Can you illustrate exactly what you think the difference is between those things?
-
-
Replying to @kpanyc @joshua_r_eyler
Yes. Trying to end discrimination means that nobody is penalised for their skin colour /gender etc. That's different from actively
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
pushing for more people from 'diverse' bgs through incentives. (Whatever diversity means to you, and it could mean many things.)
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Problem with the latter is people can feel resentment that someone has been hired / given an incentive just to make things more 'diverse'.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @christianjbdev @kpanyc
Then we talk to those folks about history, sociology, psychology, etc. We de-personalize but still account for structural inequalities.
1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @joshua_r_eyler @kpanyc
Yeah, but a lot of this stuff is unscientific crap put about by activist scholars. Doesn't really hold up. (Sorry to be blunt.)
3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @christianjbdev @kpanyc
Also, this is pretty disparaging to whole fields and whole groups of people. Are you suggesting that one cannot be both activist & scholar?
2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
One can but its essential to make every effort to keep ideology out of scholarship & that isn't happening in certain fields right now.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
It's never happened, at any time, but that's the point of pushback through peer review & peer criticism. Not criticism from ignorance.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
I don't think humanities can only be evaluated by humanities! Peer review is only as good as the peers. However, I am of the humanities
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Try to remain civil and we can have a conversation if we disagree on this.
-
-
I think everyone is being civil. We disagree.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
It's difficult to have any kind of conversation unless we accept a diverse range of people from all fields can have insights on it.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 1 more reply
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.