Professors Prejudice?

This editorial piece (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/professors-are-prejudiced-too.html?ref=opinion&_r=0) is about the unintentional, or intentional discrimination of professors against students. It was a seemingly routine activity, emailing a large amount of professors across a broad spectrum of different schools and racial and gender backgrounds. The results were still shocking despite the routineness of the study. The study still showed that white, male students were the most likely to get a response back from a professor no matter what kind of background that professor had. It is shocking in a way to know that the people teaching higher education still hold some type of bias towards certain races, even if it is subconscious. College and university paths are supposed to broaden the mind and understanding of an individual, normally making them more socially progressive and liberal. It is so strange to see the opposite qualities possessed in the professors than how many would imagine them to be. The authors of the piece do make an excellent remark that 'we still have a long way to go'. If professors, teachers of higher education, still maintain some type of racial bias there is still plenty of racism and injustice in our society. From now on, as an Vietnamese female I'll be on my guard to make sure I am not getting discriminated against. I just never thought I would have to be on my guard from my own professors, the same ones who teach the wrong deeds in history. I would just imagine that these people of higher education would be able to see past that kind of unequal treatment.

Zhimiao's Comment

http://zhimiaojin.blogspot.com/2014/04/blog-stage-7.html

Zhimiao talks about the finer points about abortion in his post and describes why abortion should stay legal and free to women as a whole. It is a nice thing to see so many people flocking for women's rights in modern times. Men and women will stand by each other to fight for one thing; the ability for a woman to choose her own lifestyle. I won't get into how men have always been able to and how women haven't, I want to talk instead about Zhimiao's points. His second point is probably the most important, "being a mother is just one option for women. Many hard battles have been fought to win political and economic equality for women." Women shouldn't be stuck into a role for the rest of their life because of the way they live their lives. In essence, women should be able to make their own destiny without worrying about others' moral insecurities and vindictive natures affecting their future. I plan on having children one day but I am in no way against abortion. Some people are just not born to be a parent and if they don't believe they can do it, or want to do it, they shouldn't have to. The American people have the ability to choose their profession from any of the ones available in America. Just as the American people can choose professions, women should be able to choose if they want to become a mother or not, not have the views of others crammed down their throats. Keeping abortion legal will keep America fair, equal, and progressive, just as it is supposed to be.