Most Ignant thing you've heard in class/anywhere

[Dreamer19]

For some of y'all that don't know... Africa is now considered a country. Lol..! I heard this from a grown man.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Dreamer19

For some of y'all that don't know... Africa is now considered a country. Lol..! I heard this from a grown man.

Yep, I used to get that one, too.

In high school, there was a girl who always asked me questions because I was the only one nice enough to not whoop her behind for asking. My favorite was "What's up with black people and fried chicken?"

[AKA_Monet]

When I was a kid in h.s. in SoCal mid-1980's.

3 white dudes in my calculus class were talking about going to college.

Dude 1: Hey, what school are your going to.
Dude 2: IDK, probably UCLA...
Dude 3: DUDE! You can't go to UCLA, they have to accept all those Black people
Dude 2: Well, if they have to accept all those Black people, then they have to accept us at a Black school
Dude 1: What Black school? Grambling?

Then they saw me...




Current encounter--2007:

Boss: The only reason why AKA_Monet is here is because she is Black and the only way she got her Ph.D. is through Affirmative Action...
LMF: (Laughing)
Azn Dude: (Shock)

Next day, I found out, I called my husband and he said "I want you to leave."




Welp 21 years and ZERO change in race relations for my life!

[elusive47]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

When I was a kid in h.s. in SoCal mid-1980's.

3 white dudes in my calculus class were talking about going to college.

Dude 1: Hey, what school are your going to.
Dude 2: IDK, probably UCLA...
Dude 3: DUDE! You can't go to UCLA, they have to accept all those Black people
Dude 2: Well, if they have to accept all those Black people, then they have to accept us at a Black school
Dude 1: What Black school? Grambling?

Then they saw me...




Current encounter--2007:

Boss: The only reason why AKA_Monet is here is because she is Black and the only way she got her Ph.D. is through Affirmative Action...
LMF: (Laughing)
Azn Dude: (Shock)

Next day, I found out, I called my husband and he said "I want you to leave."




Welp 21 years and ZERO change in race relations for my life!

Wooooooooooooooooow at the 2007 encounter. You'd think your own co-workers would have enough sense and logical thinking skills to know that there is no such thing as an Affirmative Action degree, and that earning a Ph.D takes years of research and writing for anyone. SMH

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by elusive47

Wooooooooooooooooow at the 2007 encounter. You'd think your own co-workers would have enough sense and logical thinking skills to know that there is no such thing as an Affirmative Action degree, and that earning a Ph.D takes years of research and writing for anyone. SMH

Apparently, that did not matter to them... Reason for my departure. That amount of torture was not worth it to me or my health... And I am almost 40...

So yeah, it happens. A Ph.D. is not enough... That's a book in fact...

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Apparently, that did not matter to them... Reason for my departure. That amount of torture was not worth it to me or my health... And I am almost 40...

So yeah, it happens. A Ph.D. is not enough... That's a book in fact...

That is a sad testament to the social/political/economic dynamics in this country. I often wonder how much Obama's candidacy and hopeful, ascension to the presidency will affect this dynamic.



The line that really gets under my skin is "Do you wash your hair?" from whites who want to inquire about my locs. Depending on the person asking, I will flip them off (Do YOU?) or educate them. Still it bothers me to no end.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

That is a sad testament to the social/political/economic dynamics in this country. I often wonder how much Obama's candidacy and hopeful, ascension to the presidency will affect this dynamic.



The line that really gets under my skin is "Do you wash your hair?" from whites who want to inquire about my locs. Depending on the person asking, I will flip them off (Do YOU?) or educate them. Still it bothers me to no end.

The irony is that this boss is an Obama supporter...

His problem is he labels EVERYONE to bring "order" to his world, then blames it on his heritage that is quasi-ethnic. He is physically and mentally ill and is untreated. He has always been way out there--a odd sort of man, but because he is now old, it not just being cantankerous or ornery or funny old guy, it is dayum near OCD, schizophrenic, with psychosis and mania...

What is funny is he's a physician and there are all kinds of physicians around him that trained under him. What's sad is none of them want to treat him because he needs a psych eval before they go in there... It is so sad to see someone of his caliber become like this and he doesn't even care or know it is inappropriate behavior...

This dude does not shower... He really does not wash his hair... On hot days, he is ripe... He eats all kind of ways... He's abusive to his poor wife who many think is very intelligent as a scientist... He mismanages his type 2 diabetes, he's going blind in both eyes. He cannot stay awake, so now he take something likened to crystal meth... I mean dude is one cardiovascular accident away and that would not be shocking to anyone... What would shock us, is if he survived it...

No amount of educating would EVER help someone like him... The best I could do is take care of myself in that situation. So essentially, I flipped him off by leaving and saying I plainly don't care what he does to me professional/ruining my career, etc.

Also, my resolve is different. Why allow this asshole to tell me who I am and what I am all about? He does not know me, nor he is incapable of comprehending what I can do. And that means my Universe is unresponsive to his lowdown, fugly world... I am way beyond whatever he thinks he can muster against me. It all does not matter in the endgame. And I had to learn that to be able to say that about myself...

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Dreamer19

For some of y'all that don't know... Africa is now considered a country. Lol..! I heard this from a grown man.

now this is funny, but not at all surprising. an assignment i had in an African Music class included the question "how many countries are in Africa?" and this dude asks "Umm, professor, is this a trick question?"

My professor says, "depends, what's your answer?"

and this rather pompous arse goes "well i never thought that it wasnt a country. but hey, what do i know?"

fast forward to our final. the professor puts it on our final as a bonus question but doesnt tell us how many points it was worth. Not only did more than half the class STILL answer "One," but the ones who got it correct got bumped the next grade up on their final grade.

(Not that the class was incredibly hard to begin with, but if your overall grade was a B+, then you got a A-. I guess that helps, if say, you screwed around all semester and pulled off a C- or something.)

the point of the story, i guess is .