BlazerFan11
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University student federation demands "safe space"...from YOGA
Just when you think the PC movement can't get any more ridiculous. Holy ******* ****.
Quote:Few worry that their downward dogs or warrior poses disrespect other cultures.
But yoga comes from India, once a British colony. And now, at one Canadian university, a yoga class designed to include disabled students has been canceled after concerns the practice was taken from a culture that “experienced oppression, cultural genocide and diasporas due to colonialism and western supremacy,” according to the group that once sponsored it.
Quote:Scharf was sorry to hear of the cancellation — attributed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to the University of Ottawa Student Federation, which describes itself as the “instrument of political action” for the undergraduate population at the university.
Quote:“I think that our centre agreed … that while yoga is a really great idea, accessible and great for students, that there are cultural issues of implication involved in the practice,” the response read. “I have heard from a couple students and volunteers that feel uncomfortable with how we are doing yoga while we claim to be inclusive at the same time.”
Explaining that yoga has a fraught history, the representative continued.
“Yoga has been under a lot of controversy lately due to how it is being practiced and what practices from what cultures (which are often sacred spiritual practices) they are being taken from,” the e-mail read. “Many of these cultures are cultures that have experienced oppression, cultural genocide and diasporas due to colonialism and western supremacy, and we need to be mindful of this and how we express ourselves and while practicing yoga.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morn...andom_3_na
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RE: University student federation demands "safe space"...from YOGA
Dumb.
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11-24-2015 12:28 PM |
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RE: University student federation demands "safe space"...from YOGA
It seems to me that yoga is pretty much a liberal thing anyway. I'm glad that the libs are getting fat on their own. Yum, yum, eat 'em up. Go for it Canada, eh.
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