tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post2993017008371349070..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Brodhead's Extraordinary Addresskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66647010739336431072012-05-01T03:00:14.471-04:002012-05-01T03:00:14.471-04:00Brodhead actually, if unintentially, gave a good q...Brodhead actually, if unintentially, gave a good quote against affirmative action and identity politics when he lamented "the primal insult of the world we are trying to leave behind—the implication that persons can be known through a group identity that associates them with inferior powers." <br /><br />Indeed.Vigilarusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38884964929387328162012-04-03T07:21:16.201-04:002012-04-03T07:21:16.201-04:00The problem at Duke is that it has gotten a lot ha...The problem at Duke is that it has gotten a lot harder for most people to get in over the last 25 years.<br /><br />(I blame Coach K!)<br /><br />The freshman biology, chemistry, and calculus classes are full of kids who would rather study than even take 2 hours a week off to go to the basketball games!<br /><br />If Duke wants retention rates for minorities in the STEM subjects to improve, they're going to have to duplicate the tutoring infrastructure they have in place for the scholarship athletes.<br /><br />In fact, they'll have to intensify it, very few athletes major in anything close to a STEM subject, at least in basketball and football.<br /><br />As Brodhead well knows, it's a lot easier to pander to 19 year olds and silly faculty members (none of whom seem to be from the STEM departments).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80691930886733387402012-04-01T22:50:44.359-04:002012-04-01T22:50:44.359-04:00""analyzing average differences in choic...""analyzing average differences in choices across demographic groups--race included"--is "standard practice not just in economics but in all quantitative social sciences," and therefore "to suggest that this is insulting disparages the quantitative social sciences as a whole."<br /><br />Brodhead obviously knows this..."<br /><br />Ah, there's your mistake. He's a literature professor. This very study shows that lit classes teach so little that someone lacking in high school preparation can still get A's.Eric Rasmusenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609599580545475695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42019368637453155792012-04-01T22:45:13.584-04:002012-04-01T22:45:13.584-04:00Brodhead is clearly a hypocrite. He regrets having...Brodhead is clearly a hypocrite. He regrets having appointed men to all but one position, but he doesn't given any explanation for why he used to be so dreadfully anti-affirmative-action and, more importantly, he doesn't fire a bunch of them and appoint women instead. Why not? Can't he find women qualified to be college administrators?Eric Rasmusenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609599580545475695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44017412140116055052012-04-01T19:23:52.526-04:002012-04-01T19:23:52.526-04:00My degree is from Duke--I did undergrad bio, gradu...My degree is from Duke--I did undergrad bio, graduate neuroscience work and two years of seminary there. The president of the alum foundation lived in the same dorm I did. I get fund-raising letters from Duke and Stirly, and I always let them know they'll see a check from me when I read a true apology from Duke to the lacrosse players and the 88 are sanctioned. <br /><br />This is shameful behavior. Shameful and embarrassing--and it renders a degree from Duke less valuable.Anne Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62580464445390321412012-03-30T12:46:42.469-04:002012-03-30T12:46:42.469-04:00I hope Professor Johnson will excuse me for again ...I hope Professor Johnson will excuse me for again saying, it is pathetically remarkable to what lengths an intellectual snob will go to avoid admitting he erred.<br /><br />Brodhead is going through contortions which even the most accomplished Twister player could not do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50715047182250781492012-03-28T19:46:46.624-04:002012-03-28T19:46:46.624-04:00Is Ken Edwards a Communist>Is Ken Edwards a Communist>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8255172376711877552012-03-28T12:24:37.538-04:002012-03-28T12:24:37.538-04:00Our old friend thuggniggalectual or whatever he we...Our old friend thuggniggalectual or whatever he went by is jumping on the latest rush to judgement wagon....<br /><br />http://dukechronicle.com/article/martin-vigil-soundoffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34202230410953695652012-03-28T01:53:51.519-04:002012-03-28T01:53:51.519-04:00KC-
I've long believed that advocates of racia...KC-<br />I've long believed that advocates of racial preference are most generous with others' rights. Am still fighting the fight--the organization I helped found, the Asian American Legal Foundation, will be filing an amicus brief in Fisher v. Texas.Lee Chengnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64619290674829809882012-03-27T09:21:51.609-04:002012-03-27T09:21:51.609-04:00Re: George Will on Trayvon Martin: Remember Duke l...Re: George Will on Trayvon Martin: Remember Duke lacrosse? <br /><br />Yesterday Rush Limbaugh offered a lengthy comparison of the two cases that was spot on IMO, as more information in known about Trayvon. The bounty offered by the New Black Panthers is just as threatening as they were at Duke. The same cast of clowns are gathering again, we just need a few members from the ever expanding ‘Gang of 88’ to complete a disgusting flashback image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-79187662713954286182012-03-27T08:12:10.662-04:002012-03-27T08:12:10.662-04:00To Brodhead et al., diversity does not mean "...To Brodhead et al., diversity does not mean "variety; the condition of having or being composed of differing elements."<br /><br />Instead, diversity means total and complete submission to belief in the unholy trinity of: race/gender/class identity politics; cultural relativism; and proportional representation. <br /><br />And to question, challenge, or disagree with the politically correct view of diversity is a grievous moral failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87269560165723861902012-03-27T07:05:17.731-04:002012-03-27T07:05:17.731-04:00On a mildly related topic...
