"I define stupidity as behaving in a way that ignores the question: What would happen next? If somebody comes up to you and says, "I think I'm going to take a hike in a lightning storm with a copper antenna on my head," stupidity replies, "That sounds like a really great idea!" Stupidity is the tendency to take actions that hurt you and the people around you." - Brooks.
Brooks went on to state that banning diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility is like trying to cure acne by decapitation. That sounds stupid to me because DEIA is not acne, it is not a disease to be cured, it is the panacea for chronic diseases identified in the 1930s as 'the American dilemma' by a Swedish sociologist, Gurner, a fact that Du Bois had been harping on since the 1890s in vain.
Biko
On Monday 3 February 2025 at 10:09:45 GMT-5, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
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