Steven Pinker: Stop Racializing Everything

6 thoughts on “Steven Pinker: Stop Racializing Everything”

1. Manofallcreation how old are you

2. Cool. I'd to see more of this young fella.

3. Why is it always "Left Wing" vs "Right Wing"?

4. LET'S FACE IT PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON TV WHERE PEOPLE TALK AT YOU. ALSO, TV PROGRAMING IS
   EXPENSIVE AND THE ADVERTISERS WANT TO REACH THE LARGEST AUDIENCE WHICH BEGAN IN THE
   EARY 1970IES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF INTELLECTUAL HEIRARCHES ALL BUT TWO OF THE 6 RELATE SEEING SIMILARITIES BTWN DIFFERENCES. PSYCHOLOGICALLY WE ARE GEARED TO REJECT WHAT WE DON'T LIKE OR DON'T IDENIFY WITH. LISTEN TO YOURSELF WHEN YOU SHOP FOR AN APARTMENT OR A CAR, YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE. SO IDENTITY POLITICS IS PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL SOMETHING TO THE LOWEST DOMAIN OF INTELLIGENCE IN OUR SOCIETY. I DON'T THINK THAT IS SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT, DO YOU?

   Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains: The Cognitive Domain
   http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

   Table of the Revised Cognitive Domain
   Category

   Examples, key words (verbs), and technologies for learning (activities)

   Remembering: Recall or retrieve previous learned information.

   Examples: Recite a policy. Quote prices from memory to a customer. Recite the safety rules.

   Key Words: defines, describes, identifies, knows, labels, lists, matches, names, outlines, recalls, recognizes, reproduces, selects, states

   Technologies: book marking, flash cards, rote learning based on repetition, reading

   Understanding: Comprehending the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

   Examples: Rewrite the principles of test writing. Explain in one's own words the steps for performing a complex task. Translate an equation into a computer spreadsheet.

   Key Words: comprehends, converts, defends, distinguishes, estimates, explains, extends, generalizes, gives an example, infers, interprets, paraphrases, predicts, rewrites, summarizes, translates

   Technologies: create an analogy, participating in cooperative learning, taking notes, storytelling, Internet search

   Applying: Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the work place.

   Examples: Use a manual to calculate an employee's vacation time. Apply laws of statistics to evaluate the reliability of a written test.

   Key Words: applies, changes, computes, constructs, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates, modifies, operates, predicts, prepares, produces, relates, shows, solves, uses

   Technologies: collaborative learning, create a process, blog, practice

   Analyzing: Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.

   Examples: Troubleshoot a piece of equipment by using logical deduction. Recognize logical fallacies in reasoning. Gathers information from a department and selects the required tasks for training.

   Key Words: analyzes, breaks down, compares, contrasts, diagrams, deconstructs, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, identifies, illustrates, infers, outlines, relates, selects, separates

   Technologies: Fishbowls, debating, questioning what happened, run a test

   Evaluating: Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.

   Examples: Select the most effective solution. Hire the most qualified candidate. Explain and justify a new budget.

   Key Words: appraises, compares, concludes, contrasts, criticizes, critiques, defends, describes, discriminates, evaluates, explains, interprets, justifies, relates, summarizes, supports

   Technologies: survey, blogging

   Creating: Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

   Examples: Write a company operations or process manual. Design a machine to perform a specific task. Integrates training from several sources to solve a problem. Revises and process to improve the outcome.

   Key Words: categorizes, combines, compiles, composes, creates, devises, designs, explains, generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs, relates, reorganizes, revises, rewrites, summarizes, tells, writes

   Technologies: Create a new model, write an essay, network with others

5. What was this nonsense editing at the end ?

6. No Steven, everything IS about race. Unless you realise this, the other groups who do will remain ahead.

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