She is allowed to say whatever she wants. When she makes sweeping statements about an entire race of people, she should expect people to pushback against her racism and the university is not curbing her academic freedom by firing her. At this point, we have exhausted this debate. I’m going to stop responding lest I say something uncivil.…
She is allowed to say whatever she wants. When she makes sweeping statements about an entire race of people, she should expect people to pushback against her racism and the university is not curbing her academic freedom by firing her. At this point, we have exhausted this debate. I’m going to stop responding lest I say something uncivil. Your anecdotes however, aren’t data, I would ask you to refrain from using them in an argument.
Actually argument is not what I am after. In fact it is impossible without doing a full paper on a subject. And I don't want to. But you seem satisfied that racism is the label to use against her. I do not.
Racist is a chainsaw. I prefer to see her as a frustrated person and a gadfly.
Opinions are not appropriate in a learning environment, unless it is to discuss the whole subject - opinion, observation, experience, drawing conclusions and testing them out.
Her sharing her observations and conclusions she has drawn is spreading the bias that has developed in herself. This is what makes it racist.
If I say that every peach pie I have ever smelled or tasted is gross, I am spreading bias. But when the listener approaches their next peach pie and chooses not to try it, the pie's feeling will not be hurt nor will it have missed an opportunity to provide better for its children.
Easy to label as racist. I just don't see it. You are clearly angry. No need to be. The anecdote you shared above about her commenting on black men in ads... is that racist or her fair comment?
I think her comment above is clearly racist. I’m not so much angry as frustrated that here you are providing cover for a bigot. Incidentally, it’s not the only racist thing she has said. Yet, you seem to be okay with it.
She is allowed to say whatever she wants. When she makes sweeping statements about an entire race of people, she should expect people to pushback against her racism and the university is not curbing her academic freedom by firing her. At this point, we have exhausted this debate. I’m going to stop responding lest I say something uncivil. Your anecdotes however, aren’t data, I would ask you to refrain from using them in an argument.
Actually argument is not what I am after. In fact it is impossible without doing a full paper on a subject. And I don't want to. But you seem satisfied that racism is the label to use against her. I do not.
Racist is a chainsaw. I prefer to see her as a frustrated person and a gadfly.
Opinions are not appropriate in a learning environment, unless it is to discuss the whole subject - opinion, observation, experience, drawing conclusions and testing them out.
Her sharing her observations and conclusions she has drawn is spreading the bias that has developed in herself. This is what makes it racist.
If I say that every peach pie I have ever smelled or tasted is gross, I am spreading bias. But when the listener approaches their next peach pie and chooses not to try it, the pie's feeling will not be hurt nor will it have missed an opportunity to provide better for its children.
When she repeatedly makes racist statements, she’s a racist. Providing cover for her bigotry isn’t something you need to do.
Easy to label as racist. I just don't see it. You are clearly angry. No need to be. The anecdote you shared above about her commenting on black men in ads... is that racist or her fair comment?
The 'tell' in her comment is "they never show BLACKS as they REALLY are". That's kind of saying blacks are all like this. Bigoted by definition.
I think her comment above is clearly racist. I’m not so much angry as frustrated that here you are providing cover for a bigot. Incidentally, it’s not the only racist thing she has said. Yet, you seem to be okay with it.