Apophis;939747 wrote: Apologies but I do not believe women should be involved in this sort of discussions. Check the hair thread.

Carafaat;939742 wrote: It goes against his tol created history or 'Sayidism'. Which is precisely why it's important and necessary. We have many great historical figures in Somali history who deserve to be commemorated too.

SomaliPhilosopher;939740 wrote: Apophis- As a stalinist you should appreciate revisionism. revisionism is key to ruling with an iron fist. And so are monuments. I can't remember if it was Lenin or Stalin who spoke about the importance of propaganda by monuments. Our own dictator knew it too

Apophis;939734 wrote: Revisionist nonsense. Create a statue kulaha. What's wrong with revisionism?

Thanks for this, SP. I've come across mentions of Nasiib Bunda before but never this much information. I haven't read "The African Frontier" yet but Igor Kopytoff is a famous anthropologist and his work is quite influential in African Studies, so I trust the accuracy of his research.

That blogger has to be kidding if she thinks she coined "white privilege is..." as a format. How can you explain a concept without using those words in that arrangement? In fact I said "white privilege is" in this very thread, and I've never visited that Tumblr in my life.

Fair enough, but you owe us an explanation when you have the time

SomaliPhilosopher;939436 wrote: Indeed it is. too many stiffs in here huh safferz? Yup. Obviously this isn't ideal, but I can understand it and I know I'd do the same.

Wow. What was the content of the video? And any idea how it got out?

SomaliPhilosopher;939431 wrote: No degree is 'worth' it, let alone a masters Why do you say that SP?

Ambassador;939427 wrote: http://m.facebook.com/sami.oneday?id=100000038150477&_rdr LOL I know this guy, what happened?? All the posts in this thread were removed.

Cute.

Aaliyyah;939399 wrote: That girl makes some good points. I personally believe of one is pursuing grad school. They should have an entry job in that field while they are still in undergrad/grad school. Master's degree will take you from an entry job to a higher position. Otherwise if you attained master's degree without anyprevious experience you will be overqualified for an entry job. I don't agree with that. Of course students should be smart and acquire the skills and experience they need to position themselves well for employment upon graduation, but a bachelor's degree is no longer enough for many entry-level positions. That's certainly the case in Canada, where more than 50% of us have tertiary education (making Canada the most educated country in the world, apparently). People just tend to blame "overqualification" for their bad luck finding a job when they're actually underqualified in terms of experience and skill set. An advanced degree is always an asset but that doesn't mean it will get you the job on its own.

Why would you spend $120k on an MBA in *media management* from the Metropolitan College of New York? A lot of these anecdotes are hilarious, these are people who didn't think through their career options carefully or make a proper risk analysis before going to graduate school. It's not graduate school itself that's the issue here. An advanced degree will always make you more marketable in this economy, especially when bachelor's degrees are fast becoming the new high school diploma (the minimum requirement for many jobs, but it's often not enough on its own to get you the job -- which is why further education and training is critical). And as the article I posted above points out, an advanced degree also adds to your social capital as a minority and can help offset any (racist) concerns about your competence and qualification for a particular position. Telling people that a masters/advanced degree is not worth it is bad advice, but people need to be smart about it, go into advanced degree programs that fit their desired career trajectory and adjust their expectations accordingly. There are a number of other skills that need to be developed and put to work in order to land a job and succeed in the workplace beyond your degree qualifications too.

Blanket "Don't Go To Graduate School" Advice Ignores Race and Reality

Che -Guevara;939378 wrote: ^This is coming from a guy who was badmouthing people the other day. I still don't think he's serious.

Blackflash;939367 wrote: It's not a phenomenon that is unique to the United States, or the west for that matter, so why should it be discussed as if it is a unique issue? Minorities tend to be disproportionately ostracized when a negative act is attributed to a member of their community. One example is the high profile nature of crimes committed by U.S military personnel in Japan. I never said it didn't exist, just that I don't consider it to be something unique enough to warrant such a specific name. I think you're missing the point -- the question Tim Wise is asking is *why* are acts of terrorism attributed to certain groups, and why is it when a white person commits acts of mass murder, they are never referred to as a terrorist and their entire community isn't pathologized as a result. That's white privilege.

xabad;939366 wrote: you're racist saffz, you just wanna blame whitey when your enjoying the fruits of his toil. naga da dee lol elaborate xabad, what fruits am I enjoying and how is "whitey" the one that worked for them? I have to say I enjoy the unintentional hilarity of your planting/harvest imagery, considering that white folks enslaved black people for that very purpose and it's slavery that underpins the history of race relations in this country (and the concept of white privilege itself).

Blackflash;939345 wrote: Shouldn't it be called majority privilege? Unhelpful semantics. The point is to talk about race because it's central to the society we live in. White privilege is also a well studied and heavily theorized concept, Tim Wise is not the first to name it.

Also my hair idol:

lol I like your music, Chimera. I have yet to see another Somali at a rock show, but good to know fans exist

Tim Wise is great.

Why don't you start things off for us, xabad? I'll make a list when I get back from class.

SomaliPhilosopher;939229 wrote: Where is the pink and yellow ranger I see a lot of yellow, SomaliPhilosopher...

^^ she's a prostitute in Galkacyo.