On p. 341 of THE GOOD KINGS I state that Kyle Rittenhouse shot two Black men when instead he shot two white men. That was my mistake, and I apologize. The response has been a hateful stew of ridicule and denial that America has a race problem at all. If one mistake in a little known book about ancient Egypt elicits this much howling, it is to avoid discussing our larger problem, to avoid seeing our deep-seeded obsession with patriarchal power. So yeah, tiny detail of the book with a big mistake about a massive American issue. And that’s on me. But the white supremacy is still a problem. And the misogyny is still a problem.
It's deep-seated. Jesus christ, how stupid is this woman that she can't write a single paragraph without getting something wrong? She's a professor at UCLA? Academia has gone past "joke" and into "sick mockery".
Academia is a sick joke with no redeeming qualities. Those at the top aren't the smartest or the most cunning or the most insightful - they're the ones who played the game the whole way up; they're the ones who kissed the right asses at the right time. Nothing more, nothing less.
Because it's just a continuation of the coddling indoctrination they get in public school. Because an increasing number of them were raised by women alone who gave them horrific advice like "don't rock the boat" and "it's important to fit in."
Also because they never once teach you to critically think about anything.
Her tweets: https://archive.is/YTeuZ
"I fucked up but anyone who cares or points it out is a Nazi."
Ah, I do love how consistent they are.
It's deep-seated. Jesus christ, how stupid is this woman that she can't write a single paragraph without getting something wrong? She's a professor at UCLA? Academia has gone past "joke" and into "sick mockery".
Academia is a sick joke with no redeeming qualities. Those at the top aren't the smartest or the most cunning or the most insightful - they're the ones who played the game the whole way up; they're the ones who kissed the right asses at the right time. Nothing more, nothing less.
How do people go through college and not figure out that that system is fucked? I guess the only ones who stick around are ones who like it.
Because it's just a continuation of the coddling indoctrination they get in public school. Because an increasing number of them were raised by women alone who gave them horrific advice like "don't rock the boat" and "it's important to fit in."
Also because they never once teach you to critically think about anything.