A California freshman has an interesting account of her first days at UC-San Diego. It includes a description of an art class:
Non-Western Art, was tediously p.c. Our professor will mark us down if
we use the words ?tribal? or ?primitive? to describe African art. She
tried to make us feel guilty for being part of the capitalist world,
and said that we labelled Africa primitive because they were inferior
and full of black people with disease.
And later:
But back to the professor saying we are not allowed to call African
tribes primitive. That just seems insane. Remember that scene in the
movie ?The Gods Must Be Crazy? where they end up worshipping the Coke
bottle?That is primitive. But I?m beginning to wonder, would we get marked
down for saying that? The professor seemed a bit nuts on the topic.Or maybe she is just feeling white guilt.
