Unbelievable the Crap That Gets Taught in Colleges

[oneifbyland]

Academic fraud - Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:53 AM

The following listing appeared in the Spring 2005 catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania:

MAJOR RELIGIOUS THINKERS
Religious Studies 113
(AFRC 113)
T 1:30-4:30
Instructor: Michael Eric Dyson
[e-mail]
Distribution II: History and Tradition

Topic for Spring 2005: Searching for Black Jesus: Tupac Shakur, Black Masculinity and the Politics of Race

Tupac Shakur was one of the most gifted and controversial figures of this generation. Poet, hip hop artist, actor, social critic and urban griot, he was a ghetto saint who evoked adoration and attack, nearly in the same breath. This course will examine the cultural, racial and religious significance of Shakur's life and thought. We will also probe the artistic, aesthetic and rhetorical dimensions of his craft. We will use Shakur as a lens through which to explore the issues of racial identity and black masculinity in hip-hop culture and the broader black culture. We will also probe the political, spiritual and social implications of Shakur's life and art, and reflect on these issues as they relate to hip-hop culture in general. Finally, we will investigate the moral and cultural consequences of memorializing Tupac in the wake of his violent death.


Comment submitted by Steven W.

Dear Mr. Horowitz,

It is worth noting that Professor Dyson is a product of the Religion
Department at Princeton University, where, under the tutelage of Cornell
West, Dyson and other black professors have turned the celebration of the
banal and, often, destructive black urban culture into the basis of their
"prophetic" vision of contemporary American life. Everything you wrote
about West in your Salon piece applies with equal force to Dyson and the
others. They are intellectual frauds and embarrassments.


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[MARIO]

LOL...Searching for Black Jesus??

You see, this is why I keep telling everybody that most college educations these days are useless in terns of real knowledge and mental acumen. You get brain-washed, and that's about it.

[Remey688]

University of Pennsylvania?? Henry Towne is rolling in his grave!!