Column:Ignorance is Bliss?

Anonymous

Mon Jul 23 2012 09:05

I don't get it dude. Every time you write an article the commenters rip your argument apart, and yet you keep on vomiting this garbage out of your privileged face. "A bloo bloo why do women get to have womens' studies that shouldn't count as a real class a bloo bloo"

Anonymous

Sun Jun 24 2012 09:28

Definition of RACISM from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2: racial prejudice or discrimination
Note that not once does it mention having power as part of racism, racism is not about power, it's about prejudice.

Jimminy

Fri Jun 15 2012 01:03

"Racism refers to the power and privilege white people have over people of color.This is why a person of color cannot be racist."

That belief,beautifully elucidated by the above poster,pervades college campuses and is one of many reasons for the move toward funding vocational education.

Anonymous

Mon May 28 2012 01:26

The header asks if ignorance is bliss.In a word,no;ignorance is not bliss.

Ignorance is Strength.

Anonymous

Tue May 8 2012 22:43

Next time you want to write an article that puts down not just one class, not just one professor, but an entire department, I suggest you take a class or two within that department. Before you pass judgement, perhaps you should experience the course for yourself instead of taking ONE student's opinion and writing a derogatory column. You said that your friend was looking for an easy gen ed (which should never be a priority anyway), and from your article I am guessing that they were confronted with material that was harder to grasp than they had anticipated. What I would like to know is, did it ever cross your mind that they might not be a reliable source of information? Honestly, this makes me question your judgement as a contributor to the paper. I have generally enjoyed your other articles, but now I have to wonder if your other information was as unreliably acquired as the information you presented in this article. As another comment pointed out, you clearly show that ignorance is bliss. The Women's Studies department aims to educate students about many topics, including race, that our society rarely talks about and can be hard to fully understand. This is why students are strongly encouraged to take Women's Studies classes; many students are just as ignorant as you seem to be. My advice to you is to take a Women's Studies class before you graduate. You seem to need the experience more than anyone.

Anonymous

Tue May 8 2012 22:40

Next time you want to write an article that puts down not just one class, not just one professor, but an entire department, I suggest you take a class or two within that department. Before you pass judgement, perhaps you should experience the course for yourself instead of taking ONE student's opinion and writing a derogatory column. You said that your friend was looking for an easy gen ed (which should never be a priority anyway), and from your article I am guessing that they were confronted with material that was harder to grasp than they had anticipated. What I would like to know is, did it ever cross your mind that they might not be a reliable source of information? Honestly, this makes me question your judgement as a contributor to the paper. I have generally enjoyed your other articles, but now I have to wonder if your other information was as unreliably acquired as the information you presented in this article. As another comment pointed out, you clearly show that ignorance is bliss. The Women's Studies department aims to educate students about many topics, including race, that our society rarely talks about and can be hard to fully understand. This is why students are strongly encouraged to take Women's Studies classes; many students are just as ignorant as you seem to be. My advice to you is to take a Women's Studies class before you graduate. You seem to need the experience more than anyone.

Anonymous

Mon May 7 2012 09:28

The idea that racism is prejudice "plus power" is inherently wrong. I'm sure many will point out academic consensus on this, but lets be real, people. Racism is believing something false about someone or treating them differently solely on the basis of their race. Black people can be racist. Asians can be racist. Native Americans can be racist.

Lets lay off the "white people are racist" and "men hate women" BS. Women can be sexist and minorities can be racist. It is ALL wrong, and anyone who does not believe that racism and sexism ANYWHERE is wrong is a hypocrite and should be ashamed of themselves. Two wrongs don't make a right, folks. Racism by white people isn't canceled out by racism by black people. This isn't kindergarden, we're all adults and understand that things that are wrong are wrong, period.

Anonymous

Sun May 6 2012 06:01

a. A person of color gets a job over a white person

So if I'm reading this column correctly, your friend (and you) believe that any time a person of color gets a job while there is an unemployed white person around, that's an example of racism? Fascinating.

Anonymous

Sat May 5 2012 12:19

So, you think that the university endorses such beliefs because professors and departments are teaching certain subjects? I kinda thought that the university was a place where you could get exposed to various ideas, perspectives... That's what the tenure process, which protects individual professors and allows them to speak their mind, is all about. The university doesn't endorse anything except open education. Dude, your argument is seriously flawed and you really should study your assumptions before putting the pen to paper. I don't believe everything my professors tell me and my good professors allow me to say so. Seems to me you really don't want an education.

Anonymous

Sat May 5 2012 09:18

Turns out, in your "friends" quest to get an easy A that they put forth no effort and are now bitter at the women's studies department for their own short comings. The definition of racism is prejudice plus power. In this country white people have all the power, therefore a black person cannot be racist or an Asian waiter refusing service to a black customer is not a racist. Reference the link below or maybe take the class before you write a negative column on it.

http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2009/09/wonder-how-to-define-racism.html

Anonymous

Sat May 5 2012 01:28

You complain about the professor being biased, and yet you write a column called "from the right." This politically-motivated hate screed is an embarrassment to journalism, even for an opinion column. This piece is a an obvious attack on Women's Studies, filled with typical myths and stereotypes about the field that are perpetuated by someone who has never stepped foot in a Women's Studies classroom and who harbors an obvious prejudice against the field. Your poll of one obviously disgruntled student proves nothing more than that she does not like the class and is not doing well in it or grasping basic social justice concepts. Also, are you aware that "UNH's bleak financial future" is the result of millions of dollars of the UNH budget being decimated by FAR RIGHT wing-nuts in the NH State Legislature? TNH should be ashamed of publishing this juvenile hit-piece that takes its cue from Faux News. You greatly tarnish your already marginal reputation by publishing a reactionary diatribe based in misinformation, inflammatory rhetoric, and personal attacks against UNH faculty members. Shame on the author and shame on TNH for giving this bigoted ideologue a platform to spew his bitter venom.

Concerned Student

Fri May 4 2012 20:15

You question Women's Studies courses meeting four areas of general education (Humanities; Social Science; Environment, Tech, and Society; and Historical Perspectives). You then ask when Women's Studies will offer a course in the Physical Science area. Obviously you have no understanding of the College of Liberal Arts, which covers all the first four areas. Physical Science falls under another College, namely the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture. I suggest that you learn the differences before writing a column complaining about Women's Studies offering COLA requirements. But then as you clearly show, ignorance is bliss. I'm embarrassed that you attend UNH and haven't learned more than this.

Anonymous

Fri May 4 2012 13:44

I'm in this class and the test questions werent based on the professor's opinions but based on movies and textbook reading. Racism refers to the power and privilege white people have over people of color. This is why a person of color cannot be racist. It is all based upon wording that can be a little tricky. I will not lie the highest grade in the class was somewhere between a 16-17 out of 20 on that test. I think it is because people did not study well, because they did not know what to study. It was a lot of remembering exact quotes from the movies. I have a lot of respect for the professor and would take another one of her course even though I may not do so well in it.