Evergreen State College: Collective Psychosis

[mickmoranis]

whats sad is all the poor black families that worked SO HARD to give their children a better life and finally they have the 'first of my family' to go to college, and then they get there and theyre surrounded by thousands of white entitled gender neutrals

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by mickmoranis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

whats sad is all the poor black families that worked SO HARD to give their children a better life and finally they have the 'first of my family' to go to college, and then they get there and theyre surrounded by thousands of white entitled gender neutrals

that's really not what public school looks like, speaking as someone who's semi recently taught in one who's parents were both until recently 20+ year long term public school employees

it's like a couple american blacks, a couple white kids, a bunch of 65+ seniors getting their 5th degree because its free (colleges love them because they actually finish degrees, white/blacks drop out when they find a job in their industry often) and 50%+ non english speaking non american citizen asians going for free who get treated like gods and have entire "study halls" dedicated to having the american students do all their tests and homework for them because the schools get the most federal money from FES students. the only reason white genderblobs are tolerated is because they choose easy degrees with zero job opportunities so they usually finish their degrees. public schools get fed money every year based off how many students graduate, not attend. also the white genderblob needed a 30% higher test score than the black kid to get in & pays higher tuition to subsidize that black student's ability to attend in the first place.

we're basically giving free school and training our main global competitor, China, while throwing our own under the bus. we could afford to give free school to every american if we did a few simple things: stopped giving free school to foreign students, stopped rewarding public schools for shit performance.

it's the most broken system imagineable and anyone who would have voted bernie because of free college knows absolutely nothing about how college works & why this is such a bad idea given the current implementation and his lack of addressing any of the real issues with the cost of school.

if you're attending you often don't see the FES's and old people, because they don't show up for a single day of class but get passed with A's because they will sue the school if they get a B. pick up a TA gig and see how many students named Walter and Ngyen are on roll who you never once see in class, and check their grades at the end of the quarter.

[Xaanka]

who i have the most sympathy for is the white or asian american kid who is the first generation in their family attending college, who gets treated as if they're privileged, shaken down on tuition, needs higher test scores than anyone else to get in etc. these kids often come from families who offer little to no financial support, they're often trying to balance working to support themselves and to afford living near their school, and they really have it the worst.

the black kid didn't need good test scores to get in and if they're half intelligent they can get the majority of their school paid for in grants and scholarships. really anyone can do that but the school will actually provide resources to make this happen for you if you're black. if you're white or asian you're on your own with 1 paddle going upstream on shit creek.

[Xaanka]

also feel bad for the hard working black student who can't get a real job because nobody takes their degree seriously because the employer assumes they didn't have to work as hard to get it

[mickmoranis]

man all that black privlage what a bunch of luckies

I wish I was born black instead of as a cis gendered fascist.

[maskedmelonpai]

Originally Posted by mickmoranis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

man all that black privlage what a bunch of luckies

I wish I was born black instead of as a cis gendered fascist.

what if you was born a black cisgendered fascist though? or what about if you born a transgender fascist? would you still wish you born black?

[Ahldagor]

Transracial is a thing now mick. Just gotta dye the skin right and whamo! you're a different race.

[maskedmelonpai]

Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Transracial is a thing now mick. Just gotta dye the skin right and whamo! you're a different race.

it pretty insensitive of you to unilaterally levy identity standards based on skin color. i thought rachel dolezal showed us that.

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by mickmoranis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

man all that black privlage what a bunch of luckies

I wish I was born black instead of as a cis gendered fascist.

considering they need the lowest test scores of any race to get into school and they find employment through affirmative action hires i would say both of those things are significant displays of privilege over individuals who have to work harder and be more qualified to get into the same schools or get the same jobs. that's not even something you could vaguely debate on an individual level.

without a shadow of a doubt i experience more discrimination in my life as a transgender woman, than somebody would for being black in 2017. i don't receive more lenient college admission requirements, nor do i receive title vii employment protection rights like black people do. i have no sympathy.

sorry for caring more about individual equity than perceived guilt i should feel towards a race my ancestors never enslaved? sorry i don't feel like i should have to work harder for the same because someone else's great great great grandpa who happened to have a similar skin tone to me did bad things?

we're hitting a point where very few black people alive even experienced segregation, let alone their parents. acting like a black kid is any worse off than a white or asian kid that came from a poor family is laughable. if anything that white or asian kid has it worse because they don't receive social academic and legal benefitss to make up for their poor families.

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[mickmoranis]

this orange must be made entirely of orange peels