Sociology prof: "Whiteness is terror."

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Why would you even go to college to major in this? What job could you possibly get with this major, other than Professor of Sociology?

 

It is one of those self-perpetuating degrees, IMO. You get a doctorate in it so that you can teach it to others. As far as real world applications, bachelor's degrees in social sciences are a dime a dozen and they don't qualify you for much of anything unless the position requires a bachelor's degree and isn't too particular about the major. Graduate degrees in them don't pay well in relation to the expenditure required to get them. I have a BA in psychology and it got me a dead-end desk job with a state agency. That is why I wound up going back to school in my late 30s to get a degree that I could make a decent living with.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[juansavage1]

I agree with your assessment of the value of social science degrees.

It is one of those self-perpetuating degrees, IMO. You get a doctorate in it so that you can teach it to others. As far as real world applications, bachelor's degrees in social sciences are a dime a dozen and they don't qualify you for much of anything unless the position requires a bachelor's degree and isn't too particular about the major. Graduate degrees in them don't pay well in relation to the expenditure required to get them. I have a BA in psychology and it got me a dead-end desk job with a state agency. That is why I wound up going back to school in my late 30s to get a degree that I could make a decent living with.

[Spirit]

You mean Libs?

 

 

Not Libs.   Democrats. 

 

 

 

(and Republicans) 

[juansavage1]

All of the social sciences are just statistical analysis of people. 

[arch stanton]

Having 51 years worth of inside information and access to a few history books, if I wasn't white I'd be scared to death of you people.

[nate]

White is right 

[AngelsLongBall]

Whiteness is terror. At the beach. Without sunscreen.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

All of the social sciences are just statistical analysis of people. 

 

Psychology is a bit more individualized, at least at the graduate degree level. As far as sociology and social work, absolutely.

[juansavage1]

Psychology is a bit more individualized, at least at the graduate degree level. As far as sociology and social work, absolutely.

You're right. I haven't really considered psychology a social science, but I guess it's generalizations used to treat individuals. Psychiatry is different, of course.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

When I think of social science degrees, I think of the Enterprise Rent-a-Car commercial in which they brag that they are the nation's largest employer of college graduates (which is really sad when you think about it). I suppose that had my life taken a different turn, I could have been asking you if you wanted to upgrade to a mid-sized car for another $5 per day or if you wanted a collision damage waiver. That would have been worth four years of college.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

You're right. I haven't really considered psychology a social science, but I guess it's generalizations used to treat individuals. Psychiatry is different, of course.

 

Yes, since psychiatry requires that one be an MD. The primary difference is that psychiatrists can prescribe medication while psychologists cannot.

[Tank]

phil dunphy disagrees.

 

 

[juansavage1]

Yes, since psychiatry requires that one be an MD. The primary difference is that psychiatrists can prescribe medication while psychologists cannot.

I'm agnostic about psychology, but psychiatry seems to be one field that really has helped people  Imagine all of the wasted time trying to talk people to health who had a physical/chemical problem.

[Lou]

the other races prefer to shoot up their own neighborhoods

Sandy Hook

Aurora,CO theater

Columbine

etc......

[Lou]

If you stick a rose in a pile of shit, it's still a pile of shit.

and a rose

[nate]

A shitty rose

[TobiasFunke]

A shitty rose

So you've found out what Juan's band name is?

[Glen]

So you've found out what Juan's band name is?

 

 

They do rock hard covers of Seal songs.

[TobiasFunke]

I've been told one can rock preeeeetty hard to Seal

Edited July 4, 2015 by TobiasFunke

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I'm agnostic about psychology, but psychiatry seems to be one field that really has helped people  Imagine all of the wasted time trying to talk people to health who had a physical/chemical problem.

 

I worked in mental health for years, and I have seen it run the gamut. I have known some psychologists who did some good for the people who they counseled, and some who were more screwed up than anyone who walked through the door. I had a saying when I worked inpatient mental health, "Not all of the nut cases are on the other side of the desk."

 

Then there were the wannabe counselors, people who believed that they had the requisite skills to counsel people with legitimate mental health issues despite not having the necessary training. It isn't that untrained people cannot do any good, but some of them delved into areas that they were not prepared to handle and they may have done some harm.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[fan_since79]

She blamed whites for her menstrual problems and thinks Dick and Jane are racist.

 

The lady is 100% kook.

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1435967276

[Crampknees]

I may have to blame fan for purging disorder for pointing her and menstrual problems out.   

[juansavage1]

Shes not a kook. The way she thinks is mainstream soft science thought. Remember,the Marxist idea of dialectic emphasizes opposition, whether it's rich-poor, race versus race, or male-female.

If you see these statements through that philosophy, it all kind of makes sense.

If you think that sounds dumb, polls of professors show that more than half sympathize with Marxism.

Edited July 5, 2015 by Juan Savage

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If you think that sounds dumb, polls of professors show that more than half sympathize with Marxism.

I haven't seen any such polls, but OK.

[juansavage1]

I haven't seen any such polls, but OK.

I was looking for the poll. The ones I find now are 25% social science professors self identify as Marxists. I think the one I saw before said that half of professors are somewhat Marxist .

Marxists are easy to spot since they say things like "power structure" a lot.

Edited July 6, 2015 by Juan Savage