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...rather strange that people who have been so powerful in academic life feel the need to form such an organization," said Balch. But Winthrop Professor of History Stephen A. Thernstrom, a member of NAS and a prominent critic of political correctness, said that he welcomed the opportunity for increased debate...
...think their point of view has been in ascendance in many disciplines, especially literary ones. However, most of the interesting commentary has come from people from my side," Thernstrom said...
...Thernstrom criticizes Harvard's creation of an Afro-American studies department. He says that in order to avoid the staffing problems currently faced by the field of concentration, the area of study should have been made a committee. He blames the lack of Afro-American scholars to the PC belief that only Blacks can teach the subject, but only a tiny number of Blacks have taken doctorates in the subject...
...History rests on the assumption that you don't have to be a caesar to understand a caesar," says Thernstrom. "It rests on the assumption that [scholarship] transcends barriers of time, race and place...
...women's studies, Thernstrom says he is doubtful that it constitutes a distinct discipline. He says "men and women are inseparable. I am dubious about a segregated program, but I did support it initially...