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kantbook reacted to Cecinestpasunphilosophe in Venting Thread February 18, 2016

Please, tell me more

kantbook reacted to AmandaEvans in 2016 Acceptance Thread February 18, 2016

No biggie. Congrats!!!!

kantbook reacted to blacklake in Venting Thread February 18, 2016

Apparently I can only give 5 upvotes a day, so I just wanted to say thanks to all the women/people of color speaking up in this thread. I don't have the same patience as you all to write a coherent argument about it here, so I'll just say: thank you. And fuck the rest.

kantbook got a reaction from Cecinestpasunphilosophe in 2016 Rejection/Plan B Thread February 18, 2016

I go to Toronto and my understanding is that sometimes an international applicant who is considered for some special fellowship for international students gets notified (and asked if they intend to accept) personally prior to other acceptances being released. The lone Toronto posting could be that (esp. given that the poster is American). And no, there isn't only one international student admitted annually--this year a decent number of the incoming class were non-Canadian.

kantbook reacted to SamStone in Venting Thread February 17, 2016

I wish I could upvote this many more times (and that upvoting meant something much more significant)

kantbook reacted to gughok in Venting Thread February 17, 2016

"White and male" is, as a bunch of us discussed here and there a while ago, also a problematic demographic to cite because, legally, I'm "white", but in reality I was born in Iran and half-raised in Dubai, immigrated to Canada and subjected to no small amount of discrimination and social disadvantage due to my background. Sure, the colour of my skin is white, but that hardly means anything. The whole point of these ethnic labels is to factionize the population into discrete groups each with consistent socioeconomic backgrounds and that just fails miserably.
N.B. I'm not disagreeing with anything you've said, just venting on another issue.

kantbook reacted to AgentScully in Venting Thread February 17, 2016

But knowing what we know about implicit bias, it is more than likely that you are underestimating the abilities your female peers, while overestimating the abilities of your male peers.

Also, philosophy ladies and minorities: you are badass, and you deserve every spot you're offered. Don't listen to any sore jerk who says otherwise!

kantbook reacted to continental_theorist in Venting Thread February 17, 2016

I just made this account to say, please be careful of what you write here as there are people you are insulting with what is essentially your reverse racism/sexism vent. Has it occurred to you how much harder it might be for those women not having the white privilege or male privilege that so many others have? You do not understand the struggles women and minorities face, and it could just be that their applications were stronger than yours or had more potential (you said they were of equal caliber). The fact that you actually think the only factor of your rejections is your race or gender suggests your understanding of institutional bias/discrimination is shallow itself, as there is frequently unconscious bias toward minorities and women that you won't ever have to face. Your frustration is also very entitled because you make it sound as though they received acceptances that *belong* to you or that you are worthier of. Has it occurred to you that maybe women and minorities get as many if not more rejections (plus getting shut out all the time) than you? Another unconscious bias: infantilizing grown women by calling them "gals". Even though this is a venting thread, it shouldn't unfairly discriminate against anyone.

kantbook reacted to genesis in Venting Thread February 17, 2016

Given the sensitivity of this topic, you might consider referring to your female classmates as "women" instead of "girls" (yuck).....