It’s Time for a Liberty-Loving Sociology
In the sociological imagination, capitalism is now regarded as a sin standing next to sexism and racism. Routinely, sociologists call for their colleagues and students to oppose capitalism and use…
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Teaching Sociology Is an Ideological Nightmare
An empirical study of what is being taught and learned in university sociology courses around the country would be challenging to carry out. But American sociology provides a convenient site…
Math Teachers are Taught that Elementary Math Education is a “Struggle for Justice”
Does the average person have any idea what is now considered “normal” in the field of K-12 education? I already had some misgivings after reading Jay Schalin’s devastating review of…
Letter to the Editor: Is anything not systemic racism?
To the editor: Sociology is supposed to be a science but, alas, large chunks of it have migrated to activism. N.C. State Sociologist Michael Schwalbe’s article attacking cigarette companies for…
The Sociology of the Academic Outrage Mob
The academy seems built for public controversy because professors are encouraged to question ideas and popular beliefs. It shouldn’t be surprising that academic outrage has a long history. In the…
The New Racism, Part II: The Sociologist’s Toolkit: Justifying Racism Through Language
Editor’s note: Part I of The New Racism can be read here. The best way to grasp how sociology has managed to make color-blind racism (CBR) seem believable is to…
The New Racism, Part I: How ‘Race and Ethnic Studies’ Made Color Blindness a Bad Thing
Like most Americans, I have always assumed that color blindness is our ideal. Not any more: color blindness is now become the new racism. So much for a 70-year struggle…
Leisure studies: an academic field based on a utopian mistake?
With most academic fields, we know what they are about. Political science teaches about political systems and their workings; philosophy about how people have thought on questions such as ethics; literature courses have students read and contemplate worthwhile books.