#47 Arts Degrees
February 1, 2008 by clander
When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are knowns as the Arts. This includes actual Art, English, History, Classics, and Philosophy. These can of course be broken down further into Film, Womyn’s Studies (yes the spelling is correct), Communications, Gender Studies, and so forth. It is important to note that a high percentage of white people also get degrees in Political Science, which is pretty much like arts, and only seems to have the word “science” in it to make white people feel better about themselves.
These degrees enable white people to spend four yeas of their lives reading books, writing papers and feeling great about themselves. It is a known fact that Arts students firmly believe that they are doing you/society a favor by not getting a job and reading Proust. They use this to protest for reduced tuition, more money for the arts, and special reduced student rates on things like bus passes.
But what about the white people who study Science, Engineering or Business? Unless they become doctors, they essentially lose white person status (and can only be regained by working at a non-profit).
So why would white people spend all that time studying and working to get into college if they are just going to read books that they might have read in their free time? Because white people have it made. They can take that degree and easily parlay it into a non profit job, an art gallery job, or work in publishing. If the pay is low, no problem, their parents will happily help out with rent until they magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.
White people can also take that degree and go to graduate school (future post) and eventually become a professor or adjunct professor where they will still require parental support.
If they are REALLY ambitious and need to make money, they can take that degree and go to Law School.
But the real reason white people need these degrees is so that they can sound smart at parties. Of course it trickles down to making connections, getting hired, knowing rich people, and so forth. But ultimately it all begins by saying “reading Henry James was the most rewarding part of undergrad.”
Using this to your advantage can be very difficult as attempts to talk about the books they skimmed while hungover can expose you. It is best to say that you were a first generation college student and your parents demanded that you study math, chemistry, economics or computer science. You had to read Joyce on your own.
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All my mates with jobs are pissed off watching me doss about painting pictures all day, but I think im entitled to feel smug; soon I’ll have a fine arts degree and as we know there ain’t nobody giving a fuck about a fine art degree…
i think this describes white yuppies more than white people in general.
Hey, that’s the McGill University Arts building! Go martlets!
Coming from the blog “Ich werde ein Berliner” (how to become a Berliner and to blend in with ze Germans) I learned just from reading #001 to #047 that white people and Berliners are just the same. Now I understand why the Americans love Berlin that much, they feel quite homey.
Reading the comments is extra comfort – next time one says Germans don’t know humor and do not understand sarkasm I can refer to these comments (especially the one about veggies) – here are some fine examples of not understanding the concept of irony. Makes a German gal (not from Berlin) really happy.
Dude I can only find 5 things on this site that I like and Im pretty sure im white
or maybe im not
Please see:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/
This one has ME pegged. Not only do I have an Arts degree in Political Science, and have gone on to law school so I can make some money.. I got my Arts degree from McGill, which is the picture in this blog post.
Ummm, has anyone actually walked through a math, science or engineering department? I’ve been through about 10 and I’m sorry poster, they’re disproportionately white and male – ESPECIALLY computer science – most non-whites tend to be either foreign exchange students or 2nd generation asians…
I don’t know about business departments but then that’s not a real academic field anyway so screw ‘em… In fact I don’t even consider someone with a business degree to have gone to college…
Nice…no matter how far in life you may get with a math degree, you’ll always work for somebody. I suggest taking an economics or finance class in order to form an actual opinion. Studying business is not college? Studying accounting would make even you, the almighty, pull hair out in chunks. Middle-management-destined bitch.
Business degrees, and MBA’s are jokes, and are easy enough for any simpleton. They may make more money eventually than engineers, science, comp sci, math etc. But they are still in the end useless and easy.
And middle management? Most people who go in the fields that require above- average intelligence do it since its fun and interesting, and like to be in the development of technology and knowledge.
Take someone with a graduate degree in any engineering, science etc. and put him in an MBA program, and he will do fine, if not excel.
Take an MBA and put him into a graduate science/ engineering class etc and I would like to see him do the homework.
Could do the same for any decently leveled class in undergrad, ie partial diff eqs or quantum mech. vs advance accounting or something.
Yes – but do you know what a female looks like?
Stuff White People Like #Whatever: Undermining other white people’s degrees to feel better about their own intellect, career path or student debt.
I graduated in computer science and was definitely in the minority as a white male.
I WANT A MILLION DOLLARS!!! Can one million RICH WHITE PEOPLE send me one dollar apiece, puh-lease????
I don’t want money from any Asians, or Blacks or Hispanics. You guys NEED your money. I only want one dollar apiece from RICH WHITE PEOPLE who seem to WASTE their money on obtaining arts degrees.
Waste it on me instead. Thanks so much! (First person who comments “You ARE a waste.” is a rotten egg. You thought it. I know you did. Stop lying. See? I knew it.)
http://thepighasacurlytail.wordpress.com/million-dollar-fund/
What exactly do you mean by saying Blacks, Hispanics and Chinese need their money? How rude of you to say, its obvious that you need the money because you are begging for people to give you some. You’re obviously not very wise because if you would know a lot of minorites are stepping up in the world and are making a big success of themselves! I think that it is wrong for you to say such rude things and even for this website to be up and running. And if you disagree with me, I’m begging you to write back! That was just taking it entirely too far and yes I am INDEED calling you out about it!
Please go away.
I think this is one of the weaker ones on the list. Most people I know make fun of Arts students (including the arts students)because their future job options aren’t as good as science/business/engineer degrees.
That being said though, if you changed this to “knowing the stuff that is taught for an arts degree” then it would be bang on.
I may be a math major, which is about as far from arts as you can get but I do enjoy me my philosophy and english lit
Maths was traditionally considered one of the liberal arts
Wanker…
Oh crap, I lost my white standing…! I got a degree in something that actually pays. I guess it matter when you actually have to foot the bill.
Me too! Plus it is actually in FINE art. I am happy to say over $65k, about 12 weeks off each year, no weekends and with the best benefits possible. I guess you just have to know what to go for and then DO it. I grow weary of the old fine arts don’t pay myth. If you work hard, they will.
Oh yeah and I LOVE my job…almost always a good to excellent day there. Like you, I also paid my way through college. Every penny.
True
Idiots.
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