So many of the arguments on the left today sound so condescending to me. "Expecting people to be on time is racist. Expecting students to learn is racist." Really? Are only white people capable of succeeding in Western culture? The Little Rock Nine, and those American blacks who fought so hard in Brown v. Board of Education, they must have been stupid--why fight for education if learning is racist?
Some of the arguments on the left today sound right in line with the Jim Crow racists of the past, that black and brown students just cannot succeed or live up to the standards that "whites and Asians" do. And that brings me to this idiot professor:
On June 30, Antar A. Tichavakunda, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati (UC), published an article on Inside Higher Ed that argued exam surveillance, zero-tolerance policies, and fraternities and sororities harm “Black and Latinx” students.
On the issue of technology, Tichavakunda claims that “proctoring software built to monitor students during remote exams… perpetuates racial biases and stereotypes.”
Of course, because white and Asian students never cheat and are not subject to the same proctoring software. Weak.
Then on the issue of zero-tolerance, Tichavakunda writes that policies against plagiarism and standards of academic integrity “disproportionately harm Black and Latinx students.”
He believes that the people who make the decisions about academic integrity standards and then enforce them are not “race-neutral,” arguing that minority students are often falsely accused of breaking academic rules.
"Believes"? Any evidence? Weak.
Referring to ‘test banks,’ which are cheat sheets for exams made by fraternities and sororities, as an exclusive academic resource, the Cincinnati professor said that white students “take exams and do homework with unfair advantages” and claims that white students cheat regularly.
Do non-white students not join fraternities and sororities? Is using a test bank cheating? If white students are "cheating regularly", don't you want some test proctoring? Weak.
I'll repeat what I said earlier: this professor is an idiot. And an obvious racist.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a smart guy. I always found him to be a bit unctuous, but watching him on Joe Rogan, he came across as relaxed and authentic. He doesn't try to be the spokesman for the black experience, but he knows what racism is and what it isn't.
ReplyDeleteTyson knows where the line is, and he usually stays on the no conflict or controversy side. I wish he'd jump in on this topic. Black folks can show up on time, read, study and do well on tests. To assume that they can't, puts a person on George Wallace's team.