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scimitar ([info]scimitar) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-08-18 00:25:00


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Entry tags:elitism, otf_wank's thoughts on mensa

Mensans v Non-Mensans
Jill, at Feministe, makes a blog post ridiculing a comment that uses Mensa membership to validate a fondness for the Cathy comic strip.

The first comment starts off with a defense of Mensa and an earnest explanation of what it means to be a genius. But soon comments erupt criticizing all standard tests, defending standardized tests and Mensa, along with accusations of ableism, lamenting the loneliness and social ostracization that is the lot of smart people and horror at Jill's very appalling anti-intellectualism.

SweetMachine nicely rounds up the kerfuffle: Way to fight the good fight, Mensa lovers! Put that genius to work!



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[info]kylenne
2010-08-19 02:36 am UTC (link)
And a class of Eurocentric and racist standardized tests at that. I'd rant for days on that but there's enough unfunny in this.

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[info]windex_junkie
2010-08-21 08:55 am UTC (link)
What do you mean?! Everyone knows who Sue, Mary, Bob, and Jack are, so if an ESL kid fails a reading comprehension test that depends on correctly identifying the gender of antiquated Western names, it means they're just a lazy foreigner who isn't capable of assimilating.

(Or, in other words: There's gender fail, too.)

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