tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2055661395177084543..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Annie Has Her First Run-In With the Black Lives Matter Movement.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13101556149880168662016-10-09T16:09:49.505-04:002016-10-09T16:09:49.505-04:00Bella, I'd meant to say earlier that I, too, f...Bella, I'd meant to say earlier that I, too, found your comments helpful. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28664118620280640892016-10-09T07:44:25.661-04:002016-10-09T07:44:25.661-04:00Annie, I am glad you found my suggestions helpful....Annie, I am glad you found my suggestions helpful. I see that I posted this after you asked folks who wrote Fab to condemn you to please post here and explain. I just wanted to write that I never wrote Fab to condemn you! As I wrote, I was always sympathetic to how you must have felt!<br /><br />Anyway, glad the situation seems to have blown over, that the recording was removed, and that your Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35657854848582918122016-10-09T07:35:49.582-04:002016-10-09T07:35:49.582-04:00To deny an applicant entry to a program based on r...To deny an applicant entry to a program based on race is illegal (and also stupid, since programs benefit in countless ways from having a diverse student body). If you have evidence that this is why you were denied, you can sue the institution and expose them. If you co-authored a published paper and were denied proper credit for that publication at the same institution, that would be very Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77599867050966745752016-10-08T12:15:11.191-04:002016-10-08T12:15:11.191-04:00Um, excuse me, but you do not know what my experie...Um, excuse me, but you do not know what my experience were. I was repeatedly denied entry into a phd program, because of racism. RAcism is still very much alive today.<br /><br />When I tried fililng complains, I only later found out that that the person who reads the complaints letter is the PERSON WHO I WAS DIRECTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT. I will not rest until I get justice. This is exactly the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6918103895166725292016-10-08T11:53:41.708-04:002016-10-08T11:53:41.708-04:00You should not be concerned with the consequences ...You should not be concerned with the consequences that this racist gets for her bullshit against PoC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26342595547767172512016-10-08T11:44:31.124-04:002016-10-08T11:44:31.124-04:00We don't need to understand there system in or...We don't need to understand there system in order to bring down racism. Educate yourself. It aint my job to educate you. I will never even appologize for standing up against racism.<br /><br />We are literally being shot down in the streets every day, and you try to turn against us? I am actually speechless.<br /><br />I think your lying about being a WoC tbh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64801329375311110542016-10-08T11:37:04.833-04:002016-10-08T11:37:04.833-04:00 - Invalidating the experience of a PoC is literal... - Invalidating the experience of a PoC is literally an act of violence.<br /> - Standing up to white people IS NEVER RACIST (seriously i should not have to say this)<br /> - PoC never have to appologize for racist antagonism they recieve<br /> - Annie was an instrument of racism, and is therefore super racist, and nobody has to say sorry for anything done to her<br /> - GET OVER IT<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53642602884587262982016-10-08T10:43:52.179-04:002016-10-08T10:43:52.179-04:00Annie, what an awful experience. I'm dismayed...Annie, what an awful experience. I'm dismayed by the students who felt completely comfortable in their attempt to bully you about something over which you have no control. That you've indicated that they are also white says a lot about their ironic ignorance of their own white privilege. That the male's physical behavior was menacing is beyond disturbing; the mere fact that he feltGreat Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81863606791414115892016-10-08T10:30:46.737-04:002016-10-08T10:30:46.737-04:00You know what's adorable? Your very informati...You know what's adorable? Your very informative posts on reddit. It's charming that you find sex so troublesome because you'd rather "mastubate to an 11" than "have real sex with a 7." <br /><br />It's equally interesting to read this comment: <br /><br /><i>Jesus what's with feminism obession with holding up rape to be this end all be all thing? Men areGreat Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15960192952954207462016-10-07T01:13:40.454-04:002016-10-07T01:13:40.454-04:00Grumpy Sergeant here, not anonymous. I'm so so...Grumpy Sergeant here, not anonymous. I'm so sorry for what you went through. You did the best you could to answer them fairly and you took them at good faith. Nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately, they wanted a gotcha, ambush moment. The comments they posted (if it was them) show just how racist and misogynistic they were when you had an answer they didn't agree with. They weren't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33335253209143244272016-10-06T17:15:48.659-04:002016-10-06T17:15:48.659-04:00OPH: I was thinking much the same thing. Although ...OPH: I was thinking much the same thing. Although we do have a certain amount of power (especially when viewed from a student's perspective), we have much less power than we'd like to change things like hiring practices (let alone all the practices, social forces, etc. that lead to relatively few members of underrepresented groups pursuing Ph.D.s in the first place). We can and should Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84923459982098549422016-10-06T15:20:25.482-04:002016-10-06T15:20:25.482-04:00Think I said this before, but to be clear the stud...Think I said this before, but to be clear the students were not black. I'm very much for open debate so I'd be leery of kicking them out for what amounts to being misguidedly passionate about an issue:<br /><br />-Nobody was hurt.<br /><br />-Nobody was in any danger at any time.