Harry Veeder wrote:
Yes, but his article was not about the values and attitudes of
contemporary professors.
They are the ones who shape the academic environment, and give a pass
to stupid, lazy men while they fail hardworking women.
Today women only encounter serious prejudice in the specific fields of
engineering, maths and physics.
That is not what women professors and students tell me. To say the least.
Really, this is like suggesting that today, black people do not
encounter serious prejudice in college -- or in traffic accidents on
the street for that matter. If that is what you think, I suggest you
read this article about a Washington DC hairdresser named Fishburne:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/24/AR2006062401082.html
Although he is Gulf War vet who carries a military ID and has
fingerprints on file, the police confused him with a fugitive named
Tucker who is two inches taller, 50 lbs heavier, with different
fingerprints. Fishburne rotted for weeks in jail, lost his job, his
car, and had thousands of dollars stolen from his credit cards after
the police confiscated them. Eventually, the authorities "released"
him. That is to say, they threw him out into the street in Atlanta,
GA, after giving him back they $80 in cash he had on him when he was
arrested, leaving him no means to return to Washington.
If that happened to a white Gulf War vet it would be headlines in
every newspaper and blog in the country.
- Jed
