A professor specializing in “nonhuman geography” at a British university has claimed that geology has been unfairly influenced by colonization and declared the subject of geology racist.
Kathryn Yusoff, who teaches at London's prestigious Queen Mary University, accused geology of being a discipline “torn apart by systemic racism”.
The study of prehistoric life through fossils was also labeled as promoting racism because the professor referred to the field of paleontology as “paleontology.”
of daily mail report Professor Yusof states in his book: geological life form Mining metals such as gold and iron has created class, promoted materialism, destroyed the environment, and been the root cause of climate change. The outlet continued:
The scholar argues that “geology continues to function within practices of white supremacy,” and that land theft, mining, and other geological practices have been linked to the creation of white supremacy and its resulting ” “Geographical trauma,” he said.
Professor Yusof's new book focuses on geology from the 17th to 19th centuries and puts forward the concept that non-white people have a closer relationship to the land than white people.
“Broadly speaking, Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples… have such an intimate relationship to the earth that the structural place of whiteness is obscured,” she writes. mail Report.
Yusof is officially listed as a professor of “non-human geography” at Queen Mary University. Website.
Not everyone is as convinced as Yusof about the inherent racism in learning geography.
GB News report Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, dismissed this claim completely.
“Geology is no more racist than 'fish and chips.' It's a completely neutral term. “Those who seek to decolonize the curriculum are in fact building an evil empire of thought control and intolerance,” he said.
McGovern added that practices such as mining “are almost as old as humans and are race-neutral.”
