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2017-09-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

There Are Way Too Many White Librarians These Days, New Report Finds

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-01 00:58|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 "The library community considers diversity to be a core value. But the academic library sector has struggled with addressing equity, diversity and inclusion."

Does that diversity include Trunks, conservatives, or people who voted for Trump? Didn't think so.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-01 06:55|| 2017-09-01 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps a diversity survey of those actually visiting libraries is in order. If libraries turn out to be little more than privileged sanctuaries, shutter them and march the racist librarians off to re-education centers !

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-01 07:09|| 2017-09-01 07:09|| Front Page Top

#3 ..more likely the homeless, not seeking enlightenment but shelter, marking the way for re-utilization of public facilities. End 'credentialed' welfare.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-01 07:36|| 2017-09-01 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 and the pages of the books are WHITE!

Raaayyyccciiss!

Posted by Frank G 2017-09-01 08:48|| 2017-09-01 08:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I blame Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey. Personally, I never trust a man with four names. Besides, everyone knows math is racist.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-01 08:59|| 2017-09-01 08:59|| Front Page Top

#6 And, as I understand it, most of the books in these libraries are written by whites

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-01 09:33|| 2017-09-01 09:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, the entry requirements are a little strict.
Applicants must be able to read.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-01 09:50|| 2017-09-01 09:50|| Front Page Top

#8 ...that makes it racist. (do I need to put a /sarc on that, or is real life already there?)

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-01 12:43|| 2017-09-01 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Press gangs is really the only way to increase the diversity in the Libraries.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-09-01 16:27|| 2017-09-01 16:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Over 75% white? That's totally racist. Wait a minute. How much of the US pop is white?

White - 72.4%
Black or African American - 12.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian - 4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - 0.2%
Two or more races - 2.9%
Some other race - 6.2%

Damn, math be hard! But it does look the the percentage of librarian whiteness tracks with the gen pop percentages.

Note: these are raw pop stats and say nothing about the percentages that are functionally illiterate because they went to crappy big-city schools.

Posted by SteveS 2017-09-01 17:40|| 2017-09-01 17:40|| Front Page Top

#11 What has become racist is college and pro basketball and football.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-09-01 20:22|| 2017-09-01 20:22|| Front Page Top

#12 discriminating against smaller Jewish guys, and now with Julius Edelman out with an ACL, we're down to a couple

Posted by Frank G 2017-09-01 21:06|| 2017-09-01 21:06|| Front Page Top

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