Smith College can’t shake an alleged instance of racial profiling from 2018. Now it’s being accused of antiwhite racism. By Colleen Flaherty, April 15, 2021 Smith College continues to face fallout over an allegedly racist 2018 incident, which independent investigators later determined wasn’t necessarily racist after all. This week, activist Robert L. Woodson and Jodi …
Smith College cafeteria worker who was smeared with false racism claim says her life has ‘never been the same’ as she files internal complaint Jackie Blair launched fundraising campaign to cover her legal and medical costs In 2018, she was falsely accused of racism by Smith student Oumou Kanoute Blair is a cafeteria worker at the …
Some pushback to the toxic wokeness at Smith College By Jerry Coyne, March 24, 2021 In my darker hours I tend to think that Wokeness is a one-way ratchet, as I see nothing that would reverse the trend. Woke teachers in colleges turn students into woke young people, who then go into their jobs and …
Columnist Carrie N. Baker and Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley: A response to attacks on diversity initiatives at Smith College By Carrie N. Baker and Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley, March 24, 2021 “Diversity, the most aggressively inculcated of all university lies, is not a strength of any nation but actually a weakness, and in America it merely translates into white …
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Letter castigates Smith over handling of 2018 incident where no bias was found By Greta Jochem, March 24, 2021 NORTHAMPTON — A group of more than three dozen Black academic, religious leaders and others from around the country, many of them conservative, sent an open letter to Smith College President Kathleen McCartney this week urging …
Black Intellectuals Demand Smith College Apologize to Smeared Workers, End ‘Anti-Bias’ Training By Tobias Hoonhout, March 22, 2021 More than 40 African American intellectuals are asking Smith College to end the “forced, accusatory ‘anti-bias’ training” that was mandated for campus service workers after a student falsely accused some workers of racially-profiling her. The letter, obtained by National Review, was sent …
African-American intellectuals decry Smith College’s false cries of racism By Robert L. Woodson, Jr., March 22, 2021 After a black student at Smith College claimed she was racially profiled, the university punished employees and forced them to apologize, while everyone underwent mandatory “antibias” training. But a later investigation revealed that not only was the student …
Anthony Fyden: Paper shows little interest in important story about Smith College By Anthony Fyden, March 18, 2021 The Gazette often exhorts readers to support community journalism. But it’s fair to wonder if the paper itself is truly committed. A former Smith College employee named Jodi Shaw has accused Smith of fostering a racially hostile workplace. …
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