Fred’s University’s Psychology Department is hosting a conference on Imposter Syndrome this summer. Unfortunately, the conference organizer, an Anonymous Bitter Graduate Student, has announced that the event has been postponed since it has been discovered that the keynote speaker has been outed as falsifying data in a departmental Replication Crisis Probe.
The conference organizer noted in an off-the-record conversation, that while 70% of people are known to experience some sort of Imposter Syndrome, in reality, a much larger percentage are imposters of one kind or another. White Americans are automatically imposters because the resources and opportunities that contributed to their success have been stolen from generations of people of color. Without an even playing field, no white winners are legitimate. Whereas people of color are forced into imposter roles when they are made to feel like outsiders in white-dominated racist institutions.
The conference organizer added that until these larger societal ills are healed, the only treatment for Imposter Syndrome remains dubious “self-care” regimens. In keeping with this sad reality, the welcome packet for the conference will include branded scented candles and lotions from the conference’s corporate sponsor, Consolidated International Self-Care Incorporated.