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" ... Going to Princeton, more of the same. Woodrow Wilson’s name must go, even though he was good enough for Princeton to make him its president for eight years. It is true that Wilson was a racist and more: he said contemptuous things about immigrants from southern Europe, for example. Personally, I think he was one of the most overrated presidents in American history. Yet I think it was wrong for Princeton to show its ingratitude for a man important in the shaping of both that school and the nation. Again, the current anti-historical mood: “We are morally upright and our predecessors were scum” is, in my judgment, despicable, even though I equally believe that the evolution of moral standards over time to rejecting racial discrimination has been a wonderful thing. ... "
" ... One of the misconceptions Christie had before she started her group was that she would join and be by far the most “functional” person there. She says she has seen the same false belief play out time and time again with new members who come in, without knowing anything about the group members, and start off by being contemptuous of all of them and believing they are smarter, for example. It is hard for the new members to imagine that anyone, let alone someone different than them, might be the answer to helping them be happier. Christie explains that this perception comes, in part, from the misunderstanding that groups only happen in a hospital and not outpatient. But, she also feels it is all really a form of resistance. She notes, “there are a million ways to say no, not me, that won’t work...you can always count yourself out.” This is particularly true in professions like the law or medicine where feelings are not even noticed or recognized. In law, Christie felt you were either expected to not have problems, or to address them quickly and quietly and move on. However, with more normalization and less shame, perhaps going to group would feel like less of a big cultural leap. ... "
" ... Standards of behavior have always varied somewhat between college campuses and the "real world" communities surrounding them. In colonial America, students attending the nine colleges often studied for the ministry, and the campus ethos probably did not vary dramatically from that of the surrounding communities. Those variations, however, have grown sharply since, and can prove costly to those colleges (all of them) reliant on the real world for resources but contemptuous of its standards. This was demonstrated recently at Oberlin College, historically one of the nation's foremost liberal arts schools, one whose progressive campus environment has grown more conspicuous over time, to, in my opinion, its increasing detriment. ... "
" ... The second is this is an attempt to implement a morally dubious and anti-meritorious system of making race, gender and other group characteristics the basis for determining such vital things as college admissions or appointment to well paid academic positions with high job security. In this interpretation, clever individuals use race or other attributes to obtain lots of economic rent engaging in a contemptuous denial of Martin Luther King’s magisterial injunction that “my...children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” ... "