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Submitted for your consideration: (Analogy: only people who have no class whatsoever call things "classy." Example: Tony Soprano.)

And yes, as a woman and a professional, unfortunately I've had to deal with more than my fair share of pathetic sexists who make statements like yours above-- not always directly, but it's always with us.

I'm simply calling it like I see it: you've managed to Godwin yourself and make your own sexual obsession with this woman (and her apparent "power" issues) very apparent all in one go. Impressive. I think you've done a pretty good job of making yourself look like the brainless and socially...

Yes, but what would any of that have to do with an experiment about racism? Jeez. You Godwinned yourself and made yourself look like a completely sexist freak all in one fell swoop. If you disagree with the methodology used in the experiment, you disagreed with it. No need to go projecting all...

I haven't seen the video, so I can't really comment on that specific experiment, but I think it's a good thing to get people to switch roles and see maybe how it feels to be on the other end. I think it's a good thing for people to be jolted out of their "polite" mechanical reactions to...

You are getting back into "reverse racism" territory again. Racism doesn't work in reverse. Racism works in every direction, all the time. Some people are victims of an unjust system. There is nothing wrong with working through the affects this produces in people.

Yikes. (Sex-starved?? Hitler? "needy" "attention" she so desperately "craves" "tarted up"...) Project much, do we? Would you like some misogyny with your racism? Was the experiment guide a teacher? I'm confused now. Edit: By the way, we're all racists. In case you hadn't heard.

Honestly, I have never noticed this, and I've known a fair share of psychologists. I think this teacher might just be a little over-earnest and trying too hard to make some kind of point to the class in a "performative" way. Teaching is different from practicing, too.

I wish I could watch it and see, but is the moderator supposed to be "guiding" the experiment? Usually they're not supposed to, unless it's a role play...

Oh, well, namecalling isn't very professional. I'd probably talk to the dean about that. Or at least go to him and confront him. Which is probably what he's trying to get you to do. I would've said "suck my dick" the first time he said that and walked out probably. Y'all are too polite.

The video link didn't work for me, but I've seen similar experiments before. Hmm...well, who knows? Maybe he has found that this is the only way he gets through to his students. I know some professors swear, some tell personal stories, some tell jokes, just to keep students engaged. People...

Oh, I don't know. I've lived in predominantly black and hispanic neighborhoods. I've experienced race-based conflict. I was told once by a black woman that she was going to shoot me on a crowded subway train. There was me and one other Jewish lady, the only whites, and of course, it was our...

I have noticed (and this is just an anecdote) that some British people seem to have a strong, visceral response against psychology and analysis. Some Americans do, too, of course. But I think this comes from the mistaken belief that repressing bad/negative/difficult feelings is better than...

It's always wise to question the ethics of social experiments. But this experiment is nothing like asking people to rape one another or become racists, is it? I actually think it's very valuable as evidence of the fact that people have not advanced as far beyond racism/social prejudice as they...

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Oh sorry, that was "slightly crooked" who posted that, not you.

Chuckle. All you'd have to do is guess right once and that'd be enough proof for some people.

I didn't see this before. What is it with Mixed Biscuits and IQ tests... ? First, the idea that increase of a few points in "IQ" amounts to a significant increase in cognitive capacity is highly suspect. The Flynn Effect may well be real (I have no idea), but it still has nothing to do with...

Obviously it will say FSM on it and have a picture of a pirate.

I can't wait until they stop writing about "the Gaze" as if there's one, and it's some kind of formal principle, in film theory. It probably made sense in 1940 but please just stop...