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Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate
black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. |
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On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." |
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:01:58 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** [The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism, said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacomas vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do. The Tacoma Writing Centers prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, inventive spelling, and whole language. ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. They were doing it in public schools when I was teaching. Some students were doing poorly because they never did their homework. This was reflected as a bunch of 'zeros' in their grade. So the county made it damn near impossible to count homework as part of the quarter grade unless each student's homework was actually 'graded'. For me this meant about 4 hours extra work each night, and on weekends. Many teachers just said 'f - it' and stopped grading homework at all. Of course, the scores on tests went down, and just as many kids flunked. Dumb it down is right. |
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:34:39 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** [The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism, said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacomas vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do. The Tacoma Writing Centers prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, inventive spelling, and whole language. ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." Think about it. For one who aspires to write at the 'Dick and Jane' level, you sure aren't displaying much insight. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." If you can not understand the meaning of that phase, there is little help for you. |
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On 2/21/17 7:22 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." If you can not understand the meaning of that phase, there is little help for you. "Social justice" typically refers to trying to provide equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. Oh, I forgot...this is rec.boats, and words and phrases can mean whatever the typical right-wing poster wants them to mean. |
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:34:39 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." I suggest you take that question up with the phd who said it. I assume they are saying white guilt should make professors embrace ghetto gibberish in a writing class. |
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On 2/21/17 7:43 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:34:39 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/17 3:01 PM, wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:05 -0500, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:50:41 -0500, wrote: Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that community is so low. ********************** “[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think and do.” The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.” ******************* Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile. LOL! I guess the thinking is, if you can't educate the ghetto, dumb down the rest of the people to make them look nominal. We certainly would not want to criticize their illiteracy. Then we would be racists. The only person of color who was brave enough to address this was Bill Cosby and he turned out to be a pervert. I taught bonehead English for an academic year to presumably bright male college students. I was not impressed by their knowledge of and skills in their native language. There are a couple of regular posters in this newsgroup whose skills in English are at least as bad as my old students. I have no idea what this phrase from your post means: "prioritization of social justice over grammar..." I suggest you take that question up with the phd who said it. I assume they are saying white guilt should make professors embrace ghetto gibberish in a writing class. Well, I know what social justice is...I've never heard the phraset used in connection with "proper" use of the English language. |
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