Catholic University Seminar Claims ‘Fatphobia’ and ‘Transphobia’ are Symptoms of Racism in Religion
A Connecticut Catholic university plans to host a workshop exploring the “historically racist roots of several ongoing forms of oppression” allegedly found in education, religion, “toxic masculinity,” and more.
Sacred Heart University School of Social Work hosts a monthly lecture series, “Continuing Conversations,” which is offered to students, faculty, and the public, online for free, and aims “to intentionally oppose racism.”
One of the workshops, titled “Continuing Conversations in Antiracism,” will be led by several university faculty and “community practitioners and other advocates for social and racial justice.” The workshop’s objective is to “dismantle institutional barriers,” identify “systemic oppression” or racism, and focus on “allyship.”
The series will focus heavily on developing “antiracist” tactics that the faulty feels should be employed every day on campus and in the workplace. Several seminars have already been held at the university regarding “implicit bias” in the medical field, using “brain science” to have “antiracist relationships” and “how to be an ally.”
On seminar set to take place on July 26, titled, “Restricted: Racism’s Intersectional Impact on Agency and Liberation“ describes the systemic oppression which the presenters claim are perpetrated through several long-standing institutions.
Attendees will “learn the historically racist roots of several ongoing forms of oppression including–but not limited to–racism, sexism, homophobia/transphobia, fatphobia, classism, ableism, ageism and more, through systems including education, religion, eating disorder treatment, gender-based violence, toxic masculinity, health care access and more,” according to the seminar’s description.
This lecture will be led by a self-described “Non-Binary Art Therapist & Body Liberation Activist,” who goes by the pronouns “they/them.” According to the seminar’s description, “Wednesday’s current specialties include gender-affirming care, fat and body activism, intersectional social justice, complex trauma, and eating disorder treatment.”
Attendees will “Examine the ways we experience white supremacist (sic) thinking internally even when we understand the foundations of a liberatory praxis.”
“Liberatory praxis,” explained by Chicago Public Schools, means participants will effectively “re-imagine” their “assumptions and beliefs,” — known historically as “re-education” into the societally accepted cultural dogmas.
The Catholic university “is particularly committed to social justice” in order to “make a difference in the global community.”
