Harvard plans 'mandatory power and privilege training' for poli-sci students

[Empirica]

Who ever had the chance to choose to choose whether to be born White or Black, rich or poor?

Fill us in.

Seriously??? This is what you took away from my post??? No wonder you know so little about so much!

First off; I'm well aware that people aren't afforded the "chance to choose" their skin color and the caste into which they're born!
but
People do have the "chance to choose" their friends; to use drugs; to break the law; to drop out of school; to get pregnant; to talk and dress like a loser; to develop a good work ethic; to build a reputation of dependability and honesty; etc-etc-etc!

These are what employers consider important; not a person's race or skin color__Are you catching on yet or still thinking like a liberal?

 

[shrubnose]

Yes I believe that by and large. There are other factors but they are not the primary reason for poverty.

You can believe whatever you want to believe, but I believe that unequal education opportunity is a big factor in a lot of the poverty in the USA.

Read this article and see what you think: Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown

 

[ChezC3]

They probably thought it too inflammatory to call it what it is: "Political Correctness Indoctrination." But American academia has been much more a leftist indoctrination environment than centers of quality education for some decades now. Conservative or libertarian educators are increasingly uncomfortable in the environment found on most college campuses these days, and few stay. So as faculties become more and more left leaning, even Marxist, in their attitudes and values, it is inevitable that this PC nonsense will become more and more infused into the mandatory curriculum.

That is not only really sad, to somebody like me, it is really scary.

The problem with academia today is that you have far too many people who've allowed their education to surpass their intelligence.

Unfortunately what transpires in universities involves a curriculum not developed to nurture and encourage thinking but to regurgitate "facts" and be indoctrinated into the Hive.

The educators who find themselves challenging the group think of the Left are the new Invisible Man.

 

[shrubnose]

Seriously??? This is what you took away from my post??? No wonder you know so little about so much!

First off; I'm well aware that people aren't afforded the "chance to choose" their skin color and the caste into which they're born!
but

People do have the "chance to choose" their friends; to use drugs; to break the law; to drop out of school; to get pregnant; to talk and dress like a loser; to develop a good work ethic; to build a reputation of dependability and honesty;

etc-etc-etc!

These are what employers consider important; not a person's race or skin color__Are you catching on yet or still thinking like a liberal?

Who said that anyone didn't have a chance to do those things?

Fill us in, it surely wasn't me.

 

[ChezC3]

This is good. Academia usually catches up before the general public so this makes sense. Of course, some resistance is to be expected. Not everyone can be saved from their ignorance. Heck, some people still believe the Earth is flat.

What ignorance is that that i am supposedly to be saved from? That I'm "privileged"?

Well, hot damn, I once was lost but now I'm found!!!

I'm glad someone told me of this privilege I have, all this time I had thought that it was by me working my ass off that I have what I have, but now, now that I know I'm privileged, well hell, I feel mighty silly, I didn't know all I had to do was walk up to people and make a grand gesture showing off my gorgeous white skin "TA DA!!!!!" and all my troubles, my worries, my wants, and needs would be taken care of?

Damn!

Life is going to be so much better for me now

Privileged?


Ha! Who knew?

 

[ThePlayDrive]

What ignorance is that that i am supposedly to be saved from? That I'm "privileged"?

Well, hot damn, I once was lost but now I'm found!!!

I'm glad someone told me of this privilege I have, all this time I had thought that it was by me working my ass off that I have what I have, but now, now that I know I'm privileged, well hell, I feel mighty silly, I didn't know all I had to do was walk up to people and make a grand gesture showing off my gorgeous white skin "TA DA!!!!!" and all my troubles, my worries, my wants, and needs would be taken care of?

Damn!

Life is going to be so much better for me now

Privileged?


Ha! Who knew?

If the bold is your understanding of what privilege means, then I suggest you take the course.

 

[ChezC3]

If the bold is your understanding of what privilege means, then I suggest you take the course.

It is my understanding that it is a completely asinine proposition that I am suppose to have some sort of "privilege" because the unfortunates of our society feel that I have some sort of advantage in this country because I share the same skin pigmentation with the ruling class.

It is beyond ridiculous.

You live in the world you create.

Stop wallowing start working and perhaps you too can be "privileged"...

