-white writers in English, like Derek Walcott, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Rushdie, among many, many others, but I don't see how you can understand some of these later authors without understanding Chaucer and Shakespeare.
This.
I mean, FFS, this whole thing is beyond ridiculous.
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:10 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Yeah, that's true, and again, in the class description, they say it focuses on 14th-17th century poets, and LISTS the 4 poets they will focus on.
Students know exactly what they are getting in to. Don't take the fricking class.
Students know exactly what they are getting in to. Don't take the fricking class.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:10 pm to SabiDojo
Tupac > Shakespeare. Teach real poetry, not just old shite.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:11 pm to Fun Bunch
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Don't take the fricking class.
Its a requirement, but i certainly don't agree with the people who are bitching.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:13 pm to Sneaky__Sally
If it wasn't for these stupid university courses, no one would care who Shakespeare or Chaucer are.
It's time to let their names drift off into oblivion, they are no longer important.
It's time to let their names drift off into oblivion, they are no longer important.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:13 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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Its a requirement, but i certainly don't agree with the people who are bitching.
I mean, even if it is...so the frick what?
There will be many other classes where you will cover a variety of diverse authors.
Full disclosure: I was a Lit Major once upon a time. This shite enrages me.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:13 pm to upgrayedd
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slam poetry.
Word, don't forget my favorite poet, Raphael dela Ghetto
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:13 pm to DanMullins4Life
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It's time to let their names drift off into oblivion, they are no longer important.
lol
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:15 pm to DanMullins4Life
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If it wasn't for these stupid university courses, no one would care who Shakespeare or Chaucer are.
It's time to let their names drift off into oblivion, they are no longer important.
Shakespeare only introduced hundreds of words and expressions we commonly use into our vernacular, but yea, he's of no importance!
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:15 pm to Fun Bunch
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The class only focuses on Poets from the 14th to 17th Century. It says it in the class description.
Where you will basically get Shakespeare, John Donne, Spenser, and Chaucer.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:15 pm to DanMullins4Life
trollolololololol
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:16 pm to SabiDojo
Yale needs to be reduced to rubble.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:17 pm to Fun Bunch
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Yeah, that's true, and again, in the class description, they say it focuses on 14th-17th century poets, and LISTS the 4 poets they will focus on. Students know exactly what they are getting in to. Don't take the fricking class.
All of this.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:19 pm to Fun Bunch
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Yeah, that's true, and again, in the class description, they say it focuses on 14th-17th century poets, and LISTS the 4 poets they will focus on.
Students know exactly what they are getting in to. Don't take the fricking class.
They thought it said "Shaqspeare".
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:19 pm to REG861
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Shakespeare only introduced hundreds of words and expressions we commonly use into our vernacular,
So did snoop, but he didn't do it like a bitch. Let's do classes about him.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:19 pm to REG861
I always think it's funny when people say we need to get rid of "useless" degrees like anthropology, literature, art, history, and philosophy. Do people really want to live in a world like that?
You go to college to become educated, not to get a job. You want a job? You go to professional school or trade school.
College graduates are generally educated. Educated people get jobs. A person who studied art history and got great grades is not an idiot. They are educated. It means they can be an asset to your business.
You go to college to become educated, not to get a job. You want a job? You go to professional school or trade school.
College graduates are generally educated. Educated people get jobs. A person who studied art history and got great grades is not an idiot. They are educated. It means they can be an asset to your business.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:19 pm to TheBoo
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Shakespeare only introduced hundreds of words and expressions we commonly use into our vernacular, but yea, he's of no importance!
So did Soulja Boy, Lil' Wayne, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. How many courses allow you to study those people at Yale?
Zero.
LucasP beat me to it.
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 4:20 pm
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