"A Harvard University newspaper editor recently argued that the university should prohibit white professors from teaching about black culture and history.
Ian Svetkey (pictured) recounted a recent experience that unsettled him.
“When I was looking through courses this semester, I noticed that the professor of a class about narratives of individuals who were enslaved was a white man,” he wrote in an op-ed published Monday morning.
“That didn’t sit right with me. Why would a class about stories integral to Black culture be taught by someone with no lived experience in that culture?” the editor for The Harvard Crimson wrote.
Before explaining his reasoning further, Svetkey delves into the ways he is and is not privileged..."
“When I was looking through courses this semester, I noticed that the professor of a class about narratives of individuals who were enslaved was a white man,” he wrote in an op-ed published Monday morning.
“That didn’t sit right with me. Why would a class about stories integral to Black culture be taught by someone with no lived experience in that culture?” the editor for The Harvard Crimson wrote.
Before explaining his reasoning further, Svetkey delves into the ways he is and is not privileged..."
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