Stop crying over past wrongs, start working for a better future and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

Stop trying to tear other people down and start trying to build yourself up and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

You make the same mistake that every other Left "thinker" makes... you think because I don't agree that means I don't understand. I understand all too well.

and it is BS...

 

[Empirica]

And this happens every day all over the USA, eh?

Whatever.

This isn't about how often or where this happens_

Only that everyone of similar abilities and determination have the same opportunity for similar levels of success_

Which are the opportunities that all US Citizens who follow the rules for success now have_

But if you show up for a job interview; reeking of pot, holding your pants up, and talking like a gangsta, then you ain't playing by the "rules for success" homeboy and will be sent back to the ghetto disappointed and angry and probably blaming whitey instead of yourself!

 

[Hard Truth]

Why is bad for the extremely fortunate (Harvard students) to discuss the privileges that they enjoy? The posts on this thread show that most people are unaware of these privileges.

 

[ThePlayDrive]

It is my understanding that it is a completely asinine proposition that I am suppose to have some sort of "privilege" because the unfortunates of our society feel that I have some sort of advantage in this country because I share the same skin pigmentation with the ruling class.

It is beyond ridiculous.

You live in the world you create.

Stop wallowing start working and perhaps you too can be "privileged"...

Stop crying over past wrongs, start working for a better future and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

Stop trying to tear other people down and start trying to build yourself up and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

You make the same mistake that every other Left "thinker" makes... you think because I don't agree that means I don't understand. I understand all too well.

and it is BS...

Yes, you should certainly take the course.

 

[Hard Truth]

It is my understanding that it is a completely asinine proposition that I am suppose to have some sort of "privilege" because the unfortunates of our society feel that I have some sort of advantage in this country because I share the same skin pigmentation with the ruling class.

It is beyond ridiculous.

You live in the world you create.

Stop wallowing start working and perhaps you too can be "privileged"...

Stop crying over past wrongs, start working for a better future and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

Stop trying to tear other people down and start trying to build yourself up and maybe you too can be "privileged"...

You make the same mistake that every other Left "thinker" makes... you think because I don't agree that means I don't understand. I understand all too well.

and it is BS...

Does a fish know that he is wet? Probably not, and for the same reason you don't perceive the ways that you are privileged, such as all the times you were not stopped by the police.

 

[ChezC3]

Yes, you should certainly take the course.

Uh huh...:coffeepap

 

[ChezC3]

Does a fish know that he is wet? Probably not, and for the same reason you don't perceive the ways that you are privileged, such as all the times you were not stopped by the police.

do you know my life experiences?

Probably not...

 

[Empirica]

Who said that anyone didn't have a chance to do those things?

Considering the total absence of reference to "those things" in your reply was a good indication that you did_

And the fact you spun what I said with a ridiculous and unrelated question was pretty much a dead giveaway_

Fill us in, it surely wasn't me.

Are you sufficiently filled in yet, Shrub?!

 

[shrubnose]

Considering the total absence of reference to "those things" in your reply was a good indication that you did_

And the fact you spun what I said with a ridiculous and unrelated question was pretty much a dead giveaway_

Are you sufficiently filled in yet, Shrub

?!

I have had just about enough of you and may put you on ignore for the time being.

 

[Empirica]

Why is bad for the extremely fortunate (Harvard students) to discuss the privileges that they enjoy? The posts on this thread show that most people are unaware of these privileges.

Are you sure those Harvard students are any more aware of what "privilege" really means than the people here do?!

Does a fish know that he is wet? Probably not,

I'll bet a fish that hits dry air does_ :giggle1:

Those Harvard students sound as if they might prefer the dry air?!

and for the same reason you don't perceive the ways that you are privileged, such as all the times you were not stopped by the police.

So you're saying that being "not stopped by the police" is somehow determined by "privilege"?!

By exactly what science was used to establish this absolute negative Mister Peabody?! rof

 

[Empirica]

I have had just about enough of you and may put you on ignore for the time being.

I don't blame ya, considering you just got the spanking of your life_ :giggle1:

 

[shrubnose]

I don't blame ya, considering you just got the spanking of your life_ :giggle1:

That's the kind of low IQ garbage that I'll be ignoring.