Cornell course teaches black holes could be linked to ‘racial Blackness’ - Fox News

Cornell University has introduced an astronomy course to explore the connection between the term black holes and "racial blackness" — proof, say critics, that even the hard sciences aren’t immune to universal "racial hysteria.".

The course, titled "Black Holes: Race and the Cosmos," uses work from black studies theorists, artists and fiction writers to challenge "conventional wisdom" about the role that race plays in astronomy.

"Conventional wisdom would have it that the ‘black’ in black holes has nothing to do with race.

"Theorists use astronomy concepts like ‘black hole’ and ‘event horizons’ to interpret the history of race in creative ways, while artists and musicians conjure blackness through cosmological themes and images," the description says.

The course will also draw on teachings from theorists such as Michelle Wright and Denise Ferreira da Silva.

The course, however, has drawn criticism from some who see it as the latest example of the "racial hysteria" taking over college campuses

Another added, "The term ‘Black Hole’ is not about race or skin color