The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.

     The focus this time: Get a woke degree; go broke.

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     Yet again “Food Justice” rears its oppressive head…

“Oregon State University recently introduced an undergraduate certificate and graduate minor in ‘Food in Culture and Social Justice.’

“The program, which is offered to undergraduates and graduates, seeks to ‘develop and apply critical thinking and critical writing competencies about food, culture and social justice,’ according to the program’s learning outcomes. Students will also “critically evaluate the role of food in the construction of identity (gender, ethnicity, religious, etc.).

“Classes required for students to obtain a certificate in the program include ‘Food Justice,’ ‘Food and Ethnic Identity: Decolonizing Food and Our Body,’ ‘Fat Studies,’ and more.

“Oregon State’s ‘Fat Studies’ course ‘examines body weight, shape, and size as an area of human difference subject to privilege and discrimination that intersects with other systems of oppression based on gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and ability. Employs a multi-disciplinary approach spanning the behavioral sciences and humanities,’ according to the description. ‘Frames weight-based oppression as a social justice issue, exploring forms of activism used to counter weightism perpetuated throughout various societal institutions.’

“Another class, ‘Food Justice,’ examines food systems from a social justice and cultural perspective.”

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