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Re: Identity vs. class politics

On Jan 26, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:

joanna wrote:

I knew Walter Michaels at UC Berkeley. At the time he struck me as
an intelligent opportunist. I suppose that probably describes 90%
of the people in academia….so maybe it’s not worth much to
remark upon it.

I know I’m just defending myself and my colleagues, but I must
contest this.

Yeah. There are opportunists and hacks in every line of work. I don’t
see why academia gets singled out so often for criticism.

Doug

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One Response to “Re: Identity vs. class politics”

  1. C. G. ESTABROOK Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

    Doug–

    I did not write what appears to be attributed to me in this comment. Joanna accidentally cropped an earlier comment in a way that makes it appear so. I’d appreciate it if you would remove my name.

    Regards, CGE

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