Harvard email on race goes viral

[DrPhil]

His viewpoints are what they are. That has been said by whites for over a century. Leonard Jeffries had a version of Blacks as sun people and whites as ice people. It's all the same kind of dumb, except the dumb of whites who believe such things (whites are the majority in power and population size) is more likely to transition from opinion and bigotry to discrimination.

It is inappropriate to go after his clerkship solely based on his personal opinions. Let him think what he wants and learn what everyone else knows, which is certain viewpoints are best left for certain environments.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

His viewpoints are what they are. That has been said by whites for over a century. Leonard Jeffries had a version of Blacks as sun people and whites as ice people. It's all the same kind of dumb, except the dumb of whites who believe such things (whites are the majority in power and population size) is more likely to transition from opinion and bigotry to discrimination.

It is inappropriate to go after his clerkship solely based on his personal opinions. Let him think what he wants and learn what everyone else knows, which is certain viewpoints are best left for certain environments.

It says her in the end of the post. Apparently it's a woman. I agree on the later part. No need to go after her clerkship. Outing her as a bigot may take care of any of that on by itself.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

It says her in the end of the post. Apparently it's a woman. I agree on the later part. No need to go after her clerkship. Outing her as a bigot may take care of any of that on by itself.

Outing her as a bigot is also dumb. She outed herself as a bigot. What's the point of forwarding the email?

If they had an issue with her bigotry via university email, they should have taken that up with Harvard. If the goal was "now what, bitch" then I guess they succeeded...in making themselves look like they need a hobby.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Outing her as a bigot is also dumb. She outed herself as a bigot. What's the point of forwarding the email?

If they had an issue with her bigotry via university email, they should have taken that up with Harvard. If the goal was "now what, bitch" then I guess they succeeded...in making themselves look like they need a hobby.

Did she out herself? Just to one person. That person outed her to everyone else. The thing about lawyers with federal clerkships...they usually have aspirations for public office. This will come back to haunt her someday. That's likely the reason what the goal of the outing was.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Did she out herself? Just to one person.

Yeah, you out yourself anytime you share an opinion that you know is an unpopular and widely held as offensive.

Lesson learned on her part. She didn't even wait until she got her bigtime career started for this to happen.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yeah, you out yourself anytime you share an opinion that you know is an unpopular and widely held as offensive.

Lesson learned on her part. She didn't even wait until she got her bigtime career started for this to happen.

Yep. Three years of expensive Harvard Law School education...well, I won't say down the drain, but she may not get to have the future she thought she'd have.