I’ve noticed a reoccurring theme within this class, which is the introduction of institution into everyday life. In regards to this reading, it would be an inclusion of the institution into moral issues and students’ response to it. For example, the Kipnis situation obviously sparked an intense ethical debate about the safety of students on campus. It also highlighted a pattern of passionate young student activists lacking focus on real issue, run by fierceness of emotions which leads to pre-emptive mobilization to point out the wrong-doings, especially those of people in authority.
The system was created to maintain itself & perpetuate a hierarchy with students on the bottom as consumers. As students, it wouldn’t be wise to take our issues higher up into the institution. To do so would be to operate within the system… which means to do so would be to lose. It’s no one’s fault and I value those who are passionate in their fight against the power. However, I propose a call to an alternative method. We can’t fix, fight, or break the system. We simply need to create a new one and pray we don’t fall into the same trap. Perhaps then, we must create a system that is flexible and capable of inclusiveness while keeping justice as it’s first priority.
DeBoer, Fredrick. "Why We Should Fear University, Inc." The New York Times Magazine, 9 September 2015, 1-8.
Roeder, Phil. (Photographer). (2015, November 23). From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter [digital image] Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/student-activism-history-injustice/417129/
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