Elite colleges have been promoting the concept of decolonization, believing that it could be kept separate from its gruesome history. However, recent events, such as Hamas' terror assault, have challenged this belief. The therapeutic version of decolonial ideology, which encouraged actions like decolonizing bookshelves and diets, is being questioned in light of the physical savagery it can authorize. Frantz Fanon, the intellectual godfather of decolonial thought, believed that decolonization was therapeutic through violence. The rise of ethno-radicalism in American universities, often downplayed by the Left, is now being exposed, as many who supported movements like BLM and CRT also support the decolonization of Israel. This ideology is being criticized for its inherent violence. The "decolonization" project in higher education is seen as ultimately a therapeutic enterprise.
Here we find an indirect clue as to the true nature of the “decolonization” project that has become a prominent part of higher education: Like much of what now takes place in elite institutions, it is ultimately a therapeutic enterprise. @g_shullenberger https://t.co/GTzfKVckLo
Many of us have been documenting the rise of ethno-radicalism in American universities, which has been consistently downplayed by the Left. Now it's in full view: Many of those who supported BLM/CRT support the "decolonization" of Israel. Same ideology, same result: barbarism.
So many people are learning that "decolonization" is intrinsically violent. Think of how many Woke documents have been nonchalantly throwing it around in virtually all of our institutions. https://t.co/8BiPmH3Ht5
“Decolonization,” safely relegated to metaphor, was absorbed into the therapeutic politics of the university. But for Frantz Fanon, decolonization was therapeutic insofar as it was *violent.* As the world becomes more dangerous, this meaning is returning. https://t.co/txqZphNTkj
“For years, elite colleges have lent their prestige to once-radical concepts like decolonization, seeming to imagine that they could be kept separate from the gruesome histories out of which they emerged.” https://t.co/KADGbmoR3n
Elite colleges have lent their prestige to concepts like decolonization, imagining they could be kept separate from the often gruesome histories out of which they emerged. Frantz Fanon, the intellectual godfather of “decolonial” thought, wasn’t so naïve. https://t.co/txqZphNTkj
For years, colleges promoted a therapeutic version of "decolonial" ideology. Decolonize your bookshelf! Decolonize your diet! With Hamas's terror assault, university administrators are faced with the kind of physical savagery such ideas authorize. https://t.co/KADGbmoR3n