{"id":19444,"date":"2022-07-28T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T07:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=19444"},"modified":"2022-07-31T11:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:46:53","slug":"quick-takes-things-that-are-now-racist-google-colonial-and-neoliberal-coercion-around-time-and-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2022\/07\/28\/quick-takes-things-that-are-now-racist-google-colonial-and-neoliberal-coercion-around-time-and-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Things That Are Now Racist &#038; Evil: Thanksgiving; Google; \u201ccolonial and neoliberal coercion around time and productivity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: One out of three ain\u2019t bad\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vzD9ePNGXjA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not very thankful for Thanksgiving, some demand you <a href=\"https:\/\/dcpsreopenstrong.com\/chancellor\/sharing-my-gratitude\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decolonize the holiday<\/a> (bold in original).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThanksgiving is a day that can be difficult for many to celebrate as we reflect on the history of the holiday and the horrors inflicted on our indigenous populations. <strong>If you celebrate, our Equity team has shared resources for how you can consider decolonizing your Thanksgiving.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1463589003798749184.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Further<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chancellor of DC public schools shares resources to decolonize Thanksgiving, including link to instructing readers to \u201cuse terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Closes by wishing \u201cjoyful start to holiday season.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BuY3W8ibDx\">https:\/\/t.co\/BuY3W8ibDx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVMIlfE8A9\">pic.twitter.com\/wVMIlfE8A9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wesley Yang (@wesyang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesyang\/status\/1463589003798749184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the modern work think <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=18430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google is evil<\/a>\u2026 but for different reasons than most detractors of said company.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTwo librarians at the University of Minnesota recently published a research guide claiming, among other things, that statistics and search algorithms like Google&#8217;s are racist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe guide \u2018was developed in response to librarians fielding multiple requests from UMN researchers looking to incorporate anti-racism into their research practices,\u2019 according to the university website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe digital resource also mentions Critical Race Theory, which it characterizes as a positive force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe guide, \u2018Conducting research through an anti-racism lens,\u2019 is formatted to provide readers with purportedly racist research practices with tips on how to mitigate the harm caused by said practices. Accordingly, the first section concerns how researchers can \u2018decenter whiteness in primary research.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe authors advise researchers to acknowledge that \u201cmedical racism\u2019 and bias among researchers cause \u201cBIPOC\u201d to \u201cdistrust science and refuse participation in studies.\u2019 To rectify this, the guide recommends researchers directly recruit \u2018BIPOC.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=18093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neoliberalism<\/a>\u201d is the new boogieman of the Left.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFaculty and graduate students at Colorado University \u2013 Boulder were recently encouraged to reject \u2018neoliberal\u2019 concepts of time, as well as to avoid \u2018cultural norms of white supremacy\u2019 like \u201csense of urgency&#8221; and &#8220;individualism&#8221; in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe university\u2019s Equitable Teaching Conference, hosted by the University\u2019s Center for Teaching and Learning, convened instructors and graduate students for virtual sessions on how to use \u2018equity-minded practices\u2019 in the classroom. Attendance at the conference was entirely voluntary; faculty and instructors were not required to participate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPresentation slides obtained by Campus Reform reveal details of a session titled \u2018Anti-racist pedagogy and decolonizing the classroom,\u2019 taught by Dr. Becca Ciancanelli. One of the slides lists \u2018perfectionism,\u2019 \u2018sense of urgency,\u2019 \u2018quantity over quality,\u2019 and \u2018individualism\u2019 as \u2018Cultural norms of White Supremacy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Things That Are Now Racist &#038; Evil: Thanksgiving; Google; 'colonial and neoliberal coercion around time and productivity'\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: One out of three ain't bad\u2026\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: One out of three ain\u2019t bad\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2022\/07\/28\/quick-takes-things-that-are-now-racist-google-colonial-and-neoliberal-coercion-around-time-and-productivity\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[77,25,24,42,69,48,68],"class_list":["post-19444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-derp","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-mood-music","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19467,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19444\/revisions\/19467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}