Current Events > Went to go see what Pam Grier's been up to since someone on CE mentioned her

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*Sees she styles herself as "Pam Grier, PhD*

"Oh fuck yeah, what'd she get her degree in?"

Grier received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2011. That same year, she received an honorary Doctorate of Science from Langston University.

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Y Pam

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You sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie

nah but for real are those fake schools or something? clear it up for the luddites >_>

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God she was so fine. Even in Jackie Brown she was still bangable

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hyperpowder posted...

God she was so fine. Even in Jackie Brown she was still bangable

A man of taste and culture I see

Eyeratosthenes posted...

nah but for real are those fake schools or something? clear it up for the luddites >_>

I think it's just generally really poor form to use the title or call yourself a Doctor if it's not a real degree that you earned. Misleading at best.

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Phynaster posted...

I think it's just generally really poor form to use the title or call yourself a Doctor if it's not a real degree that you earned. Misleading at best.

I figured that's what you meant, but where I get lost is in not knowing what makes them fake

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Eyeratosthenes posted...

nah but for real are those fake schools or something? clear it up for the luddites >_>

They are HBCUs. Historically Black Colleges/Universities.

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Eyeratosthenes posted...

I figured that's what you meant, but where I get lost is in not knowing what makes them fake

Honorary doctorates are just things some universities give out to celebrities or other people with cultural or field-specific impact/contributions. No academic work involved.

*To be clear, I don't think there's anything wrong with them, especially as Kastrada said like HBCUs recognizing someone like Grier's contributions. But using the title is pretty lame.

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Phynaster posted...

A man of taste and culture I see

I think it's just generally really poor form to use the title or call yourself a Doctor if it's not a real degree that you earned. Misleading at best.

If nothing else it's disrespectful to people who actually worked to get a PhD.

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Phynaster posted...

Honorary doctorates are just things some universities give out to celebrities or other people with cultural or field-specific impact/contributions. No academic work involved

ah, thanks.

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Phynaster posted...

Honorary doctorates are just things some universities give out to celebrities or other people with cultural or field-specific impact/contributions. No academic work involved.

*To be clear, I don't think there's anything wrong with them, especially as Kastrada said like HBCUs recognizing someone like Grier's contributions. But using the title is pretty lame.

Yeah, this. "Honorary degrees" are basically just universities deciding, "Hey, this person is cool, let's honor them with a degree." More often than not they've never even taken a class at the university they receive the degree from.

I also think there's nothing wrong with them but using the title when all you have is an honorary degree is very tacky. Maybe she's being ironic? I hope she is.

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Pam Grier: They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard.

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