Posted on 02/04/2017 4:32:53 AM PST by Kaslin
In an article on the professional culture of social psychologists, Maria Konnakova exposed a lack of political and cultural diversity that was “every bit as dangerous as a lack of, say, racial or religious or gender diversity.” According to Jonathon Haidt, who has written extensively on the topic, this peer-driven uniformity discouraged conservative students from joining the field, and it made those rarely occurring conservative members more hesitant to voice their opinions. It has also introduced bias into published studies and position papers. “It’s not like the whole field is undercut, but when it comes to research on controversial topics, the effect is most pronounced,” Haidt was quoted.
Social workers are no exception. The field is openly, brazenly and almost uniformly a left-listing ship. To the best of my knowledge -- acquired only through informal conversation and observation -- I am one of two conservative social workers in my region.
Even though partisan positioning has become more extreme in recent years, this is not news to me. It started many years ago when I argued the conservative position in a graduate school debate on the guaranteed minimum income. As we researched our position, I came to see it as one of the worst ideas ever postulated.
Yet, even though we won the debate for form, presentation, and ideological cohesion, everyone else in the class, except my teammate (who also became a rare conservative social worker in NY) still thought the idea of a GMI was the cat’s meow. I was stymied. How could they not see?
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My wife is quite conservative she is a social worker as her profession. She is surrounded by lunatics leftist idiots, so she has to watch what she says from time to time. Even the periodical she receives from the social worker organization she belongs to is littered with leftist propaganda. It’s tough, but she manages to do her job, and do it well.
The social work and social sciences have become so ideologically uniform that they openly discriminate against conservatives and see it as reasonable to do so because they validate their own biases.
The big review paper on the lack of political diversity in social psychology
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/14/bbs-paper-on-lack-of-political-diversity/
Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they’d discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/1/liberal-majority-on-campus-yes-were-biased/
The "social sciences" dropped any pretense at science long ago. As far as I can tell, getting a graduate degree in a social science is dependent on learning how to filter literally everything through a lens of confirmation bias.
While there is, in theory, much to be gained by the study of society, the rampant leftist confirmation bias that overlays everything in the social sciences prevents the discovery of any new knowledge or insights. The same can actually be said of psychology, as well.
I would be classified as such.
I am a SHIP coordinator for the last 10 years. I help elderly with insurance and social security issues.
Just because I’m conservative doesn’t mean that I am callous and not wanting to help others.
I have a friend who is a retired professor of Sociology at a major State University who is conservative and the author of as I recall 20 books none of which strike a liberal cord
I joined the state-wide psychologists organization, and someone posted on their list-serve that they needed to “do something” about the horrors of the Trump administration, assuming everyone on it agreed with her. There is NO diversity in this profession. I cannot attend a conference or workshop where a dig isn't made at some prominent conservative, and I always complain about it on the evaluation forms at the end. There is no diversity in this profession at all. It has made me think about leaving because it can get very lonely, but I am too old to change now.
Not just the “social sciences.” It has been my experience, at least in OR and CA, that most all of those who do hiring are flameroo liberals. I once was passed over for a position in the Oregon DEQ as an onsite sewage specialist. Reason? I was perceived as being too pro-development. When asked describe the duties of the position as I perceived them I answered, “To enable the property owner to do what they wish to do with their property within the law.” Wrong.
With regard to the term Social Sciences, just remember that when you hear the word “social,” you are going to be lied to. (Old Remus)
An acquaintance that works as a social worker finds it very depressing; they watch the worst stereotypes play out in real life. He hardly thinks more leftism will fix it.
““To enable the property owner to do what they wish to do with their property within the law.” Wrong.”
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So even though you used the phrase “within the law” you were wrong?
Astonishing.
I am aware of that. Human Resources became infested with SJWs and their ideological predecessors who had a veneer of civility under Obama.
That was enabled by federal contract guidelines that rewarded companies with preferences for contracts or even forgiveness for lower quality if they met various diversity metrics. And it led to hiring of various X-studies grads because they were familiar with the paperwork to prove various points of diversity and were literally trained to lecture people on privilege.
We could use more of them.
And we have a massive need for conservative teachers.
Robert Nisbet was a conservative sociologist. And a very good writer. ‘History of the Idea of Progress’.
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