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woman, uncool topic... is the third factor of the trifecta "scientist"? or "brilliant"?

• rawgabbit 3y ago
  She was admonished for speaking in her native Hungarian. In any organization, there are the publicized metrics and rules. And then there are the hidden rules which are nothing more than office politics. Do I expect UPenn to change its behavior? I would not hold my breath. The real question is why we hold Ivy League universities on a pedestal.
  • przemub 3y ago
    Ah yeah, the allowed kind of racism. My favourite.
    • kaashif 3y ago
      I don't think requiring everyone speak the same language is racism, necessarily. If it's "speak English to include everyone in work conversation" then it's fine. If it's "don't speak Hungarian on the phone to your parents because fuck you" then no, that's bad. I have worked in environments where teammates speak in their native language (spoken by a small minority of people at the company) and it has an exclusionary effect. Once a team (perhaps unintentionally) begins to favour those with the right native language, and a critical mass of speakers is reached, it can sometimes result in mono lingual, mono cultural teams who find it hard to hire or retain other people. It really depends on the specific criticism and how it was phrased.
  • skulk 3y ago
    The real question has a real simple answer: Ivy leagues and equivalents are how the ruling class grooms its next generation. We put them on a pedestal because being part of the ruling class comes with benefits.
• hodgesrm 3y ago
  #3 factor was brilliant. According to other accounts she also speaks her mind very forthrightly. [0] [0] https://www.wsj.com/health/after-shunning-scientist-university-of-pennsylvania-celebrates-her-nobel-prize-96157321 https://www.wsj.com/health/after-shunning-scientist-universi...