they learn to not be short-sighted and self-obsessed.
I can hardly think of anyone more self-important and self-obsessed than an academic
The irony is that you are conveying a sense of self-importance and I won't even bother commenting on the self-obsession part, but point is, what the fuck does your opinion matter? It's not backed up by anything. I could literally say Chris Jericho, the wrestler, portrayed a persona with more self-importance and self-obsession. Or even the Kim dynasty with the amount of statues, pictures, painting, etc that show depictions, images and etc. of them, as well as the propaganda that he forces the citizens to watch or about like the 18 hole-in-ones story. Hell, Henry VIII literally changed the Country's religion to Protestantism because he wanted to break tradition and be able to divorce some of the wives that didn't get killed or die.
Point is it's a disingenuous sentiment that doesn't fairly represent anything. There's either a lack of information, whether studied, or learned from the environment to explain the lack of context and other plausible possibilities, a clear bias against the subject that leads to things like: intending to discredit them, failing to see individuality in a group leading to failure to see the individual as anything but an idealized representation of the object in your head which leads to speaking of an unrealistic subject because it's not a realistic representation or a respectable one at that. It's likely a mix of both when people say this as a true sentiment instead of just to troll.
I don't want to even bother with the weird deflective conversation about matrimony in the black community. Like.. really. What the fuck is this topic supposed to be about
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If you're not looking for any honest discussion, agreement, meeting halfway or middle ground, don't bother arguing with me. Selfish narcissists need not apply.