Menchú's dishonesty is abetted by the dishonesty of our professoriate. I have recently been distressed at the rampant cheating and plagiarism at my institution. Unfortunately the students have few honest role models among their mentors. The Menchú controversy, like the Clinton controversy, reveals the depth of academic disregard for truth in the post-modern era. It was interesting to see the truth-seeker (Dr. Stoll) likened to Kenneth Starr, who has apparently now replaced McCarthy as the satanic icon. Thank goodness I got out of Anthropology at its peak twenty years ago. I now teach law to ignorant central Floridians, but it is much easier to hide behind the truth in law than in the social sciences.
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