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Prof to admit students into geology class based on race
Campus Reform ^ | April 26, 2017 | Matthew Reade

Posted on 04/26/2017 8:44:54 AM PDT by C19fan

A geology professor at Pomona College says she will prioritize students of color, immigrants, and low-income students for enrollment in a class with a strict 15-student cap.

A flyer advertising the course on “Southern California Earthquakes and Water,” an introductory geological science class with a particular focus on “the particular geologic challenges” of Southern California, expresses a particular desire for “students from a range of backgrounds whose varied perspectives will contribute to the course.”

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: 4dummies; aa; academicbias; college; geology4dummies; highereducation; pomonacollege; preferences; race; racism; science
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To: jch10

Geology professor needs firing.

geology professor has rocks in her head...


21 posted on 04/26/2017 9:37:39 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Bull Snipe

... Students of Color, immigrants and low income students ...sign up for a class in California Earthquake Geology.
= = =

They were told it is about “Shakin’”


22 posted on 04/26/2017 9:42:38 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: C19fan

How is this any different than the existing preferential treatment offered to minorities for admission into colleges (including our military academies)?

This moron is limiting access to a single class. Colleges limit access to their entire curriculum.


23 posted on 04/26/2017 9:58:28 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: TheCipher
"I guess earthquakes in Southern California decide whether or not an area is diverse enough before they hit that area."

That's what I was wondering.

24 posted on 04/26/2017 9:59:20 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: C19fan

A friend of mine has raised a family of 3 engineers - so sounds like the daughter who went to Mines might outdo her brothers who went to CU.
Seems hard to go wrong with that field.
And luckily I’m pretty sure none of them were told they were too white for certain classes. Sheesh.


25 posted on 04/26/2017 9:59:30 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: C19fan

Since when do professors anywhere get to pick who takes an introductory undergraduate course in any subject? Why is there a 15-student limit for this introductory course? I took introductory undergraduate courses in chemistry and economics with several hundred students and one professor teaching all of us in an auditorium-sized classroom.


26 posted on 04/26/2017 11:05:21 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: C19fan

The tuition at Pomona College is on a par with Harvard or Yale. I’m sure they have a lot of low-income students.


27 posted on 04/26/2017 11:36:36 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: subterfuge

LOL! Every time he says this it cracks me up! Or when he talks about Howard being an engineer and making whatchamacallits or doodads.

This professor is advocating open discrimination, lawsuit city!


28 posted on 04/26/2017 11:49:54 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: NorthMountain

Is that you Sheldon?


29 posted on 04/26/2017 1:37:08 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: sarge83

Ha! Yeah, I get a kick out of the one guy that works with lasers. I’ve been making lasers for 30+ years. Most of what he says is gibberish. And nobody uses helium/neon lasers anymore.


30 posted on 04/26/2017 1:41:28 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: C19fan

This amounts nothing more than a racist publicity stunt to get people into the class. The instructor probably cannot fill a normal class with a size of no more than 15 students, let alone of any color. This is like saying over the intercom okay blue light shoppers the blue light will be in aisle 7 for the next hour.


31 posted on 04/26/2017 1:47:30 PM PDT by zaxtres
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To: subterfuge

If you mean “am I utterly lacking any sense of humor that I’m aware of?” ...

No.

Dilbert is funny. “I Dream of Jeannie” is funny.

BBT is boring and inane (hence I quit attempting to watch it years ago).

YMMV.


32 posted on 04/26/2017 1:48:51 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: A Navy Vet
I've never really watched 2 Broke Girls before. But, if I did, it would be for only one obvious reason. Or should I say two.;
33 posted on 04/26/2017 2:06:57 PM PDT by hout8475
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To: C19fan

If my college professor of geology (Peter E Wolfe) was still alive he would be laughing over this one.


34 posted on 04/26/2017 2:14:50 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: C19fan
Paging Tucker Carlson. Your next victim stepping up.

They all want their 2 minute segment of fame only to be laughed at by Tucker.

35 posted on 04/26/2017 2:17:52 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: NorthMountain

Sorry. Just yanking your chain a little. BBT used to be okay. Isn’t watchable now.

Happy FReeping!


36 posted on 04/26/2017 2:37:11 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: C19fan
I had a Geology professor at Penn sixty years who was black - Horace A. Richards, also the associate curator of Geology and Paleontology, the Academy of Natural Sciences. I still have my copy of the text he wrote for the course: "Record of the Rocks - The Geological Story of Eastern North America".....

Once a genu-wine Communist, or at least a strong apologist for that peculiar perversity, was scheduled to speak in a well publicized public lecture on campus - many showed up to hear him because back in the 50's (unlike today when they're found under every rock) an acknowledged follower of Communism was a fascinating rarity and curiosity for almost all. When he started in on a tirade about how poorly minorities were treated in the American culture, Dr. Richards strolled up on to the stage and assured the man to his face that even as a black he had done quite well educationally, professionally and economically in America - the auditorium exploded in applause and cheers - here's to you, Dr. Richards......

37 posted on 04/26/2017 9:28:29 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: C19fan

Yes, Minorities who can not SPEAK ENGLISH will do well, Since the end of the Second World War, English has become the established language of scholarly communication, but not without controversy. In this article we examine some of the reasons for the rise of English and its consequences in the context of national trends in English and local-language publishing.

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38 posted on 04/27/2017 5:35:21 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------>VMFA 235- '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: C19fan

#BlackRocksMatter

39 posted on 04/27/2017 5:40:28 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
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To: C19fan

RACIST


40 posted on 04/27/2017 5:48:29 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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