Intersectionality to Now Include College Majors

Texas A&M University has announced that college majors will be included as a determinant of group intersectionality. Students are now asked to consider if they are being inclusive enough of underrepresented majors in their activities. The administration has decided that opinions can be more valid and should be listened to based off the speaker’s area of study.

It is now also official policy to recognize the additional difficulty some majors face. The university defines this difficulty as something that adds validity to the opinions of those majors. At a minimum, students are expected to base their definition of hardship on representative hardship rather than personal experience.

“With only 18 music majors on campus, we need to weigh their opinions over others since most people can’t perceive the difficulty they face,” said Abby Beker, a junior theater arts major. “Engineers don’t need all the attention they get with how difficult their course load is. Everyone knows engineers have difficult courses, but nobody cares when I bring up my personal difficulty being one of 17 theater arts majors on campus? That’s why I support the university stepping in to assign value to opinions.”

Another student offered similar opinions backing the move by the administration. “As one of 45 performance studies majors, extra value should be assigned to my perspective,” said Tim Spleek, a senior performance studies major. “I am tired of hearing how easy I have it, compared to engineers, when they have never see it from my viewpoint before. Engineers have established channels for jobs after graduation, but I don’t have access to that when I apply for jobs after school.”

Not every student was in support of the administration’s move, but few were willing to publicly voice their opposition to it. “I just don’t think every time I have a discussion with someone, my major should be relevant to whether I should be heard or not,” said Adam Lytics, a junior computer engineering major. “I think trying to judge people by their major is silly, since everyone sees their own major as the hardest; it’s just divisive. The university is asking us to treat students differently because of their major, while also telling us to treat everyone the same regardless of major. ”

After he voiced his opinions, students were quick to shout Adam down. He was accused of major-splaining and having major privilege as an engineer, which prevents him from understanding why he cannot understand what other majors are going through.

 

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