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...Will we all get used to [Summers’ style]? I hope so,” says Professor of Government Jennifer L. Hochschild. “But if it has the effect of upsetting major departments, it’s deeply problematic...
According to Hochschild, Summers’ style can be broken down into three primary approaches, depending on how familiar he feels with an issue...
...when he has already formed an opinion, Hochschild says, his questioning sometimes appears less than genuine. “He listens to answers but he’s starting from a standpoint,” she says. “He’ll say things like, ‘why would you ever imagine that’ in the guise of a question…Sometimes it sounds like he’s dismissing or disagreeing with you, when in fact it’s just a style. I’m not sure he conveys clearly enough that...
What causes racial stigma? Professor of Government Jennifer Hochschild says that America’s racial history makes it “difficult [for white Americans] to fully see blacks as equivalently human.” Loury argues that this racial stigma restricts the social interactions and opportunities available to blacks. This “social divide,” Loury says, leads to “racial differences in the acquisition of productive skills” that thwart African-Americans before they even enter areas of public life where racial discrimination is illegal. Add this to the material disadvantages...
...expect that it’s not too hard to anticipate the courses needed for the following year,” Hochschild said. But in the longer term, “curricula change, student interests change, faculty come...