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I don't know that much about German immigration, but many European countries are harder to get residence in than the US. Also, most people in HK speak at least some English but har…

As an American citizen living in Hong Kong I see more and more every day why an American citizenship is so desirable.

How many at each? Edit: To be perfectly clear, I mean no disrespect to anyone who teaches at a community college. It is valuable and important work. But I think it’s fair to say th…

Community college? Come on, be serious. I mean jobs in which people can have an actual academic career, i.e. be published and have an impact on their discipline.

And 8 being an indication of good fortune predates Nazism.

I never heard of 88, but the ok symbol was definitely a 4chan creation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture So, I’m very skeptical of “secret Nazi dog whistle” nonsense. If …

Just so you know, most of that “nazi dog whistle” stuff (like the ok sign) was fabricated by trolls on 4chan. So maybe think for yourself a little before you go accusing people of …

Racism was wrong, so we must be racist.

Just so you know, I have no interest in or affiliation with any sort of nazism. What does 88 have to do with anything? For the record, I originally made this throwaway to criticize…

You may not be aware of this, but university professors tend to hold their jobs for a very long time, often 30, 40, or even 50 years. So if you look at a department now, that means…

Not mentioned here, but if you want an academic job in the humanities, in the US, don't be white. Universities have adopted explicitly racist hiring policies for the time being.

The difference is that the UK government does not round up citizens who criticize it and send them to re-education/torture camps. So, people are a little less upset about being und…

The CCP isn't going to stop with Hong Kong. The US needs to get its act together, stop flagellating itself about race, and present a viable opposition before it's too late.