#WhiteMalePrivilege logic: "I'm not an expert on race/gender but is your analysis of diversity for particular ends?"https://twitter.com/theandrewglover/status/856106688457326592 …
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Replying to @OtherSociology
WTF even is "viewpoint diversity"? "All views should be considered equally, even stupid ones"?
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Replying to @DrMRFrancis @OtherSociology
No, just the idea that a small subgroup of the people in a debate shouldn't decide what viewpoints are and aren't part of the discourse
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Replying to @DrMRFrancis
I haven't wanted to engage with this for a reason - in his meaning, it's fringe idea serving racism and xenophobia. Plus he is trolling
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Replying to @OtherSociology @DrMRFrancis
The concept's been used in many ways, such as media ownership. But in academia there's a move to use this to discredit affirmative action
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Replying to @OtherSociology
I suspected this was the case, especially with his follow-ups.
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Replying to @DrMRFrancis
Yes it's troubling. People who sprout this term also support idea that there should be quotas for political affiliations amongst faculty.
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Replying to @OtherSociology
Ah yes, this idea has been tossed around in the US quite a bit. It plays into the idea that faculty are more left-leaning than in reality.
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Exactly correct! They throw around silly arguments about bias, which are really about supporting conservative ideology.
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