According to Mara Wasburn, an assistant professor of organization leadership and supervision in Purdue’s College of Technology:
“Many traditionally male industries are beginning to see the value of a diverse work force, so women are beginning to be hired more frequently,” says Wasburn, who studies gender issues in the workplace and teaches a professional preparation course for women. “Unfortunately, male coworkers often view these women as ‘Affirmative Action’ hires, and they have to prove themselves to their male colleagues.”
But query: Is this male “view” incorrect when women really are “affirmative action hires”?
And there must still be a lot of those, or all the leading ladies of Michigan wouldn’t be so fearful of losing their special privileges if MCRI passes.
Even I cannot believe how thoroughly lacking in intelligence very many academics are. Is it really a surprise that affirmative action hires are considered affirmative action hires?
Really?
Given this appalling lack of thinking skills, is there any wonder why only 31% of college graduates demonstrate proficient literacy and reasoning skills? If this is the intellectual level at which faculty are operating, and the faculty refuse to replace themselves with anything but intellectual clones, the American education system is doomed. A 31% literacy rate will soon look like an astronomical figure.
I’ve been trying to find a place to mention this — did anyone see Jeopardy a few days ago? One contestant was a woman who, when asked to relate a funny personal story, told the host that she went through college on a Basketball scholarship even though she had never played basketball before college, never played during college, and still does not play.
The last quote is a perfect example of affirmative action gone wrong.
Who doesn’t have to “prove” one’s self to one’s colleagues whether you are male or female, or whether your colleagues are male or female?
Whether you are hired as a result of affirmative action or not.
The person in this thread who unfairly criticizes academics needs to analyze Washburn’s quote a little more intensely by comprehending the gap in pay between the genders–women earn roughly $.88 per every dollar a man makes–and conceding that there are MANY initiatives across the country to expand womens’ involvement in our lagging science and math career fields. While it’s true this lag might result from a low literacy rate, women still unfortunately are behind the curve.