<br /><br />-When the illegality of recording/posting without permission was explained to them they did Annie from Abelardhttp://www.webuyanycar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47202556178165874232016-10-06T14:52:55.139-04:002016-10-06T14:52:55.139-04:00Jesus the writing style of this post sounds so ado...Jesus the writing style of this post sounds so adorable despite all the technical sounding jargon and the cursingmathcreativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327729261207501248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22939523813108437322016-10-06T14:52:46.332-04:002016-10-06T14:52:46.332-04:00Jesus the writing style of this post sounds so ado...Jesus the writing style of this post sounds so adorable despite all the technical sounding jargon and the cursingmathcreativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327729261207501248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70524011874812851852016-10-06T10:19:45.888-04:002016-10-06T10:19:45.888-04:00Prof. Pottah, I agree that this is a very poor arg...Prof. Pottah, I agree that this is a very poor argument, but it's also extremely similar to actual positions that racist Black Supremacists take on social media and during protest marches. It's either someone trolling by parroting actual racist comments that certain activists state, or an actual racist activist.<br /><br />Poe's Law, General Case -- Without some form of indication, KiTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166248186291249554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5108637628019215942016-10-06T03:03:19.780-04:002016-10-06T03:03:19.780-04:00What is the problem with this anonymous "pers...What is the problem with this anonymous "person" who replied at 6:29PM? The students were extremely racist, sexist, and abusive enough to verbally assault somebody. They obviously had no goal in mind but to terrorize white people in whatever way possible, and if it was a young white woman then so be it. Racism goes both ways and you better learn that quickly or else these monsters will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67359427658498655382016-10-05T21:56:08.283-04:002016-10-05T21:56:08.283-04:00I think one problem here is with the pressumption ...I think one problem here is with the pressumption that college professor and (non-upper-level) adminstrator are in any practical (i.e., "real world") sense "positions of power".<br /><br />That said, until the student body and faculty represent the population at large, I won't rest. I totally get that being polite and respectful has often not worked in the past, however, IOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65343744856266009432016-10-05T21:41:35.589-04:002016-10-05T21:41:35.589-04:00Actually, something similar happened to me and I a...Actually, something similar happened to me and I am a WOC (woman of color), just not their kind of WOC. I learned you always have to be as cool as ice and never, ever use sarcasm because they will not understand it when they're gunning for you. College students nowadays are looking for that video that will allow them to get their social media account up and going. They don't really care Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635502687662919820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22886099649536916442016-10-05T18:43:59.211-04:002016-10-05T18:43:59.211-04:00Your hypothesis strikes me as plausible, though hi...Your hypothesis strikes me as plausible, though his reaction still strikes me as a bit extreme. But he may also know your student body, and the tactics some students adopt under pressure, all too well. Although I find it a bit sad, it's probably a good policy to adopt for the moment. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77072589776206311462016-10-05T18:37:00.274-04:002016-10-05T18:37:00.274-04:00Good advice, indeed. The "too pretty for pris...Good advice, indeed. The "too pretty for prison" thing is an odd little saying. I'd never heard it (at least not coming from or addressed to a woman -- I think I've heard a male version, which is even more complicated/perilous), but it turns up plenty of google hits. It definitely has the potential to carry all sorts of implications/assumptions about gender, race, class, the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24387881562390886192016-10-05T18:29:14.101-04:002016-10-05T18:29:14.101-04:00Um, you are too obstinate and thick-skulled to lea...Um, you are too obstinate and thick-skulled to learn, so how could you possibly teach anything. <br />You overrate your importance; I owe you no explanation or any 'counter-arguments.' You don't have one, and you are fooling yourself if you think I don't have better things to do than spar with you. You could learned something by getting off of the computer rather than spouting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9639630602380604672016-10-05T18:26:31.469-04:002016-10-05T18:26:31.469-04:00I, too, read it as Bureau of Land Management first...I, too, read it as Bureau of Land Management first (at least without additional context). It may be a generational thing. I suspect the two BLMs do have some enemies (or at least antagonists) in common, but, otherwise, they're pretty different, so I guess context will usually reveal the correct reading given a bit of time. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12442148378252509322016-10-05T18:24:45.812-04:002016-10-05T18:24:45.812-04:00Look, that just makes no sense. It's such a po...Look, that just makes no sense. It's such a poor argument that I'm convinced this was written by someone who opposes BLM. Actually, I am positive of that now. <br /><br />Please do not troll here.Prof. Pottahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100637096011208620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22437247767434041292016-10-05T18:24:08.586-04:002016-10-05T18:24:08.586-04:00A fund for targeted hires of underrepresented mino...A fund for targeted hires of underrepresented minorities (i.e. hires in addition to those already planned), assuming it could be done within legal and union constraints, is probably the best hope (as, of course, is increasing the number of members of underrepresented groups getting Ph.D.s, and maybe even making sure that professors' jobs are actually ones that a sane person, especially one Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75136053774635727392016-10-05T17:46:23.709-04:002016-10-05T17:46:23.709-04:00Im so sick of yall fragile white feelings. If you ...Im so sick of yall fragile white feelings. If you are not talking about ending racism, then it is not germaine to the discussion. This garbage needs to be removed ASAP. I do not care about her white feelings, we have a real problem with black genocide in this country ,and until we can start to populate positions of power with POC, we cannot expect any change to happen. I think most white people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com