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There is something to be said about the whiteness inherent in academia and trying to reduce that. But I think advancements in that area have more to do with lin
by mxkopy 5y ago
There is something to be said about the whiteness inherent in academia and trying to reduce that. But I think advancements in that area have more to do with linguistics and "UX" than the actual content.
This is just another case of profiteering and government economics, who's to say whether or not it's intended.
- hw-guy 5y agoCare to explain the term "whiteness inherent in academia"?
- mxkopy 5y agoI'm no historian but I don't think Newton was collaborating with any black people. Even if he was, you can't ignore the fact that the dominant academic institutions of today evolved from imperialist and white ones (e.g. the Royal Society). That's hundreds of years of development and cultural momentum geared mostly towards people who find Latin/English natural. This massive and ancient ecosystem of information is best accessed when you can have some tea with your professor friends who only know [insert Romance language here]. There are of course other nonwhite institutions, but their development has been stunted and infiltrated by colonialist ventures.