Alternative Questions
1.
Distinguish
sex and gender. Sex relates to what? Gender encompasses what? (43).
2.
Giving up
on sex and gender distinction is not an option because gender relates to what
about identity? (50).
3.
The Women’s
Rights Movement was an early example of what? (53).
4.
What’s
the birth defect of the principle of self-determination? (54-5).
5.
What are
the two complementary parts of identity arguments? (60).
6.
To its
advocates, identity politics is what?
While its opponents consider it what? (62).
7.
What
transformed the social order of Western societies and with it the identity of
many people. (68).
8.
Social
identity has to do with membership in groups that are what? (77).
9.
In a
legal sense without a name, what kind of identity do you have? (79).
10. What is one of the most common and profitable
crimes? (84-5).
Discussion Questions
1.
Should
everyone be required to have an identity card? Why or why not? For your answer
include both advantages and disadvantages and what should be on the card. Should
it include an embedded RFID (Radio-frequency identification) chip?
Think of how something similar was used in Nazi Germany.
2.
How does
our identity evolve over our life time? In today’s social media, can a Facebook
or Instagram post of a couple of years ago be dismissed as “I was young and
immature and it doesn’t reflect who I really am now,” or can someone’s identity
be changeable to avoid consequences associated with their earlier words?
2. Interesting that you would ask this, in light of the young man from Parkland whose Harvard admission was revoked because of his racist 16-year old texts. He says he's evolved. David Brooks gives him the benefit of the doubt. I know I wouldn't want to be judged by my own 16-year old imbecilities. And yet...
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https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=733809263
DeleteI first heard of this on NPR when Audie Cornish gave this great interview. I agree that being "judged by one’s own 16-year old imbecilities" sets a dangerous precedent. We even touched on this when discussing Art’s post about your teenage self. However, I think that our nation's great universities are the very places where the fight for truth will be won or lost. Kyle Kushuv has been indoctrinated with hateful ideology by some far-right wing influences. I do sympathize with the fact he made a mistake and he recognized it and apologized for it. I do believe in second chances. Nonetheless, he continues to use his newfound platform to promote the rhetoric of Turning Point USA and the NRA. Neither of whom are the least bit concerned with empirical truths or building a racially equitable future. Harvard, for better or worse, conjures a sense of prestige and academic excellence in the minds of many Americans. Therefore, I support their decision to resend Kushuv’s acceptance, not because Harvard has some moral high ground, but because of what the privilege of acceptance represents in the imagination of the American public.
Very nicely stated, Chase. Colleges judge applicants on the basis of their youthful indiscretions all the time. I was a callow 16-year old myself, but knew better than to spout racist invective in public... and than to ally myself with hate groups and the gun lobby. If he's really contrite, Mr. Kushuv will land at some other worthy institution and continue his evolving education. But, he's not entitled entry to Harvard or anywhere else as a matter of privilege.
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