Remember that research retreat for faculty of color I was upset about? The one where people were excluded based on race for purposes of inclusivity? The good news is that I’m not upset anymore because it turned out to be a scheme aimed at tricking these poor faculty of color into relinquishing their course materials to underpaid “visiting lecturers.” After giving up their courses, the faculty of color were supposed to be shipped to the plantation outside of the university for onerous assignments that would effectively prevent them from doing research.
In short, go to a research retreat to help you publish more and end up with your courses stolen and unable to publish.
The bad news is that it took me a mountain of effort to free my two faculty of color who got trapped into this scheme. They are fortunate that they have me who is willing to go to the bat for them and liberate them. The faculty of color who have less combative and less feared department heads are still trapped.
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“I’m not upset anymore because it turned out to be a scheme aimed at tricking these poor faculty of color”
Okay… you’re not upset but I’m livid! WHAT THE EFFIN’ CRAP?????
Who is behind this? Name and shame (if you legally can).
Furious, I am. I keep thinking the scam-powered economy has exhausted my reserves of contempt but I keep being wrong.
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It’s not administration. It’s regular faculty members angling for promotion.
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Hmmm, I don’t know, isn’t a bit late to get angry about affirmative action?
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It will never be too late for me. The humiliation is burning strongly.
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Clarissa
You managed to correct the wrongdoing, which is more than I usually managed. One simply cannot argue rationally with people that are on a mission from the goddess, there is a reason that I generally worked in the high North ;-D
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I did help my people, and I’m very glad. It does help to cultivate the reputation of an irritable person.
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