She continued by informing us that Austen, like all white writers during the colonial era, supported white supremacy and racism. She ended with a line I’ll never forget: “This is how we look for hidden systemic racism and oppression.” As a student in Hyesan, our teachers often reminded us that we must vigilantly look for hidden signs of infiltration by our enemies—American Bastards causing, stoking, and lurking behind all of our problems.
Again, in *orientation*?? Forgive my skepticism but if you want to sell this you’re going to need to paint a more complete picture bc this conversation just does not make any sense in context. And if the specter of a boogeyman is going to prevent you from assessing systemic causes to anything forevermore then…good luck to you I guess? Some real things are actually systemic and have far reaching effects, sorry to break it to you but that doesn’t make Columbia University North Korea.
