And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Academic Gobbledygook

It has been many years since I attended graduate school, so I had forgotten how academics love to hear their own rhetoric, especially if they

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Barry J. Klazura

December 1, 2021

It has been many years since I attended graduate school, so I had forgotten how academics love to hear their own rhetoric, especially if they can dress it up in a “holier than thou” attitude. This article on racism is of value in and of itself, but the two videos in the article point out the mental gymnastics that some academics go through just so they can sound noble or justify their questionable job. My first reaction to the short videos was to burst out laughing and my second was to pity any students subjected to such academic drivel. https://quillette.com/2020/11/29/im-a-professor-from-an-immigrant-family-please-stop-telling-me-that-my-university-is-racist/

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Written by Barry J. Klazura

Writer, historian, and financial advisor. I studied Political Science at Loyola University Chicago and have spent a lifetime reading history. I write because the mainstream will not ask the hard questions. 

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