Wait, I thought we were talking about Amy Chua, and now you're describing Alice Goffman.
amy chua is a piece of friggin work
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In my encounters with Chua it's been clear to me that she's incredibly shallow and has a very hollywood mover-shaker approach to legal scholarship. She's very very well connected, but she's also a lapdog for juris prudence elites. It's just weird and I don't care for her at all.
She's 100% racist and definitely favors white students over everyone and anyone else, including asians. She only likes "a certain type" of asian student.
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She is currently experiencing a nervous breakdown. I might not agree with her views but I think that her reputation has been ruined for no good reason over some silly comment that some insecure grad student misunderstood. I read some of her book and she talks about upholding her family's honor over the generations.
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"She can’t be racist, because racism is an expression of power. Only those who hold power are racist, thus a cis female minority as her cannot be racist. Maybe her husband is the racist one, and he’s using (abusing!) her as a channel for his racism."
Seems legit
- sociologist of race