Tag Archives: Higher Ed

Wokeness By Any Other Name

Posted on December 5, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Would wokeness by any other name small as odious? The University of Tennessee is trying to find out by replacing their “Division of Diversity and Engagement” to “Division of Access and Engagement” because too many people have noticed that “diversity” … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – “DEI”: Diversity Failing Science; Excluding Biological Reality From Medicine; Inequality Mandated For Faculty Statements In Aerospace Programs

Posted on November 16, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Praxis in action.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      Science must … Continue reading →

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The Witch Cult Of Academia

Posted on November 7, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Increasingly, it feels as if colleges and universities have become insular communities where bizarre beliefs not only thrive, but are enforced one way or another.   Is college a cult? “The parallels are suggestive. Parents have wondered about the ever-longer … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk About Decolonization

Posted on October 23, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The Marxist/Woke Left often talks about “decolonization”. In most people’s minds, this just means letting foreign people’s have democracy and do their own thing. But the attack by Hamas, and the support they have from the “decolonizing” Left shows exactly … Continue reading →

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Activist Scholars

Posted on September 27, 2023 by The Political Hat

Rather than a search for knowledge or where ancient wisdom is kept and learned, academia has degraded into woke propaganda an hagiophraphs of social justice. 1/Want to know why Universities are woke? It's because they've been hijacked by "Activist Scholars" … Continue reading →

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In Academia, It Isn’t Corruption If It Is For A Good Cause

Posted on September 18, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Your humble author has noted previously a trend amongst some of being anti-credential believers where any voice antithetical to “credentialed opinions” must be the default correct one. This, of course, is nonsense and ripe for exploitation by grifters. This does … Continue reading →

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Education As Woke Politics

Posted on August 29, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The woke Left are holistic, totalitarian, and systemic.  Everything is political and the faunt of politics and society as a whole is education.  This is why politics, for them, must be political. 1/One way that woke activists were able to take … Continue reading →

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Pedagogy Of Wokeness

Posted on August 8, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In order to fight wokeness, one must understand the very core of where this madness comes from and thus the faunt of this actual system of oppression. And what the root of their power, privlege, and influence? Why the control … Continue reading →

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The Monomania Of The Woke Worldview

Posted on July 26, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The woke Left define themselves as what they are not and judge goodness by how much someone or something is against evilness, specifically their myriad “systems of oppression”. 1/They woke attack Merit the way they attack everything else: attacking the … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Race In Academia: Mandatory Course On Anti-Black Racism; Segregated Medical School; BIPOC Bonus

Posted on July 6, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Indoctrinate and then indoctrinate some more.      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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