Comments on: Bunch-O-Links–Now That Alas is Finally Back Up Edition

By: Rachel S.

Rachel S. — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:23:41 +0000

Hey Sailorman,
Didn’t read the article, but I know there is pretty thorough literature on the “stereotype threat hypothesis” proposed by Claude Steele. You may want to look this up if you are interested in the topic.

By: Sailorman

Sailorman — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:31:11 +0000

I think everyone here would be very interested in this Washington post article. A recent study looks at the effect that subconscious gender stereotypes can have on women’s performance, even on tests where women traditionally do worse than men. The study demonstrates that certain types of reinforcement of stereotypes can have a pretty large effect. It’s a nifty article.

By: RonF

RonF — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:27:55 +0000

I read the “diversity facilitator” post. It actually made sense to me. Kids come to college from all over and get thrown into situations where a) they have to deal with people of cultures they are not familiar with and b) deal with people not familiar with their culture. I do remember those days myself. Having someone who can help sort that out is a good idea.

By: RonF

RonF — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:14:35 +0000

There have been a lot of favorable comments about the appearance and clothing style of Sen. Obama (D-IL) . Obama himself downplayed it, saying that his wife is responsible for his clothing choices; if it was up to him he’d be lounging around in sweatpants and White Sox T-shirts all day (yeah, sure). To which I say, “Who cares?” I know why the papers print such things; people seem to want to read it. What I don’t know is why anyone would care.

By: Kaethe

Kaethe — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:50:33 +0000

I’m not a Christian, but I was raised one. I left a comment at galliblog.

By: the oh zone

the oh zone — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

how i would get down. the police officer was also risking his life to whisper to me, yet somehow he may have had the power to save me. yup, that was my dream. aren’t you happy i told you? More on PC & Diversity, that good stuff: via Alas, a blog: I like this, expresses a lot of crap i’ve been thinking about lately. It resonates with stuff I went through with dp, and the difference between finding PC-ness oppressive, a vehicle for judging/insulting/closing conversation, and