Mark Anthony "Da...On a mildly related topic...<br />Mark Anthony "DaThug" Neal reposting on his blog a missive speaking out against Pat Knight's comments critical of his student athletes.<br />And the hypocrisy award goes to...<br /><br />http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2012/03/like-father-like-son-open-letter-to.html<br /><br />-TimfromjerseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74799023982149931492012-03-26T23:50:05.103-04:002012-03-26T23:50:05.103-04:00To the 9:19 am:
I have to disagree. I think the S...To the 9:19 am:<br /><br />I have to disagree. I think the Sanford, Florida mess is about the murder of a child. I think the Durham, North Carolina fiasco was about the framing of innocent students. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41318260414383992632012-03-26T14:18:17.618-04:002012-03-26T14:18:17.618-04:00" He could, today, submit his resignation as ..." He could, today, submit his resignation as Duke president. That move would give Duke’s trustees the opportunity to bring more “diversity” to the school by replacing him with a female or minority leader for the university. "<br /><br />Wow - K.C. that really took it to the maximum. That would solve everything. <br /><br />It is a real shame that when I apply for Government positions (requiring post grad degrees) how discouraged I feel when I have to disclose "WHITE MALE". I know I am pushed to the back of the pile. I am so ashamed that I feel I must protect my future children by making sure they are 1/2 African American so they can have every advantage available to them when they look for opportunity in the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7257359959554970402012-03-26T10:48:18.932-04:002012-03-26T10:48:18.932-04:00Unless Brodhead has the courage and cojones to adm...Unless Brodhead has the courage and cojones to admit to Duke's wrongdoing in 2006 (the LAX hoax), he seems to have no choice but to continue down "it's not about the truth" path. The evidence presented in the paper did NOT draw conclusions of a judgmental nature. For those who doubt, read the paper! But gosh darn and hang it all, when the research is sound, the only thing left to do is attack the researchers. Brodhead once again proves his spine is made of air. Let the sucking sounds begin......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59011941717489174922012-03-26T09:19:11.687-04:002012-03-26T09:19:11.687-04:00Regarding the Sanford Florida case, the similarity...Regarding the Sanford Florida case, the similarity with the Duke rape hoax case is how it is now being exploited by the same old tired actors (the race / class / gender crowd, Jackson, Farrakhan, Sharpton, “the new black panthers”, etc.) Unfortunately, even the president has waded into it this time. And the media, always complicit in exploiting mass hysteria, has even mainstreamed a new phrase, referring to Zimmerman as a “White Latino”, to keep the “white” vs. “black” conflict-line going. Had Obama inherited the white pigmentation of his mother, would he be referred to as a “White Black”? Are they incapable of realizing how asinine they sound?<br /><br /> With this group it’s all about the amount of melanin in people's skin and how to exploit this for group financial and political gain. Many of those, like Brodhead and the “group of 88”, who view everything through the prism of where a person's ancestors originated and the pigmentation of one's skin, knows this but is too intellectually dishonest to admit it.<br /><br /> People shoot each other every day in this country, as well as throughout the world. There will be people of a darker pigmentation shoot others of the same pigmentation or lighter today that won't even merit a comment in the paper. Recently, in Dublin Ohio a person of African descent executed a person of Middle-Eastern descent in cold blood, and nary a peep out of the left wing. This happens all the time. The hypocrisy in all of this is nauseating and the left needs to start realizing that most people of European descent, while appalled at these acts of violence, are left cold by the never-ending, monotonous drone to "reflect", or "look inside ourselves", or some other such twaddle.<br /><br /> When viewed through the melanin and ancestral background lenses that the left insists upon, a Latino in Florida shot an African in Florida. Since we're no longer simply "Americans", why am I, an Anglo, supposed to stop and “reflect" when a Latino shoots an African over 800 miles away from me? If we “stopped and reflected” every time people of different ethnicities killed each other in the world community, not a lot of work would get done, would it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33017153388591224102012-03-25T23:37:23.944-04:002012-03-25T23:37:23.944-04:00Another reminder that the Duke lacrosse case is no...Another reminder that the Duke lacrosse case is not forgotten:<br /><br />Sunday <br />--George Will on Trayvon Martin: Remember Duke lacrosse?