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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. So much white fragility. AKA snowflakes.

Put on your big girl panties and read the book. You won’t melt. 
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[b]It’s not the reading it, it’s the discussing such a loaded topic with coworkers that’s the problem. Do you honestly not see how a white person who disagrees with the book’s premise and says so during the discussion, could be placing themselves in a very precarious situation?[/b] [/quote]

If someone isn’t willing to read a book with an open mind and discuss on any level (even if they disagree), then that person isn’t intellectually curious enough to be in a teaching position.

I’d also be curious why they “disagree with the premise”.
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Uh, you don't understand the issue, PP.  RIF (reading is fundamental).  It isn't that the poster is concerned about reading and discussing the book, the poster is concerned about a supervisor hearing the poster's opinion, disagreeing and then penalizing the poster for his/her opinion.

I agree with the poster that this is a great danger.  The supervisor could think the book is the greatest truth ever written or the supervisor could think the whole thing is hogwash; either way a subordinate disagreeing with a supervisor's opinion during a book club "discussion" could have negative consequences for the subordinate.

Your simplistic approach shows your immaturity.  Try to look outside of yourself a little bit.  Once you have a job and experience the work world perhaps your worldview will grow to accept that others can make have opinions that are valuable.[/quote]

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