On August 24, Professor Kimberly Nichele Brown gave a most inappropriate speech at the Freshman Convocation that disparaged A&M and its founders:
[W]ho would have ever thought that Texas A&M would have a Hispanic female president? Not its founding fathers, that’s for sure.
According the the convocation website, the purpose of Freshman Convocation is “formally welcoming students to the beginning of their academic career at Texas A&M University.” It is supposed to “provide students with the opportunity to begin their college career in the same, significant, positive manner in which they end their college career.” Welcome to Texas A&M, a university with a horrible past! What a great way to welcome freshmen in a positive manner!
Apparently, a lack of the protein melanin in her teachers inhibited Professor Brown from learning:
Keep in mind that I didn’t have a course that focused on blacks until I went to college, which means that my entire education up to that point was predicated on my ability to decipher knowledge from people who looked nothing like me.
Oh no! Those enigmatic white people! Why won’t they get a tan so I can learn a little better?!
A little less than halfway through the speech she couldn’t help but bring up slavery and “keloided scars“. What the heck does slavery have to do with welcoming freshmen to campus?!
She went on to talk about liberal internationalist gobbledygook:
And if you learn only one humanistic lesson in college, let it be how to become a good global citizen.
Last time I checked there wasn’t a global state in which all human beings participate as citizens (thank God!). Why do liberal professors insist on teaching students things that are contrary to the obvious?
Apparently, in true Marxist fashion, Professor Brown longs for a return to the turbulent and violent college campuses of the 60s and 70s:
While there have been several events in recent history that might cause students to feel disenfranchised, I often suggest to them that one of the reasons for their disaffection might be their lack of exposure to the history of student protest in this country and abroad.
And last but certainly not least, she made a veiled accusation of racism against former students:
Texas A&M graduates are often ranked high for their loyalty, but low in their acceptance and awareness of cultural diversity.
Sorry, but not all cultures are created equal. Cultural relativism is a pernicious sham.
Many parents have already expressed their outrage over Brown’s speech and hopefully more will continue to do so.
Read the full text of the speech for yourself.