Ngl, I did not actually expand the picture to see the caption. I just saw the main image about knowledge. Post-docs absolutely get fucked and I do feel bad for them.
I quit one year into my PhD because I was miserable in grad school. I have to assume most post-docs have some crazy resilience or some kind of mental issue/trauma that keeps them going and going. I guess that's probably true for most people but post-docs do some seriously hard mental work and basically get shafted the entire time (at least in the US).
It’s a candidate’s job to try to gain favor from the convention, just as it’s the convention’s job to remain impartial.
"No you don't understand, political candidates are supposed to be slimy and dishonest!"
Your insufferable attitude aside, that's an insane position to take and it's ridiculous you said that without providing anything to defend it like it's common knowledge or something to be desired in a presidential candidate - especially after you were so anal about things that were explicitly spelled out for you and which you still struggled to understand
But prejudice has always been bad. It's just that racism, especially the racism that resulted from centuries of chattel slavery, is worse. It's a lot worse. It's something that can be studied through multiple lenses/fields, politics (colonization, authoritarianism), psychology (identity formation, PTSD), law (red-lining, jim crow, mass incarceration) economics (no business loans from banks, racist hiring practices), philosophy (justice, freedom, epistemology), sociology, anthropology, etc.
People don't really fear being called a slur on the street as much as they fear being seen as less than human by our society and shared institutions.
Jk, kinda. I don't have kids (so totally easy for me to say) but I know of that one poem/saying that goes, I taught my daughter not to stand out and be obedient so she wouldn't struggle against the fascists. Now, I realize I should've taught her to be herself and stand out, as that is what this world needs now more than ever..... don't remember exactly but it was something like that, I also don't remember where I heard it
I just listened to this, it's actually a bit before your timestamp, but based on the context of the conversation there having, it seems like they're talking about actually seeing the dead Palestinian kids. When she says "them" it seems to me like she's saying we've now actually seen decapitated kids, whereas as before we only had hearsay
On that note, that highlight feature that auto-captures kills and whatnot (on some games) is actually really awesome! Hopefully steam ends up having something similar
Idk about less than human; moreso, we just see them/each other through a racial lens - one rooted in our respective culture(s) and understanding of history (which is itself usually heavily-written/influenced by earlier European culture/historians).
That said, most Americans tend to use racism as a synonym for prejudice (as opposed to the academic definition of racism; i.e. an "organized system of race-based" prejudice). To probe this line of thought, I've recently started asking people whether they would consider a black American (wo)man growing up in 1845 (pre-Civil war) or in ~1930 (peak KKK membership; ~5 million Americans) racist for their likely negative views of the average white American. I've yet to get an answer, which is a bit of a bummer. Personally, I think most people realize it would be silly to call a black American slave racist for being prejudiced of their fellow white American citizens who they know only as brutal slave owners/traders. (Did y'all know pirates would use African slaves to launder money since they had a stable monetary value?)
Sorry, if it's a bit of a tangent. I find this stuff super interesting. Highly recommend "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" by Beverly Tatum and the doc "Exterminate All the Brutes" on HBO to anyone interested. Then come and chat with me about your thoughts! No one I know cares about this kind of stuff. It's all rap battles and dumb culture war crap, but I digress (further)
Uhh, did I say it was bad somewhere? I don't think I even stated my opinion about it. lol. Wtf u talking bout?
It's usually white people that say it's not bad/offensive and/or that everyone should be allowed to say whatever they want or they're just words, don't get so offended, etc.
I'm just teaching my white friends and fam their own history. Personally, I think it's worse and more offensive that they don't know or care about the atrocities their ancestors committed than the modern use of the word cracker. That said, it's offensive like seeing a piece of trash on the street - it won't ruin my day or anything but I'm well aware it's stll trashy
It's one of my favorite things to teach white friends and (extended) family when they say they don't care about being called cracker, or are "never offended" by words
"Oh, you're right. I don't really like that!" - my cousin in law. lol. The look on her face was honestly priceless
I'm a bit dense as well, so you're among friends (not sure I fully get ur reply, tbh)
I was mostly piggybacking on your popular comment to poke fun at people that seem to take their choice of OS a bit too seriously. That "as well" at the end feels odd; it was meant more like the "too" at the end of "and I probably would've got away with it too."
There's plenty of good books out there for anyone interested in learning how to communicate with others, especially those you disagree with - I recommend You're Not Listening or I'm Just Saying as good starting points
In your mind, all these students were "Palestine protestsers" that hate Biden? Can you help us out here? Do you have a full thought you'd like to complete, or are you just scared and angry?
To everyone else, how did people learn absolutely nothing about politics, or even basic communication during the last 8 damn years? Yelling and nagging at people, even if you're right, will always come off as being an insufferable, annoying asshole to anyone that doesn't already agree with you and isn't interested in something you've immediately felt the need to put down because you think you already know what's important
There's plenty of good books out there for anyone interested in learning how to communicate with others, especially those you disagree with - I recommend You're Not Listening or I'm Just Saying as good starting points
Ngl, I did not actually expand the picture to see the caption. I just saw the main image about knowledge. Post-docs absolutely get fucked and I do feel bad for them.
I quit one year into my PhD because I was miserable in grad school. I have to assume most post-docs have some crazy resilience or some kind of mental issue/trauma that keeps them going and going. I guess that's probably true for most people but post-docs do some seriously hard mental work and basically get shafted the entire time (at least in the US).