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<blockquote data-quote="J_B_" data-source="post: 76446060" data-attributes="member: 428251"><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Apologies. Now it's story time. Well, no, I'll try to keep it short.</p><p></p><p>I'm Caucasian - Scottish descent. I never intended to spend so much of my MA program focused on African-American history. I wasn't opposed to it, but I chose the university I did in part because of the professors there who focused on the history of education and the Reformation. Thing is, it turns out you don't have as much freedom to follow your interests in grad school as I had hoped.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it shouldn't have been awkward, but it was. Me, the Caucasian dude in classes full of African-Americans and having to make statements about African-American history. It was the very thing I had tried to avoid by focusing on Lutheran history. To make it worse, I had a few uncomfortable conversations with my professors where I was resisting some extreme woke issues. When it came time for my oral defense, I got all tongue-tied. One of my committee professors stopped me and said, "Hey, let's all just admit this is a difficult, awkward topic. Then proceed."</p><p></p><p>Anyway, maybe I'm too sensitive about it. My apologies. As a result, one of my favorite historians is Thomas Sowell. He's a brave man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J_B_, post: 76446060, member: 428251"] Yes. Apologies. Now it's story time. Well, no, I'll try to keep it short. I'm Caucasian - Scottish descent. I never intended to spend so much of my MA program focused on African-American history. I wasn't opposed to it, but I chose the university I did in part because of the professors there who focused on the history of education and the Reformation. Thing is, it turns out you don't have as much freedom to follow your interests in grad school as I had hoped. Maybe it shouldn't have been awkward, but it was. Me, the Caucasian dude in classes full of African-Americans and having to make statements about African-American history. It was the very thing I had tried to avoid by focusing on Lutheran history. To make it worse, I had a few uncomfortable conversations with my professors where I was resisting some extreme woke issues. When it came time for my oral defense, I got all tongue-tied. One of my committee professors stopped me and said, "Hey, let's all just admit this is a difficult, awkward topic. Then proceed." Anyway, maybe I'm too sensitive about it. My apologies. As a result, one of my favorite historians is Thomas Sowell. He's a brave man. [/QUOTE]
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