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Traditional university physics culture (especially graduate study and
research) has embraced the often-hostile, cutting "legal
advocacy-style" debate of ideas and usually neglects the interpersonal
relationship side of interactions. Traditional physics culture is
almost certainly responsible for creating a lack of particular
populations -- like women and African-Americans in the field; they're
staying away in droves. Physics continues to pay a high
price for this
traditional culture. Some of us want this culture to change, and we
are working very hard at change. (AIP even reports that there
are fewer
than 1% minorities in _HS level_ physics teaching.)
. . .