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Sociology studies victim

University prof says beer is racist

From the Department of You’ve Got to Be Freaking Kidding Me:

David L. Brunsma, a professor in Virginia Tech’s department of sociology, claimed that both beer and the phrase “the American people” are racist in a recent book and tweet, respectively.

The book, co-authored by Burnsma and titled Beer and Racism: How Beer Became White, Why It Matters, and the Movements to Change It, claims to provide a “critical and interdisciplinary path to examine and understand the racial dynamics in the craft beer industry and the popular consumption of beer” according to its description.

“From the racist marketing of malt liquor to the bearded-white-dude culture of craft beer, readers will never look at a frothy pint the same after reading Beer and Racism.”

Not to be outdone,

University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor says calling composers by their surnames is racist

 A music theory professor argued In an article published Saturday that referring to famous composers by only their last names is a form of white supremacy that needs to be remedied.

Chris White, who teachers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, suggested that well-known composers like Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, ought to be referred to by their full names so as to put them on an equal footing with lesser-known composers.

Writing in Slate, [where else?] White noted how many people do not notice when “’ traditional’ white male composers are introduced with only surnames,” while “everyone else” – i.e., “women and composers of color” – are referred to by their full name.

Putting to the side the questions of why VT Tech even has a sociology department, and how a white dude actually named White feels qualified to lecture anyone about white supremacy, I’ll point out that these two, frivolous airheads are drawing salaries paid for by the taxpayers of their respective states, wasting their students’ time, and expelling deadly, warming CO2 with their every breath, all while scribbling noxious nonsense that will be published in academic journals and read by no one (go ahead, I dare you to diagram that sentence).

Free tuition? If the value of a commodity is at least partly based on what people pay for it, the Democrats may have inadvertently stumbled onto a platform promise that quailfies for a truth in advertising award.