OU prof equates "OK, Boomer" with the N-word, apologizes

[Huckleberry 33098]

Ah yes, the Articles of Succession. That's how we know the VP is next in line, right? 

[High Plains Drifter 11052]

3 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

If it's in historical context, that's completely ridiculous.

 

While I guess I agree, at the same time, either the prof:

a) didn't realize the furor this would cause

b) or didn't care, and chose to die on that particular hill

 

Either way, sooner gonna sooner

Edited February 25, 2020 by High Plains Drifter

[Aqua Buddha 14610]

3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Ah yes, the Articles of Succession. That's how we know the VP is next in line, right? 

Damn spell check.....

[HRSchenker 2274]

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A history professor issued a "trigger warning" before reading a "historical document that used the 'N-word' repeatedly," the university's interim president, Joseph Harroz, Jr. wrote in an apology.

How is this any different from turning on a TV show that says "the following show contains strong language, viewer discretion advised" then getting offended when someone says the word fuck?

[Gene Parmesan 4014]

Yeah I don't quite get this one.  Unless there really wasn't a point for this particular document other than to give the reader a reason to say the n-word.  I can see that being the case, but otherwise these are college age students not 5th graders.

[C-Man 27262]

Wonder how often that word is used in aggy lectures but doesn't get reported because, well, you know ...