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Can anyone explain the value of a degree in African-American studies (or Women's studies, Hispanic studies, little green men from mars studies, etc.), other than a jobs program for minority professors who couldn't get a real degree?

Guess I must be a racist.

16 posted on 01/08/2002 6:39:34 AM PST by consultant
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Can anyone explain the value of a degree in African-American studies

At the PhD level, you can maybe get a job in the African-American Studies department at the local university. Below that level, you are qualified to ask "would you like fries with that?"

24 posted on 01/08/2002 7:46:52 AM PST by FreedomPoster
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Can anyone explain the value of a degree in African-American studies ....

I cann't remember who, but I remember reading some conservative saying that these studies can be worthwhile if students were first given a strong foundation of Western Civilization/History, by which they could compare other cultures/subcultures. Of course, that will never happen on today's closed minded colleges.

38 posted on 01/08/2002 3:26:25 PM PST by Sci Fi Guy
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Can anyone explain the value of a degree in African-American studies (or Women's studies, Hispanic studies, little green men from mars studies, etc.), other than a jobs program for minority professors who couldn't get a real degree?

Sure! If you plan to knock over liquor stores for a livin.

44 posted on 01/08/2002 3:46:02 PM PST by VinnyTex
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You got it, pontiac!
I am retired. My degree in honors physics gave me access to all sorts of work. I eventually ended up in software development.
African studies, moral equivalence of cultures that genitally mutilate 12 yr. old girls to that of the most moral country in the history of the planet (USA) is repugnant.

G-d bless America and her brave warriors.


83 posted on 01/18/2006 6:41:05 AM PST by americanSoul (Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees. Live Free or Die. I should be in New Hampshire.)
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