tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post6572985825658133119..comments2023-08-13T16:11:21.566+01:00Comments on OCKHAM'S RAZOR: Racist MarxhorroidsStravagantisimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-82136754971727311972010-03-30T00:23:11.272+01:002010-03-30T00:23:11.272+01:00Affirmative action has been a lose-lose: for socie...Affirmative action has been a lose-lose: for society and for those who were supposed to benefit from it. Once you subtract the concept of merit from any selection process, what you are left with demeans the chosen candidate and devalues the appointment.Stravagantisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-5959560235572062802010-03-29T13:46:12.897+01:002010-03-29T13:46:12.897+01:00Just in case the above comments sound a little out...Just in case the above comments sound a little outre, I should note that I taught for 27 years in a large community college in Philadelphia where I always treated my students with respect.We had great difficulty at CCP in finding black teachers who both wanted to teach our students, white or black - or foreign, and who would treat them with respect. That was not the path of social advancement which many of them had elected and continued to envision. <br /><br />Needless to say, there were other black teachers who were prepared, dedicated, treated their students well, and even sometimes took some small part in college life beyond merely collecting their paychecks and showing up for classes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-12102309244742099052010-03-29T10:26:08.377+01:002010-03-29T10:26:08.377+01:00For many American middle-class 'liberals,'...For many American middle-class 'liberals,'their apalling condescension is to blame for a great deal of resentment on the part of the objects of their pity and largesse. This issues in an equally blatant reverse racism on the part of e.g.,black teachers, professionals and civil servants who are the ones who benefitted the most from Affirmative Action hiring and college admission policies.<br /><br />Both parties to this angelic bargain are anxious to ignore their own unapologetic class discrimination towards the poorer or less educated members of their own communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com