tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post204959996555957782..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: Dr. Tatum: Defining RacismBTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-9629965520873682382012-06-18T05:03:32.653-04:002012-06-18T05:03:32.653-04:00Whoops! Lost track of your comment, and so am just...Whoops! Lost track of your comment, and so am just now responding. Sorry!<br /><br /><br /> It's true that the phrase you quote is awkward for a couple of different reasons. I don't like that it often acts as a catch-all to alleviate the need for any real change, and often I don't actually believe the statement in practice. Indeed, there are still many practices that subtly discourage the application and retention of women and minorities in the work places, despite any statements to the contrary. <br /><br />You may be interested in this post where we discuss some of the issues of race and academic admissions: <br />http://bytheirstrangefruit.blogspot.com/2011/02/uweekly-race-matters.html<br /><br /><br />Also this series on affirmative action in general could be helpful: http://bytheirstrangefruit.blogspot.com/2011/08/affirmative-action-part-2.htmlStrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-91566748844101454502012-05-11T11:15:40.750-04:002012-05-11T11:15:40.750-04:00I find Dr. Tatum's definition of racism intere...I find Dr. Tatum's definition of racism interesting -- "one’s benefiting from a system of privileges based on race that are subtly ingrained in the surrounding culture, making it difficult to detect." Academic institutions must therefore a place of great racism in that if one studies the job postings in academia many/most institutions include in the posting something along the line of "minorities (and women) encouraged to apply". That seems to be saying that academic institutions have a system of privilege and white males are on the bottom. <br /><br />Am I missing something?sallynoreply@blogger.com