Comments on: Six out of 50 https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/six-out-of-50/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Zimriel https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/six-out-of-50/comment-page-1/#comment-364725 Zimriel Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:24:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26924#comment-364725 The scene to watch is that scene in American History X, at the beginning, in the bathroom.

Three black kids, an athletic trio, menace a scrawny “beta” white boy in their class, to do their homework for them. The question isn’t, why the racial dynamic? The question is, why do the three bullies care?

I propose that these three bullies were the ones who planned on getting out of that ghetto school and getting into the Ivy League. These bullies were the upwardly mobile. These three became this post’s six.

]]> By: James A Donald https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/six-out-of-50/comment-page-1/#comment-363680 James A Donald Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:12:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26924#comment-363680 100% of the non-black students will be capable of doing the work, since they would not be at university if they were not capable, and 100% of the black students will not be capable of doing the work, since if they were capable doing the work, would not be at this univesity, but at Harvard.

]]> By: Borepatch https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/six-out-of-50/comment-page-1/#comment-363280 Borepatch Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:10:29 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26924#comment-363280 And thus we see validated the Left’s love of the use of Governmental Force.

Hey, you go to the University for an education, right? The TA just got one, good and hard.

]]> By: Riesenbach https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/six-out-of-50/comment-page-1/#comment-363238 Riesenbach Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:57:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26924#comment-363238 This TA seems to enjoy frank communication and, apparently, sympathy in outlook, with their professor. The political dimension of this scenario would be difficult for anyone to miss, but in a thousand other cases graduate students often don’t perceive (at least early in their career) the litmus tests hidden for them in the classroom and at the seminar table. Political culling of the academic profession begins on the first day of the apprenticeship, and even mild expressions or acts of dissent can make a grad student’s life very challenging. Having a sympathetic advisor is great luck.

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