In the modern academy, I'm the wierdo

Get a load of this, via the always fun Daily Caller:

This mild summer is winding down. Professors across the fruited plain are preparing for another fall semester of spewing half-baked progressive ideologies at gullible undergrads.

For example:

Stephany Rose, a professor of women’s and ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, claimed in July that African American celebrities like Stacey Dash perpetuate white supremacy by being successful African Americans. “When you come across these individuals like a Stacey Dash, there is this idea that they buy into the mythology of merit, and meritocracy, and the American dream is available to any and everyone one as long as you work hard,”

Really, that's a milder example.

Meanwhile, this spring my department head was expressing concern that I was teaching to much Western and military history. I patiently explained to the department head that since I was teaching World Civ II 1500-present, the West gets kind of important. Also, World War I, World War II, the Cold War were kind of important in the 20th century.

Then there were questions about my penitent for British history. Again, from 1689 till about 1945 Britain, kind of important you know. And showing Prime Minister's Questions clips is a lot of fun.

The department head also expressed concern about my Post Colonial Africa unit with the take home assignment, 'Choose Your Psychopath.'

Department Head: 'Doesn't that reinforce the notion that Africans can't govern?'
Me: 'Yes.'

Yeah, go back and read that DC piece. At little old Raritan Valley Community College I've encountered my fair share of loons, whackjobs, and conspiracy nutcases. Some of them are my friends, no Joke. One kindly old math prof, who gives my daughters cookies when we visit the adjunct office, directed me to this website. Another is a the semi-permanent Green Party Candidate for congress in his district. We once had this gal on campus. Cute. She looked great in those boots, and that coat....

Anyway, where was I? I'm not even getting into the stock leftists we have on campus. One guy thinks the Central Park Jogger rapists are innocent, rants about 'for profit' college, is comfortable calling Israel 'an apartheid state' and has this glassy-eyed self-satisfied smugness. Nice man though, very nice.