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Cavatina's avatar

It has been reported that when some of Arday's students complained about poor or absent supervision, getting lower than deserved/ expected grades and his general incompetence, they were accused of racism.

Sarah Phillimore's avatar

But of course!

Dusty Masterson's avatar

Hi Sarah

Great piece.

Have cross posted

https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/modern-times

Dusty

Nick Child's avatar

Thanks for drawing together a few strands with the neat measure of being on the right side of history: reality asserting herself in due course. And humour as well. As the punchline to an old Scots joke has it: “Well y’ken noo!” Some belief-holders might still insist that you could transform being disabled if you just believed more sincerely that you’re not.

Andrea Beatrice Reed's avatar

Isn't that the PostModernist reasoning behind saying "differently-abled" instead?

Nick Child's avatar

Sarah will have views on that precursor to postmodern of good old politically correct terminology. I was referring to faith healers and miracle believers and the like whose shtick has forever been to blame clients for failed cures through their lack of enough belief in them or their god.

Charkate's avatar

Isn't it just sad, so very sad, that some humans can be so deluded-gaslit, in the age of DEI as to actually think a man can 'feel' like a woman, when being an actual woman is not a feeling, but a a biological reality!

A mountain is a mountain, is a mountain, no matter what I may think.

Janet Philips's avatar

Totally brilliant!