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Comment on The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject by On Graduate Education in the Humanities, by a Graduate Student in the Humanities | 4Humanities

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:29:55 +0000

[...] bankrupt that the very idea of graduate education itself is at risk; and, need I even mention it, graduate programs (in some disciplines) are useless. Most recently, Inside Higher Ed has featured the efforts of Russell Berman and five other Stanford [...]

Comment on Add White Kids and Stir is Not Good Education Policy by Julia

Julia — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:17:49 +0000

Yes, completely agree. Would you be open to cross-posting this piece on Love Isnt Enough (loveisntenough.com)? We’re a blog about parenting and race, a sister site to Racialicious.

Comment on The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject by Voices in Cyberspace « University of Venus

Voices in Cyberspace « University of Venus — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:53:09 +0000

[...] it happens. A lot. Let us not forget that Tressie Mc’s post in response to Schaefer Riley first appeared on her blog. Minority academics who blog must, now more than ever, be aware of how important it is to [...]

Comment on The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject by Preach on. Spread this like wildfire. No one wants to admit that racism is still alive, especially in academica which is supposed to be the great equalizer. | BLACKBERRY: a magazine

Mon, 21 May 2012 02:39:33 +0000

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Comment on Add White Kids and Stir is Not Good Education Policy by Richard Miller (@rellimr)

Richard Miller (@rellimr) — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:03:51 +0000

Or add Black kids and stir…in my hometown, although white kids ride buses for the first three years of K-12, Black kids (and Hmong and Latino kids) ride them for all the rest of the years. No middle schools, no high schools in their neighborhoods. It has been that way since the city started “pairing” schools 30-some years ago, and the “achievement gap” (or, as Gloria Ladson-Billings calls it, the “justice gap”) has only increased.

Comment on The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject by Diana Lenore Miller

Diana Lenore Miller — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:12:46 +0000

this was on Stossel today with a totally different slant…interesting. I thought there were so many nuances that were missed, that the whole issue was given a cursory overview…I would really appreciate a true dialogue about this but it is sorely lacking.

Comment on The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject by Lois

Lois — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:09:42 +0000

Thank you for clarifying your comment. I will look for the book & look into the perspective you are referrring to. Although to you it appeared as if I was “running down factual accounts” I was just sharing what I have experienced in my life raising my children and grandchildren. My comment was more a knee jerk reaction to my experiences within my own fundamental christian church where I had to walk away from their teachings that justified not only slavery, but also treating African-American’s as inferior or as cursed. All I know Ihave slowly and painfully learned on my own. I am not a college graduate and have not formally studied African-American Studies. I just have experienced those I love were/are not taught even a coherent historic timeline in their schools (private & public) to help them make sense of the present. You have a much deeper understanding of the issues than I do, and I welcome learning all that I can.

Comment on The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education by anon ymous

anon ymous — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:13:45 +0000

The Chronicle told its bloggers (in a document not quoted here) they could pretty much vomit onto the page. Only later did the editors decide that they wanted to adhere to the same kind of standards found on official editorial pages. But then they only punished one person for one post. Indeed, the real blame here should be on the Chronicle — not because they gave Riley a platform, but because they apparently had no plan and not much of an idea of what they were doing or how to fix things once they went wrong.

Comment on The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education by tressiemc22

tressiemc22 — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:16:20 +0000

LOL You’re right. King Vitamin didn’t deserve that. It’s not his fault Cap’n Crunch is legitimized by The Man.

Comment on The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education by ann @ my life as prose.

ann @ my life as prose. — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:04:39 +0000

i think it’s interesting that the public conversation is *still* about naomi schaefer riley (her firing, etc), and *not* about the context of the situation (that the chronicle gave her a platform).

i also find it really disheartening that in the internal emails, naomi’s supervisor further reduces the discussion to a single bullet point. and while i DO think that bullet point is legitimate and worth discussing … as someone from english studies, the text, after all, is preeminent and where we argue from–not our silly musings of the title or cover of the book … this reductionism is disappointing at best, infuriating at worst. what i find disturbing is how ignorant the chronicle appears to be of acadmic culture and norms. this is not how we conduct ourselves … we carefully and thoughtfully read and interpret texts. i do not see either naomi or her supervisor carefully or thoughtfully reading your blog post.

and fyi, i don’t have a phd either, but as someone who works in academia and with academics on a regular basis, i’ve learned the culture and the respect of the community, doctoral degree or not.