Florida College Offers Course Called 'White Racism', And Racist Are Outraged

So, Florida Gulf Coast University is offering a class titled 'White Racism' and racist are outraged about it. So outraged that campus police was posted outside of the sociology class after the professor, Ted Thornhill, was flooded with harassing emails and messages that were openly racist. Well Tuesday was the first day and thankfully no incidents were reported.

 "All that it takes is that one person to act on their views," said Ted Thornhill, assistant professor of sociology at Florida Gulf Coast University, in a phone call with CNN. 

"We've got to be cautious because you don't know what people are capable of."

Here's a description about the class straight for the school website;

In this course, we will interrogate the concept of race; examine the racist ideologies, laws, policies, and practices that have operated for hundreds of years to maintain white racial domination over those racialized as non-white; and discuss ways to challenge white racism and white supremacy toward promoting an anti-racist society where whiteness is not tied to greater life chances. 

Thornhill, who is African American, said he decided to title the course "White Racism" because he believes it accurately signifies the material. 

"I understood that many white Americans, and some people of color, would find it provocative," he told CNN. 

The professor said he wasn't surprised when he was besieged with messages -- most of them negative -- and some hate mail in the days and weeks after the course was announced. Even so, he said he was shocked by their vitriol. 

Thornhill shared with CNN 46 pages of emails he has received about the course. A few FGCU parents threatened to pull their tuition. Some writers asked why the course was called "White Racism" when racism exists among all ethnic groups. Others said Thornhill should devote class time to black racism. 

Still others pelted him with insults and racial slurs.

• "Cancer(Stage 4) is what you and your family deserve for spreading hate, lies, & in tolerance." read one email.

• "I would ask that you stop using the name Ted and Thornhill, as I feel you are using a cultural appropriation. Change it to Obongo Deviantray you racist pig," said another. 

• A third said, "I BET MEMBERSHIP IN THE KLAN IS PROBABLY SKYROCKETING BECAUSE OF RADICALS LIKE YOU."

• Others called him "a pitiful little boy," "a subhuman mongrel" and an "alt-left piece of sh*t."

Asked about the outcry, Thornhill told CNN, "It is not my job to provide white people with comfort."

He later said, "I never at any point entertained the possibility of changing the course title to accommodate the racial bigotry of the individuals who would send me these kinds of messages."

I am so happy that this class is available and clearly it's needed when you take a look at all the hatred in this world and the hatred this professor received. It goes back to the saying that anti-racism feels like oppression to racist and it clearly shows how sensitive they are when it comes down to us minorities fighting back against their ignorance. I see nothing wrong with this class, especially when racial incidents been happening at Universities across the country, with the latest being at the University of Alabama, when a white student by the name of Harley Barber went on a racist rant, click here to read about it.