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liquidise 14y ago
Now that is a truly impressive case of special pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading
- newnewnew 14y ago
  Actually, that is what they teach at university nowadays in race and gender studies departments, sociology, and other mushy social-sciences. My friends who went to places like Harvard all believe it.
  - StevenRayOrr 14y ago
    Care to elaborate? I think that's a misrepresentation of critical gender and race studies, because I happen to be in one of those very programs. I won't deny that it's a "mushy social science", but I think you're radically simplifying the field.
  - shardling 14y ago
    It's not a "belief". It's just predicated on an alternate definition of the term. (Unfortunately, many people on learning an exciting new definition of a word forget it has a more general meaning; confusion and stupid internet arguments ensue.)
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    I'm willing to bet a large amount of money that you misunderstood the point of that lesson/class.
untog 14y ago
That tweet was posted in 2009, way before her employment with SendGrid.
anonfunction 14y ago
The more I hear about the story and her unusually controversial twitter history, the more I don't understand what the big deal is.
paranoiacblack 14y ago
I don't understand what's wrong with this. This is quite literally the definition of racism in a sociological context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological. You're going to need to disprove a lot of social science before you tackle this definition.
- mcantelon 14y ago
  >Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege The commonly used definition of racism is hatred against people because of their race. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism >hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. A couple of black kids beating a white kid to death because he's white, for example, would be defined as racist under this definition.
- minimize_me 14y ago
  You could pop over to Zim to see what's wrong with that statement.
  - paranoiacblack 14y ago
    > pop over to Zim I don't know what this means. But please elaborate what's wrong with that statement. Please understand that a word's definition is not necessarily it's meaning.
    - cdelsolar 14y ago
      He's talking about Invader Zim; Zim is racist to the other kids because he is literally from an alien race, even though they have the power (he is a very ineffective invader).
    - minimize_me 14y ago
      Zimbabwe. Or South Africa.
- Someone 14y ago

Now that is a truly impressive case of special pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading

newnewnew 14y ago
Actually, that is what they teach at university nowadays in race and gender studies departments, sociology, and other mushy social-sciences. My friends who went to places like Harvard all believe it.
- StevenRayOrr 14y ago
  Care to elaborate? I think that's a misrepresentation of critical gender and race studies, because I happen to be in one of those very programs. I won't deny that it's a "mushy social science", but I think you're radically simplifying the field.
- shardling 14y ago
  It's not a "belief". It's just predicated on an alternate definition of the term. (Unfortunately, many people on learning an exciting new definition of a word forget it has a more general meaning; confusion and stupid internet arguments ensue.)
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  I'm willing to bet a large amount of money that you misunderstood the point of that lesson/class.

untog 14y ago

That tweet was posted in 2009, way before her employment with SendGrid.

anonfunction 14y ago

The more I hear about the story and her unusually controversial twitter history, the more I don't understand what the big deal is.

paranoiacblack 14y ago

I don't understand what's wrong with this. This is quite literally the definition of racism in a sociological context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Sociological. You're going to need to disprove a lot of social science before you tackle this definition.

mcantelon 14y ago
>Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege The commonly used definition of racism is hatred against people because of their race. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism >hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. A couple of black kids beating a white kid to death because he's white, for example, would be defined as racist under this definition.
minimize_me 14y ago
You could pop over to Zim to see what's wrong with that statement.
- paranoiacblack 14y ago
  > pop over to Zim I don't know what this means. But please elaborate what's wrong with that statement. Please understand that a word's definition is not necessarily it's meaning.
  - cdelsolar 14y ago
    He's talking about Invader Zim; Zim is racist to the other kids because he is literally from an alien race, even though they have the power (he is a very ineffective invader).
  - minimize_me 14y ago
    Zimbabwe. Or South Africa.
Someone 14y ago