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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 06:39 PM
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29. Blacks do work harder.
I worked in the mail room of a large university once. The staff was 90% African American. They were the hardest working people I had been among in a long time. Not only did they work harder, but they were passed over for promotions all the time in favor of white males.
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  -Student in my class: "Blacks should work harder" bluestateguy  Apr-20-04 04:56 PM   #0 
  - I hope you told them AA is NOT a race-based program  sangh0   Apr-20-04 04:59 PM   #1 
  - I betcha a thousand bucks his parents are repukes...  trumad   Apr-20-04 04:59 PM   #2 
  - Work harder? Like two full-time minimum wage jobs?  aquart   Apr-20-04 04:59 PM   #3 
  - Nothing surprises me anymore....  skooooo   Apr-20-04 05:00 PM   #4 
  - Truly!  LeahMira   Apr-20-04 06:26 PM   #27 
     - ..at least it was just a draft.  skooooo   Apr-20-04 06:42 PM   #33 
     - Nah  kiahzero   Apr-20-04 06:53 PM   #35 
  - Where was he doing slavery? We were sure working then.  MSgt213   Apr-20-04 05:00 PM   #5 
  - Don't you hate that feeling of shock?  ALago1   Apr-20-04 05:00 PM   #6 
  - I'm going to guess that this student  Sandpiper   Apr-20-04 05:05 PM   #7 
  - You CANNOT be shocked into silence by Orwellian Madness  tom_paine   Apr-20-04 05:06 PM   #8 
  - Or, blacks could work less, sit on their asses and  HFishbine   Apr-20-04 05:09 PM   #9 
  - back when i was a freshmen in college,  SheepyMcSheepster   Apr-20-04 05:10 PM   #10 
  - I was in a Master's program...  LibertyChick   Apr-20-04 05:12 PM   #11 
  - People don't know their history.  playahata1   Apr-20-04 05:18 PM   # 
  - I would have said  GTRMAN   Apr-20-04 05:14 PM   #12 
  - Sounds like someone should be getting a "F"  gonefishing   Apr-20-04 05:14 PM   #13 
  - for a differing opinion?  stopthegop   Apr-20-04 05:17 PM   #16 
     - If that "opinion" is grounded in ignorance  playahata1   Apr-20-04 05:19 PM   #18 
     - "ignorance" can also be a different interpretation of events..  stopthegop   Apr-20-04 05:23 PM   #19 
        - We must ask our students, then,  playahata1   Apr-20-04 05:32 PM   #20 
           - that may be...but there are differing opinions..  stopthegop   Apr-20-04 05:38 PM   #21 
              - I am aware of John McWhorter and his arguments.  playahata1   Apr-20-04 06:04 PM   #25 
     - It's college, not kindergarten...  Senjutsu   Apr-20-04 05:45 PM   #22 
     - Good point  Viking12   Apr-20-04 06:41 PM   #32 
     - Just make sure that your students understand the difference between  playahata1   Apr-20-04 06:49 PM   #34 
     - question is...  leftyandproud   Apr-20-04 08:32 PM   #36 
     - Instructors have to walk a fine line...  LeahMira   Apr-20-04 06:41 PM   #30 
     - I hate it when I miss a good thread...  gonefishing   Apr-21-04 07:26 AM   #40 
  - And what was his reaction to having his butt chewed out?  playahata1   Apr-20-04 05:16 PM   #14 
  - For what it's worth...  TreasonousBastard   Apr-20-04 05:17 PM   #15 
  - What about MATERNITY?  LittleApple81   Apr-20-04 05:18 PM   #17 
  - Yeah, but that's in those loony countries that believe  Sandpiper   Apr-20-04 05:51 PM   #24 
  - sounds like a college repuke to me n/t  doni_georgia   Apr-20-04 05:49 PM   #23 
  - geez  hamsterhuey   Apr-20-04 06:09 PM   #26 
  - Could you teach them something about incremental advantage?  mondo joe   Apr-20-04 06:36 PM   #28 
  - Blacks do work harder.  Cleita   Apr-20-04 06:39 PM   #29 
  - everytime I hear the phrase"work harder"  onethatcares   Apr-20-04 06:41 PM   #31 
  - I have a story along these lines  American liberal   Apr-20-04 11:29 PM   #37 
  - it is sickening that such bigotry exists  Skittles   Apr-20-04 11:32 PM   #38 
  - Guy's an asshole, but Affirmative Action is a scam  bigbillhaywood   Apr-20-04 11:38 PM   #39 
  - Sounds similar to a freeper at my work  Lithos   Apr-21-04 08:12 AM   #41 
 

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