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10/27/13

Academia Nuts: Success is downright unfair

Life is truly beginning to imitate art. According to prevailing progressive “wisdom,” success is just becoming downright… unfair. The University of Georgia’s Student Government Association (SGA) held an unusual “dinner and dialogue” during “Social Justice Week” in opposition to the notion of “success stories.”
The event “No More Success Stories: Dinner, Dialogue, Making A Difference”  listed panelists for the “final event of Raise Your Hand for Equality!” Day at the U. of Georgia. The premise of the forum is that minority “success stories” diminish the stature of other minorities. The flyer, for example, features the openly gay CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper in the background, and poses: “1 in a Million Means 999,999 left behind.”   More     [ECS]