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Erika James becomes first female, person of color named dean at Wharton School
WPVI (CBS News Philly) ^ | 02/27/2020 | staff

Posted on 02/27/2020 9:46:49 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

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To: Kid Shelleen

Big deal. The (last) dean at my law school was even more qualified. She was a black lesbian woman. So she is a threefer in terms of qualifications, not just a twofer. And of course a professor of feminist law.


21 posted on 02/27/2020 10:05:52 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Kid Shelleen

As long as she was selected on the basis of merit and not race, I’m OK with her.


22 posted on 02/27/2020 10:06:27 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’m guessing there probably are other people that are more qualified that would like the job. But hey, what do I know or care. LOL.


23 posted on 02/27/2020 10:07:32 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Is she Cherokee or Apache?


24 posted on 02/27/2020 10:07:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

President Trump is a graduate of the Wharton School.


25 posted on 02/27/2020 10:08:06 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Is she obama smart or Trump smart..?


26 posted on 02/27/2020 10:10:01 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Beowulf9
Exactly...if she's done the hard work to advance in her profession then just have at it....don't make it a color issue as it's easy then to wonder if the position was filled for 'other' reasons.
27 posted on 02/27/2020 10:10:43 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Otherwise, i they saying, she’s a credit to her race?
hmmm


28 posted on 02/27/2020 10:11:46 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: caww

Otherwise, ARE they saying, she’s a credit to her race?
hmmm


29 posted on 02/27/2020 10:12:06 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: cgbg

Apart from 15 years at a Management Consulting Company

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikajames


30 posted on 02/27/2020 10:12:11 AM PST by FewsOrange
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To: Kid Shelleen

Waiting for the first time an intro is made as “a person of paleness”. /s


31 posted on 02/27/2020 10:12:13 AM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: cgbg
Well, she is on the board of Survey Monkey, which we have all heard of, right?! Other than that a lifelong academic.... in psychology.

But really, what accomplished business person would want to serve in this position except at the end of their real career? It would be a step down as you would have to put up with all the PC nonsense infecting today’s academia.

32 posted on 02/27/2020 10:16:31 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

I think it was an undergraduate degree business.

The choice of this dean will primarily effect its MBA program which for better or worse it (and Harvard and a few others!) set the standard for MBA programs elsewhere.

Its hard to see how a PhD in Psychology unless matched with oodles of business experience adds to their program.

if I remember correctly Wharton was know for its finance program, so a biz program that works with numbers, numbers and more numbers! She’s probably there to bring in feelings into the program. Let’s all sing that song...Feelings .. nothing more then feelings...


33 posted on 02/27/2020 10:17:08 AM PST by Reily
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To: caww

The basic issue is if you are a white man, you can pretty much forget getting anywhere in academia. In all the promotional material for my law school (I won’t tell you what it is, but it is near the top in the pecking order) they are so politically correct that it extends to the photos they use. In the photos all the students pictured have to be “people of color,” first generation immigrants, or obviously gay (they had one pajama boy “transgender” in a dress in something they recently sent out which was particularly humurous because he/she/it still had a beard). But you won’t see a heterosexual white male anywhere. It’s pretty clear who is not welcome there.


34 posted on 02/27/2020 10:17:24 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing

Feminist law.... ROTFLMAO. WTF is that!?


35 posted on 02/27/2020 10:17:33 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Reily

I have an MBA from an “elite” school, and your post is totally correct.

This is the classic case of the leftist zombies marching through another institution...

Wake up, people!


36 posted on 02/27/2020 10:19:12 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Leep

I frankly don’t care either way.....if she’s up for the job than have at it and do it well.


37 posted on 02/27/2020 10:19:43 AM PST by caww
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To: Beowulf9

Psychology


38 posted on 02/27/2020 10:19:53 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Rummyfan

Feminist law.... ROTFLMAO. WTF is that!?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_legal_theory

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/feminist_jurisprudence

I don’t really know anything about it. When I was in law school almost 40 years ago they still taught real law, instead of nonsense grievance justice.


39 posted on 02/27/2020 10:23:47 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Beowulf9

Her Intersectionality. That’s a credential in modern academe.


40 posted on 02/27/2020 10:26:15 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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