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11-6 Speciesism and Racism MEET AT O'S CAFETERIA: GO TO ACE  at 24th and Speedway (see map), then to the cafeteria, then with food through the door marked "EMPLOYEES ONLY" to our private dining room, ACE 2.222

TODAY'S GOALS:

honi soit mottoCore Curriculum Goal is “To better prepare students for a changing world by making sure they graduate with the flexible skills they need” to be better able to deal with a state and country that are more culturally diverse;* met in part by one of the required course areas that are “flagged”: Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity, and by the second semester of this course

honi soit motto[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems,” such as the retention of the confederate statues and inscriptions on our campus.

TODAY'S TOPICS:ethics, speciesism and racism, slavery and racism embodied in the statues of U.T.? Imagine you are an African-American visiting our campus, considering coming here, and you walk around the South Mall, and wonder, is"Racism Embodied in the Campus of U.T.?"

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: meditation; Quiz; DB discussion

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING

1. Jeremy Bentham ….. 142

2. Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat ….. 144

3. The Dreaded Comparison ….. 146

4. Alice Walker intro ….. 167

5. Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?" ….. 168

6. Racism and U.T.'s South Mall Statues ….. 172

7. Racism and Simkins Residence Hall ….. 173

8. MLK's visit to U.T. …..175

RECOMMENDED READING: all of The Dreaded Comparison

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all forms of discrimination of the powerful against the less powerful
LOOKING AHEAD: sexism as well as racism parallels

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