As I wrote yesterday after the Dr. Jill Biden kerfuffle, I grew up in an academic family where no one with a PhD used the title "doctor." We were raised to be self-effacing and self-deprecating and to be dismissive of titles. That modesty was, of course, a position of privilege. Those who know they will be heard the first time they speak do not need to shout.
A Note on Titles, and Dr. Biden
A Note on Titles, and Dr. Biden
A Note on Titles, and Dr. Biden
As I wrote yesterday after the Dr. Jill Biden kerfuffle, I grew up in an academic family where no one with a PhD used the title "doctor." We were raised to be self-effacing and self-deprecating and to be dismissive of titles. That modesty was, of course, a position of privilege. Those who know they will be heard the first time they speak do not need to shout.