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From: cher@ihlpf.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Accuracy in Academia
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 16:22:48 EDT
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Being a CS major I did not take too many classes in which political
slants of the instructors had a chance to surface. However, I can 
clearly recall an introductory economics class where the instructor
was trying to peddle some unorthodox ideas. He remarked that an unusually
high percentage (%25) of medical doctors in the USSR were Jews, which attested,
in his view, to the high success and influence of Jews in the Soviet
society. The man had several fish to fry, I guess.
Being closely familiar with the issue I scoffed at the conclusion, 
but other people in the class might have accepted this as plain truth...
AIA-like organization can be instrumental in curtailing such looney
outpours, although I don't know AIA well enough to voice my support for
its activities.

		Mike Cherepov
(BTW, even given that his figures were correct, medical doctors aren't at
all a privileged lot in the Soviet society - the avg. salary of an MD
is lower then that of a worker, and at least 70% of MDs are women. As
for the influence of the Jews....)