I work at a university but am not a professor so have to keep my mouth shut a bit more. I try not to roll my eyes when every meeting starts by "thanking the indiginous people whose land we now occupy for making this meeting possible" and other self-righteous nonsense. I call it nonsense because, if leadership were TRULY upset about land …
I work at a university but am not a professor so have to keep my mouth shut a bit more. I try not to roll my eyes when every meeting starts by "thanking the indiginous people whose land we now occupy for making this meeting possible" and other self-righteous nonsense. I call it nonsense because, if leadership were TRULY upset about land taken from the indigenous people, they would give it back vs. simply thanking them. In some ways, THANKING them is worse. It would be like Putin thanking the Ukranian people for their gift of allowing him to occupy their land.
The bottom line, if I want to stay employed, and I do--I find the energy of a campus keeps me in touch with young people, the work is important, and we *do* help a lot of first generation college students--I have to toe the line and never say how I really feel about anything.
Scott, that was great! You said it'd be like Putin thanking the Ukrainians for letting him occupy them. I shouldn't laugh but your analogy made the whole "acknowledge the land we're on" theatrical performance all the more ridiculous!
I work at a university but am not a professor so have to keep my mouth shut a bit more. I try not to roll my eyes when every meeting starts by "thanking the indiginous people whose land we now occupy for making this meeting possible" and other self-righteous nonsense. I call it nonsense because, if leadership were TRULY upset about land taken from the indigenous people, they would give it back vs. simply thanking them. In some ways, THANKING them is worse. It would be like Putin thanking the Ukranian people for their gift of allowing him to occupy their land.
The bottom line, if I want to stay employed, and I do--I find the energy of a campus keeps me in touch with young people, the work is important, and we *do* help a lot of first generation college students--I have to toe the line and never say how I really feel about anything.
Scott, that was great! You said it'd be like Putin thanking the Ukrainians for letting him occupy them. I shouldn't laugh but your analogy made the whole "acknowledge the land we're on" theatrical performance all the more ridiculous!