--<br /><br />Read more: http://dailycaller.com/#ixzz1qBpfDhnIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-82200117060287425872012-03-25T20:41:15.669-04:002012-03-25T20:41:15.669-04:00KC, excellent work. Brodhead is a disgrace to Duk...KC, excellent work. Brodhead is a disgrace to Duke University and to its basketball team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44583799269257101902012-03-25T10:48:48.922-04:002012-03-25T10:48:48.922-04:00Equating what has happened in Durham regarding the...Equating what has happened in Durham regarding the Crystal Mangum Lying Hoax to "The Death of Liberalism" is like relating what happened in Sanford, Florida regarding Trayvon Martin to "The Death of Conservatism." <br /><br />Why must people continually try to put all pegs into round holes? Some of those pegs are star-shaped, others are square-shaped, and still others are octahedrons. The answer is almost never just black and white. And few micro-decisions and actions ever change macro-structures and beliefs. <br /><br />In Sanford, we had bad Conservative legislation leading to bad Conservative decisions by people who are bad Conservative decision-makers (e.g. among others, police officers, district attorney). "Conservatism is, therefore, dead!" Of course, that's not true. <br /><br />At most, I see the possibility that "closed systems" lead to the pendulum swinging too far in one direction. Arguably, Sanford and Durham -- and Duke -- are pretty closed systems. (I would need A LOT MORE RESEARCH, a lot more thought, and a lot more people freely discussing and evaluating this thesis before I would call it anything close to a possible fact, but I'd like to see that research and discussion.). <br /><br />Which brings me back to the research conducted by Peter Arcidiacono. There's no way to know if Affirmative Action has hit a dead end or can be improved or even if it is even still needed if actual research is not permitted. That's why this "liberal" heartily supports the research by Arcidiacono. Let's know the truth, whichever way it leads. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86088544317415735922012-03-25T10:34:29.737-04:002012-03-25T10:34:29.737-04:00I already knew the general outlines of this issue ...I already knew the general outlines of this issue -- Brodhead was (of course) appalled at the implications of some objective Duke research on black students -- so I played a little game with myself, tried to guess what aspect of the issue might make me shake my head. Only one thing really did: Arcidiacono's comment that "To publicly disparage my work without engaging in a conversation with me is not something I would have expected from Brodhead." <br /><br />Really? Did the man follow the Duke LAX case at all? Professor A. reminds me very much of the astonished KC expressing, on this blog a long time ago, amazement that the New York Times would not cover a story about blacks evenhandedly. <br /><br />What a pair of innocents the two of you are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40650874747723101942012-03-25T00:22:41.595-04:002012-03-25T00:22:41.595-04:00"Squashing"? Or "quashing"?
..."Squashing"? Or "quashing"?<br /><br />Or "squshing", as they say in the South? ;)RighteousThugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-31557137526816325222012-03-24T17:50:34.288-04:002012-03-24T17:50:34.288-04:00"3) I am losing hope that I will see KC aband..."3) I am losing hope that I will see KC abandon Liberalism. That said, I tip my hat to his ongoing exposure of the insanity. Well done KC."<br /><br />KC appears to me to be an old-school Liberal, much like Tom Jefferson.<br /><br />Modern Liberalism isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5877172621212576402012-03-24T12:54:58.070-04:002012-03-24T12:54:58.070-04:00KC, HAVE BEEN READING THIS BLOG ON AND OFF SINCE T...KC, HAVE BEEN READING THIS BLOG ON AND OFF SINCE THE BEGINNING. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED:<br /><br />1) Liberalism is finished as it crashes on the rocks of reality;<br /><br />2) Self Styled Liberals if intelligent individuals such as KC, one would expect, when forced to reflect on a serious topic for an extended time will be forced to see, through the mechanism of cognitive dissonance, that Liberalism is truly insane and its Liberal actors in the Duke saga, chronicled by KC over now many years, ranging from the high ( Broadhead, "Bob" Steel ), to the low ( "Mike" Nifong, Houston Baker ) lack any semblance of rational thought, fair play and awareness or understanding of what they are doing. KC has exposed the folly of the Liberal media again and again yet he remains a part of the Liberal media.<br /><br />3) I am losing hope that I will see KC abandon Liberalism. That said, I tip my hat to his ongoing exposure of the insanity. Well done KC.<br /><br />Dan KurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62963759356178405592012-03-24T01:12:29.972-04:002012-03-24T01:12:29.972-04:00Re: 8:50 p.m.
"Nah, he's just an a**hole...Re: 8:50 p.m.<br /><br />"Nah, he's just an a**hole"<br /><br />Occam's Razor demands I concede your point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23118598966979090092012-03-23T20:50:54.478-04:002012-03-23T20:50:54.478-04:00Re: 3:24 p.m.
Nah, he's just an a**hole
Kevi...Re: 3:24 p.m.<br /><br />Nah, he's just an a**hole<br /><br />Kevin M-RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com