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University of Kansas offering 'Angry White Male Studies' class this fall Students can earn 3 credit hours in this humanities course Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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LAWRENCE COVERING THE CONTROVERSIAL CLAS BRIAN: HUMANITIES 365, ANGRY WHITE MALE STUDIES, CHARTS THE RISE OF ANGER IN WHITE MEN IN AMERICA AND BRITAIN SINCE THE 1950’S. IT EXPLORES THE DEEPER SOURCES AND MANIFESTATIONS OF THIS EMOTIONAL STATE. >> LIKE WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS REAL? >> NOT SOMETHING I’D TAKE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERESTING CLASS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN FIT IT OF WANT TO TAKE IT. YEAH. BRIAN: THE COURSE WILL BE HELD HERE, KU’S SUMMERFIELD HALL IT’S SUPPOSED TO EXAMINE HOW DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE MASCULINITIES CONNECT TO MODERN RIGHTS-BASED MOVEMENTS OF WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, HOMOSEXUALS AND TRANS INDIVIDUALS. IT’S PREREQUISITE IS WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES. >> IT IS A LEGITIMATE CLASS. I FEEL LIKE THE TITLE OF IT IS JUST THERE TO BE IN YOUR FACE ABOUT EVERYTHING BRIAN: CONGRESSMAN RON ESTES OF WICHITA DISLIKES THE TOPIC. INSTEAD OF A COURSE TO UNITE PEOPLE AND EMPOWER WOMEN, KU HAS DECIDED TO OFFER A CLASS THAT DIVIDES THE STUDENT POPULATION AND COULD POSE A TITLE IX VIOLATION BY CREATING A HOSTIL CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT BASED ON GENDER. OTHERS FEEL THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ACADEMIC. >> THERE’S DEFINITELY SOME VALUE INTO LOOKING INTO THINGS FROM HISTORY AT LEAST FROM AN INTERSECTIONALIST VIEW. >> CREATING DIALOGUE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE