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Universities obsess over being politically correct
The Exponent Online ^ | March 2006 | Liz Alpiger

Posted on 03/02/2006 10:48:43 AM PST by mlc9852

"The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie: Race and Popular Culture in the United States" is a class offered at Occidental College in California. The course studies ways in "which scientific racism has been put to use in the making of Barbie [and] to an interpretation of the film �The Matrix' as a Marxist critique of capitalism."

The same college also offers "Stupidity," a class which studies comparisons between the American president and "Beavis and Butthead."

At Alfred University, students can enroll in "Nip, Tuck, Perm, Pierce, and Tattoo: Adventures with Embodied Culture." Those in this class will study "teeth whitening, tanning, shaving, and hair dyeing" in addition to watching Arnold Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding movie, "Pumping Iron."

Amherst College offers the course "Taking Marx Seriously: Should Marx be given another chance?" To that I say, "No." Marxism really shouldn't be given another chance. It's brought poverty and despair to every government that's ever tried it; what makes people think it would be any different today?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: academicbias; colleges; communism; highered; highereducation; leftismoncampus; occidentalcollege; pc; universities
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To: Centurion2000

Well, as long as they continue to lower admission standards, what can you expect?


41 posted on 03/02/2006 12:49:04 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: Joe 6-pack

Wake up and smell the ether. They already choose the doctor for the patient on many plans. Factory medicine has arrived big time. Factory dentistry too. Dentistry is so bad on "insurance plans" that we are paying the full freight to do it on our own. Good, old-fashioned dentist with ethics, a nice attitude about billing, and superb craftsmanship.


42 posted on 03/02/2006 1:58:22 PM PST by sine_nomine (Every baby is a blessing from God, from the moment of conception.)
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To: Ohioan

What, was Marx the most successful self-loathing Jew?


43 posted on 03/02/2006 2:16:59 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: sine_nomine
Factory dentistry too.

Reminds me of Harrison Ford recounting his experience as a bad guy on Gunsmoke.

Ford gets shot and drops dead, dropping his gun. Gun bounces back into his teeth as he's coming down. Studio sends him
to the dentist they have on retainer. Dentist does a horrible job, and Ford is in pain, so he goes to sue the dentist.

Dentist had sold practice and moved on.

44 posted on 03/02/2006 2:33:05 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Dental pain and back pain are probably the worst kinds and the most difficult to heal.

Bad dentists are really a horror. They get more money per square inch of body and often care little for the outcome. But the good dentists make up for them.


45 posted on 03/02/2006 3:06:02 PM PST by sine_nomine (Every baby is a blessing from God, from the moment of conception.)
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To: mlc9852
"Universities obsess over being politically correct"

Actually, universities only pretend to be politically correct when it isn't their ox being gored.

For instance, universities are decidedly un-PC when they illegally prevent grad students from organizing into student labor unions on campus.

46 posted on 03/02/2006 3:10:06 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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