When that teacher spoke of disproportionate number of persons being in jail, did that teacher:
1. Attribute the disproportion vis a vis population?
2. Or did that teacher examine the reason they were in jail?
I suspect that he teacher meant proportion to population. I think it's Steven Pinker who has said the …
When that teacher spoke of disproportionate number of persons being in jail, did that teacher:
1. Attribute the disproportion vis a vis population?
2. Or did that teacher examine the reason they were in jail?
I suspect that he teacher meant proportion to population. I think it's Steven Pinker who has said the 2 biggest issues facing sociology? in the United States are 1) Belief that in a society, different activities/etc should be the same as population percentages 2) What I think in essence was belief in blank slatism
I am not at all surprised with the reception you received in your class. I have friends in other fields who have in one or another faced the same thing.
Hi dd. The professor was making blanket conclusory statements about the color of persons in jail vs. their proportion in the general population as evidence of institutional or systemic racism in American courts, generally. It was very general and no attempt was made to decipher why such a disparity exists other than continued injustice and racism. Pinker get its, and reminds us what most of us know from common sense -- unique people or individuals have distinct interests and pursue work leisure out of self-interest...
Thank you for response. You are there to get a degree, not so much an education. Well, maybe a counter-education. Just as your teachers deconstruct the "system", you can deconstruct their ideology.
Hi L.J. Question for you:
When that teacher spoke of disproportionate number of persons being in jail, did that teacher:
1. Attribute the disproportion vis a vis population?
2. Or did that teacher examine the reason they were in jail?
I suspect that he teacher meant proportion to population. I think it's Steven Pinker who has said the 2 biggest issues facing sociology? in the United States are 1) Belief that in a society, different activities/etc should be the same as population percentages 2) What I think in essence was belief in blank slatism
I am not at all surprised with the reception you received in your class. I have friends in other fields who have in one or another faced the same thing.
Hi dd. The professor was making blanket conclusory statements about the color of persons in jail vs. their proportion in the general population as evidence of institutional or systemic racism in American courts, generally. It was very general and no attempt was made to decipher why such a disparity exists other than continued injustice and racism. Pinker get its, and reminds us what most of us know from common sense -- unique people or individuals have distinct interests and pursue work leisure out of self-interest...
Thank you for response. You are there to get a degree, not so much an education. Well, maybe a counter-education. Just as your teachers deconstruct the "system", you can deconstruct their ideology.