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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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Academics did another Sokal hoax. If that doesn't ring a bell -- it's where people pretend to be writing serious academic articles -- but are actually just making a ridiculous nonsensical argument hidden in high-quality jargon.
It pretty much proves non of these people are earning their salary. A lot of these people don't even have the decency to not be white...like we need some middle class white asshole writing about the spiritual struggle of Laintos in America or post-colonial Columbia or some shit.
But before you get too carried away demonizing all non-STEM majors:
Don't fall for the "It's all a big coordinated liberal effort" fallacy either. It really is not. It's just a handful of "disciplines" that are bullying their way into prominence in colleges across the globe -- mostly because non of the privileged professors of more traditional subjects do not want to be seen as a white woman or man bashing some beleaguered group.
Ironically what is feeding this kind of nonsense identity philosophy is the refusal of academia to deal with their own elitism. Where one's academic reputation is largely determined by their performance as a young-20 something....In other words, only those with nice stable upper-middle-class backgrounds have a chance.
Because they can't talk about that...they talk about race and gender.
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Publish or perish model hasn't worked for decades.