Duke professor's racist comments

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with him almost entirely. Too bad we're more concerned about political correctness and not offending anyone.

its not about political correctness. It's about facts. And his opinions fly in the face of factual information.

Be more specific.

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Anonymous wrote:(article link below) Your thoughts? While I believe in freedom of speech, it saddens me to see yet another professor fail to understand the complexity of the issue. I have never heard of an Asian American being subjected to police brutality and yes there are Asian gang members and Asian criminals too. I have never heard of an educated Asian man being pulled over by police when the only possible reason is he is driving a new Mercedes. As far as I know, Asian Americans were not told to sit at the back of the bus, and drink from separate water fountains and they did not have to worry about being tarred and feathered for dating a person who is white. There is so much more to consider than this, but how is it someone makes it to becoming a professor without having an open minded, an ability to see all aspects of an issue and empathy?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-professor-criticized-for-online-comments-about-african-americans/ar-BBjQOfY?ocid=iehp

You have a SHOCKINGLY weak grasp of American history if you've never heard of discrimination against "Chinamen."

+1. I don't particularly agree with his comments, but let's not pretend that Asians have never experienced devastating racism.

Exactly.

+1. Japanese internment camps. Anti-Asian immigration laws. And, FYI, in many parts of the country, Asian Americans were considered "colored" and were forced to sit in the back of the bus, drink from separate water fountains, and not allowed to date much less marry a white person for fear of violent if not legal persecution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(article link below) Your thoughts? While I believe in freedom of speech, it saddens me to see yet another professor fail to understand the complexity of the issue. I have never heard of an Asian American being subjected to police brutality and yes there are Asian gang members and Asian criminals too. I have never heard of an educated Asian man being pulled over by police when the only possible reason is he is driving a new Mercedes. As far as I know, Asian Americans were not told to sit at the back of the bus, and drink from separate water fountains and they did not have to worry about being tarred and feathered for dating a person who is white. There is so much more to consider than this, but how is it someone makes it to becoming a professor without having an open minded, an ability to see all aspects of an issue and empathy?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-professor-criticized-for-online-comments-about-african-americans/ar-BBjQOfY?ocid=iehp

You've gone off the deep end on this one, OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with him almost entirely. Too bad we're more concerned about political correctness and not offending anyone.

its not about political correctness. It's about facts. And his opinions fly in the face of factual information.

His comments about African-American support for Malcolm X vis-a-vis Martin Luther King just sound ignorant. Seriously? This guy is a university scholar and this lazy thinking is what he produces? That's embarrassing for Duke even beyond the racist comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with him almost entirely. Too bad we're more concerned about political correctness and not offending anyone.

its not about political correctness. It's about facts. And his opinions fly in the face of factual information.

His comments about African-American support for Malcolm X vis-a-vis Martin Luther King just sound ignorant. Seriously? This guy is a university scholar and this lazy thinking is what he produces? That's embarrassing for Duke even beyond the racist comments.

Which comment exactly?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I'd be concerned that a Duke polisci professor is referring to "the blacks" -- not a very nuanced analysis.

You've never heard an educated AA person make reference to "the whites"?
Get real.

I'm an educated AA and I've never heard "the whites". I've heard "whites" and "white people"'

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I'd be concerned that a Duke polisci professor is referring to "the blacks" -- not a very nuanced analysis.

You've never heard an educated AA person make reference to "the whites"?
Get real.

I'm an educated AA and I've never heard "the whites". I've heard "whites" and "white people"'

Huge difference, right? I call this nit-picking.

[Anonymous]

That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is so much more to consider than this, but how is it someone makes it to becoming a professor without having an open minded, an ability to see all aspects of an issue and empathy?

He is a professor of Soviet politics, and you'll be happy to know that before 1991, he was very open-minded about whether or not the USSR was an evil dictatorship. He argued that it was a participatory meritocracy little different from a parliamentary democracy. He showed great empathy for Soviet leaders Brezhnev and Andropov in their struggles with the primitive Reagan regime, and warned against supporting Gorbachev.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

For what exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

He's 80 years old. He doesn't give a shit. This was basically his letter of resignation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:(article link below) Your thoughts? While I believe in freedom of speech, it saddens me to see yet another professor fail to understand the complexity of the issue. I have never heard of an Asian American being subjected to police brutality and yes there are Asian gang members and Asian criminals too. I have never heard of an educated Asian man being pulled over by police when the only possible reason is he is driving a new Mercedes. As far as I know, Asian Americans were not told to sit at the back of the bus, and drink from separate water fountains and they did not have to worry about being tarred and feathered for dating a person who is white. There is so much more to consider than this, but how is it someone makes it to becoming a professor without having an open minded, an ability to see all aspects of an issue and empathy?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-professor-criticized-for-online-comments-about-african-americans/ar-BBjQOfY?ocid=iehp

You have a SHOCKINGLY weak grasp of American history if you've never heard of discrimination against "Chinamen."

+1. I don't particularly agree with his comments, but let's not pretend that Asians have never experienced devastating racism.

Exactly.

While there is no denying the Chinese Exclusion Act's racism, the more recent Asian American experience is hardly one of prevalent racism.

Asians are one of the most successful segments of American society. While Asian people are a minority among the population, they are generally excluded from affirmative action programs (how racist is that!!?!).

While there are exceptions of course, recent Asain immigrants are highly successful in America, and their first generation children tend to be phenomenally successful.

Please don't start playing the victim card as Asians; it is tiresome enough when constantly played by all the other minorities, as well as this administration.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

He's 80 years old. He doesn't give a shit. This was basically his letter of resignation.

That's fine, but they still need to give him the boot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

For what exactly?

Only a fellow racist would ask that question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That professor sounds like an idiot. The university needs to fire him.

For what exactly?

Hatethink.

Causing Feelbad.

These are serious crimes on campus today. A student who said what he said would be expelled. Why should he escape punishment?