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'I always call on my black women students first': Penn teaching assistant under fire [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 20, 2017 | Matthew Wright

Posted on 10/21/2017 5:11:34 AM PDT by C19fan

A University of Pennsylvania teaching assistant is under heavy fire after they tweeted that they would call on 'white men' last when doing student participation.

Stephanie McKellop, a Ph.D. student studying marriage and family (using them, they pronouns), has since set their tweets to private but shared that they were trying to encourage classroom participation by minority students.

'I will always call on my Black women students first. Other POC get second tier priority. [White Women] come next. And, if I have to, white men,' they said in the tweets on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: college
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To: C19fan

For the students being discriminated against by this “teacher”, get your money back and let them know why.


61 posted on 10/21/2017 12:52:54 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Reily

That’s true, but just having a degree...any degree...lets these clowns claim discrimination when some sucker gives them a job and doesn’t make them CEO.

(It also qualifies them for some positions that require ANY degree - like cops or military officers - where the lack of one would prevent such a hiring or promotion.)


62 posted on 10/21/2017 6:16:29 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Don W

That’s right! She can show how answers A, C, and D are wrong before the guy explains why B is the right answer...


63 posted on 10/21/2017 6:17:12 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Actually good teaching technique. Students learn by hearing the wrong answers first, before the correct answer.


64 posted on 10/21/2017 7:17:57 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Winter is coming)
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