Forum
Ethnic requirements need more thought
liv Kenneth I iberman
Tvvd veals .1 m> minority t.u
ultv s11111«• nts n| i iilm and f.u
ull\ sensitive to the status ot
non white-, women and non
Kuropeans in the I S ami at
the I niversitv joined togethel
to propose the new rat e gen
der non i tiropean \ literli an
general studies re<|uirrment
Although some t.u ultv i on
sidert'd the requirement trendv
a \ oting majority i oni oiled the
point th.it we are t.u ing a new
and diflerent world
_( ommentan_
I vurot entru discourse w ill no
longer he the unchallenged
medium tor del idmg
arbitral ing and ret lei I ing upon
human alt.urs in the w a\ it w as
during the era ot i olonialism
and the dei ades follow mg
World War II
\\ it h the emergem e ot strong
demoi rai ies in Japan and In
ilia, with the growing centrum
ii pinvei o! non Western econo
lines and with ini leased travel
and international i omtininii a
tion, our world, our ecouonm
lite ami mu rationalities have
bet ome rnulticultur.il Iv en
w it Hi n the t S hv the middle
ot the next i etilurv a majoritv
ot the jmpu lation will be
nouwh ite and a new pul it it a I
i ullur.il order will ensue 11 >
i esl i ii t the edm at ion ot (tie
gon s students to the while
male and exclusively, I uropean
i onsi iolistless whose liegemo
liv IS weakening Is to prepale
them itiadequatoK lor the new
world oldei they w ill he t.u mg
()ur ta< idtv com urred w ith
the notion that our students
need to he exposed to the
emerging Other other than
w bite other than male and nth
ei than I uropean A merit an
at some point in their ni ndemit
lives, it onlv to obtain those
shadows ot a beginning ot a
i ii 11 n i at applet lation that are
consistent w ith a liberal ails
edm at loll
I or one course anywav it
was determined that students
should expose themselves to a
discourse that draw , the stu
r
iit• 111 uni o! Ills ut lift I'thnoi i'ii
ll It 11 \ III U llllrss ,i Ifaiitl lll.il
is lii niir liit si mu' i illii'i
I hr tin ulti thimigh its i nm
millet's ami governing |iim rss
drew lip .1 pi,til tm till' lli'U ii'
ijuiremenl ’li.it will lif implf
nifiitfil with llif entering
1‘l'IU 'i 1 tifslmi.m i l.iss
< must's were proposed li\ tin
various ilfp.ii11in■ 111s ,is suitable
for tlif ni'w ri'ipiiifmi'iit
I iifortiili.itflv w itlim tins
prni fss sunif ilfp.irtnii'iits have
I'itlli'r nut m\ fii i ■ i n • 1114 Ii
thought to thf itiiil11• i m are
linin' i i mi frill'll with prutci t
ing thf ir .n ,ulf in it tint t It,in
with i i mt i 'Uniting tu ,i hum ii mg
tui requiremclit Si111if ili-p.iil
infills half nut developed anti
proposed am sllilahlf i mil si's
ami others half i in • re I \ if la
hfIfil thf fxisti11ig tali- iin hnl
mg rtiursfs that preserve a I n
ropean nuthink
1 In- I 'mi cisiti s I thriu
Stmlifs ( miimittff has met In
rci if iv tin- mill si's proposed
ami lliev aif ri'i unitin'niling re
ji'i t uni nl thf tiillnw mg
i iii11sfs Asian Nri hafoliigi
\iirlhfcist Asia I’rehisturv. I 'a
i il ii Islamls An ii■!( i ilngv. I In
man IJinlugli al Yarial ion
\urlh Anicni an I'lfhistmi
Miihllf \iiii-i ii an I’lfhislnn
Smith Xnii'i it an I'lehisturi
World 1 listuri anil Six nil I )f
ntognrphi I'lifsi* i miisfs pro
serif the i Ii mi i n<i ii t I urupi'an
ratiunaliti that is .llitsuli the
i me nl mn i linn ilium
As iii.ii he set'll the ailthm
poingi i If pal I me 111 s i i mi si's in
prehiston anil an h.ienhigi
Ill'll' seen tu hf illsf nsitll f III
the aims tu the ni'w ifijuirf
incut What is wrung with I’.i
i itn Islands An hai’olugv !)ncs
it nut aihhfss a mm I iiiupeaii
tupn
rhc problem is that these
i mu sfs iemlei thf t )lhfi as a
ilm lie uh|t't t the nun ! uru
pe.ill Is ri'strn ted tu a set ut nb
jet tile ti piesentalinns that
him turn mill w ithin a Iairupe
an rationaliti wliusf hfgfinuiii
is iintnm hfil Katliet than re
lealing a null I iimpe.in wnrlil
pi m I ut ed hi the tiff sttbjei til
ill nl an Oihfi the liuropiMt)
realitv prevails ami the mien
tinn ni (lie ri'ipiireinent is tie
[rated
llns in nut to drmrau tli.it m
■ ilit\ or its rattnnalitv i! in not
lu s.n that our an harolngl
( uursrs am not brilliant lhr\
art' a nil nut nI udr tils an* tort 11
iialr to ha\ r thrill Hut 11 n • V tin
nut prtivitlr an opportunity to
tlunk ai i ordmg in a non I tiro
|iran (list ourNi1 anti ttir \ssrin
111\ stioulti not approve ttirm
Stunr ol our t.n ult\ mav t on
sidrr tlir notion ol
"l-airot t'lilrit tlisi ourse to hr
MlS|irt I i aught tip ill tlir hr
grmom ol tlir I inopran truth
I Ion I hr\ I aunt it imagine that
thru otvn I atlonalit\ Is not
universal enough \\ hat
a hunt Soria I I Vmographv
leaves spat r lot tlir t tthrl to hr
llraril r\i rpl w itll ttlr alrratlv
familial si iriititli rationality '
I low 111 in I u roprall r. t hr
u in |i| and tlisi oursr ol
\\ 01 hi Itistorv '
Students ol t olol want to hr
II 1 It li • is 11 it n I liv thru ( lassinatrs
thrv want to irtiiur tlir iiutuhrr
ol inquiring stairs addressed to
llirin in tin' I’l t rim atm anil
improve mtrri iiltiti.il i oiniini
nu ation I otrign students want
to llllplov r tlir ipialits ol thru
i ntrr.it t ioll with \mr I ai an st n
drills I o liegtii with llirv
w ant rvrn to hr srrn w ill'll
passrtl till tlir st Irrt
W r nrrd to rtlin atr our '’to
dents to ddlrirnir Itiroin s
stuilrnts urr not tat ist llirv air
merely rthniK ('titl it Hut thr\
an- heading into a nru world
order m w lut h rtlmot entrism
will hr a sot lal and et ononiii
liability and it s our t.r.k to ol
tel thrill a lair genilri and
non l.iunpean requirement that
w ill hr meaningful
It w r do not have tlir pul111
i al w ill to do tills thru It'! Us
ahandon otti rflort It) rrworil a
out r trrlltl\ slogan d w r
t annot lift omr part ol tlir solu
lion, thru li t ns not become till'
prolilrm itsrll It wr had a
tiroad inuitii ulliiral i mi u uluin
a I rrai K I u plat e I hr li w r i oil Id
afford soi nr i a Hirst's that pit
soar tlir self interests ol our
dunlin.lilt t llltlllr. hut lirt atlsr
wr .nr talking about only mir
t nurse thru Irt do it light
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