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re: Job application wants a "contributions to diversity statement"
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:58 pm to ZacAttack
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:58 pm to ZacAttack
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ow I handle such a situation is I stand up in front of my class and do my job; teach. I don't give a damn what the audience looks like. They could all be purple and it wouldn't bother me. What bothers me is having to write some bullshite like this. It's not my job as a professor or the universities job to promote/teach diversity. Their job is to educate so that students won't be a bunch of incompetent dumb fricks when they graduate.
I hear ya. I've taught in different parts of the country and I wasn't successful when I tried to use the same teaching approach on all students. It's just my experience, but you may have better luck.
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:04 pm to ZacAttack
If you want the job, the first step is at least pretending that writing things like diversity statements doesn't raise your ire.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:06 pm to ZacAttack
Talk about your experiences with diverse people.
If you have taught in a diverse classroom environment, talk about those experiences.
Basically, prove to them that you can teach individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds.
If you have taught in a diverse classroom environment, talk about those experiences.
Basically, prove to them that you can teach individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:08 pm to ZacAttack
Tell them diversity is actually a secret plan by the Jews to kill all the white people Roll Tide
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:14 pm to chinhoyang
I'm in agriculture, there's not a lot of diversity. The students are 99% European American, mid to upper class, who either grew up on a farm or are trying to get into vet school.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:35 pm to ZacAttack
Just say you pay your taxes and leave it at that.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:37 pm to ZacAttack
Then talk about economic diversity if you can
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:52 pm to ZacAttack
I wrote a black kid up at school the other day for calling another black kid the N-word. That's my multicultural contribution for the week.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 4:59 pm to ZacAttack
Real diversity transcends race. You can have a diverse group of whites or a group of like-minded people from similar backgrounds and interests who are of different races.
I would just leave race out of it and mention how you see the value of having people with different points of view and backgrounds.
I would just leave race out of it and mention how you see the value of having people with different points of view and backgrounds.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:42 pm to Asgard Device
I donate to "the human fund". It is money - for people.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:04 pm to Asgard Device
Come on, we all know this has nothing to do with people from different backgrounds and everything to do with race.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:22 pm to ZacAttack
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University I'm applying to requires a statement of contributions to diversity in the classroom, new student recruiting etc.
what is the job title you are applying for?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:27 pm to LordSaintly
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handle such a situation is I stand up in front of my class and do my job; teach. I don't give a damn what the audience looks like. They could all be purple and it wouldn't bother me. What bothers me is having to write some bull shite like this. It's not my job as a professor or the universities job to promote/teach diversity. Their job is to educate so that students won't be a bunch of incompetent dumb fricks when they graduate.
Type that up, and turn it in. Then keep looking. You know, and we know, you are not the person they are looking for.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:40 pm to sassyLSU
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job title
Full time Lecturer with tenure potential
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:43 pm to slaphappy
As if diversity of ethnicity doesn't bring diversity in ideas 
What is so wrong with diversity.
Why are you all so scared of it?
What is so wrong with diversity.
Why are you all so scared of it?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:45 pm to StrongSafety
I hate initiatives like the Rooney Rule in the NFL because it forces teams to interview black and minorities candidates.
Key word is forces. I hate the fact that we can even trust the powers to search wide and far for the best candidate.
It's more damning of the old guard and their stubborn and segregationist ways than of the candidates
Key word is forces. I hate the fact that we can even trust the powers to search wide and far for the best candidate.
It's more damning of the old guard and their stubborn and segregationist ways than of the candidates
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:47 pm to StrongSafety
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:50 pm to StrongSafety
I think the Rooney rule exists because of people like you. I think if an NFL owner thinks someone is going to win, they don't care what they look like. Bringing in a token candidate just to satisfy a quota doesn't change anything.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:56 pm to Tyler9258
Really? Tell that to all 7 minority head coaches that had held that title until the rule was implemented in 2003.
The NBA has largely escaped the race peoblems the NFL had, at all levels.
The NBA has largely escaped the race peoblems the NFL had, at all levels.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 9:49 pm to sassyLSU
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Type that up, and turn it in. Then keep looking. You know, and we know, you are not the person they are looking for.
That thought had crossed my mind. Would be interesting to see if they actually read this stuff. This is the same university I interviewed at in October.
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