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> Another instance of him asserting pedantic reasoning against a hard emotional opinion. This is the crux of the issue! It's not about racism at all. It's abou
by orthecreedence 6y ago
> Another instance of him asserting pedantic reasoning against a hard emotional opinion.
This is the crux of the issue! It's not about racism at all. It's about there being no nuance or context, to the point where someone gets offended and that offense is lauded as the highest level of experience: offense beats reason and logic. It doesn't matter if you are right, because you offended somebody.
> Material he knows well is making people uncomfortable, but believes he is not at all accountable for.
Yes, because he was hired to teach teenagers things. Not to make them comfortable. And teaching is about expanding minds, not just regurgiating facts. Expansion is uncomfortable. We find comfort in the familiar. A great teacher will seldom make people feel comfortable.
None of your "red flags" seem that red flag to me. Does he seem hard headed to me? Yes. But I believe in this case, he has a very good reason to be.
How much more power are we going to give offended teenagers?
- klmadfejno 6y agoI've stated several places, I don't think he's racist, so yeah I agree. You ask how much power are we giving teenagers, yet he mentions how multiple coworkers felt similarly about him. That is how he comes off. If you're socially unpleasant, you suffer social consequences. That is how it works. Trying to reduce it to a single instance like this n-word is the mistake. This guy appears to have built a reputation over many incidents, and then utterly blundered in handling this particular one.