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To: Teotwawki
I am a black woman who has always loved math. I love thinking about things logically and abstractly. I live for analogies. I love communicating and I enjoy working with students. I had no connection to my schooling, whether I did well or just okay. I was not mentored in college. I saw no reason to do arbitrary CV-building activities. I was lost. In grad school, I struggled to justify my continued existence in my program. I failed to learn how to write math. I failed to learn how to talk about math in an impressive way. I was not introduced to a mathematical community. Everything I learned about the job market and grants, I learned from being married to a research mathematician. And he learned from his privileged access to hearsay. I am lucky to have one paper. I have no awards. I have nothing to show for myself but my survival.

From her blog. Here she is whining about not being hired.

Oh poor me, the only reason I am not successful is because I am oppressed. People kept me out because I am a black woman. She admits that she struggled and yet she thinks that she should be hired over others who performed better than her and if she isn’t it is because of inherent bias.

She loves “thinking about things logically and abstractly” accept when it comes to self-analysis.

64 posted on 05/23/2017 10:40:00 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Pontiac

Interesting how in her blog she mentions growing up without guidance and feeling lost.

I think many, if not most, SJWs are cut from the same cloth. In addition to their own mental health issues (especially narcissism), they probably grew up coddled physically but emotionally and intellectually neglected. (Probably their own parents were “off.”)

Thrown into university, they find themselves grossly unqualified and out of their element. Instead of acknowledging their limitations, or finding some place more their level, they choose to blame the world.


90 posted on 05/23/2017 7:21:56 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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