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https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/10/15/whats-so-triggering-about-the-canterbury-tales/
The fact that rape, child abuse, knife crime or anti-Semitism were not flagged up, while students were warned about ‘expressions of Christianity’, exposes the true purpose that now lies behind trigger warnings.
By highlighting Christianity as the supposed problem, Nottingham lecturers are signalling to students that Chaucer’s work is a relic from an unenlightened past – a product of an era where diversity, equity and inclusion did not figure. The Canterbury Tales may have a few strong women, but they’re all white. And, worse, they’re all Christians. There are no Muslims, no black people, no transgender folx. Just old, English Christians. The horror! The trigger warning is meant as a big red flag to literature students, telling them not to enjoy Chaucer’s Tales. They must not laugh at the bawdiness or grimace at the murders. They must hold their noses and read solely to label ‘expressions of Christianity’ problematic.
The fact that rape, child abuse, knife crime or anti-Semitism were not flagged up, while students were warned about ‘expressions of Christianity’, exposes the true purpose that now lies behind trigger warnings.
By highlighting Christianity as the supposed problem, Nottingham lecturers are signalling to students that Chaucer’s work is a relic from an unenlightened past – a product of an era where diversity, equity and inclusion did not figure. The Canterbury Tales may have a few strong women, but they’re all white. And, worse, they’re all Christians. There are no Muslims, no black people, no transgender folx. Just old, English Christians. The horror! The trigger warning is meant as a big red flag to literature students, telling them not to enjoy Chaucer’s Tales. They must not laugh at the bawdiness or grimace at the murders. They must hold their noses and read solely to label ‘expressions of Christianity’ problematic.