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   bumblefudge (by_caballero@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 12:17:32 JST bumblefudge

   • mekka okereke :verified:

   @stads @mekkaokereke
   tenure can create some perverse incentives, particularly in places where you can't be stripped of tenure for... *checks notes* being demonstrably racist in your teaching or grading. i was very unpopular in my academic senate for pointing out the tertiary equivalents of this edge case!

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     bumblefudge (by_caballero@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 12:17:30 JST bumblefudge

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     • PJ Coffey
     • mekka okereke :verified:

     @Homebrewandhacking @mekkaokereke @stads european interlocutors are also horrified to hear what portion of US colleges allow OPEN CARRY of guns. Imagine being on the job market for a decade and year after year only getting job opportunities to teach VISIBLY ARMED students about the history of race in america! (For the record I applied to 2 HBCUs but didn't get an interview at either, hehe)
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_carry_in_the_United_States

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     PJ Coffey (homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 12:17:32 JST PJ Coffey

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     • mekka okereke :verified:

     @mekkaokereke
     Oh!

     Something that will shock your European readers that you probably don't consider as that much of a big thing comparatively to the real depths.

     You should post about the routine bomb threats called in to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The routine shut downs. A colleague of mine in the states mentioned this and I have to say it shook me on a personal level in a way that other stuff hasn't.

     @by_caballero @stads