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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article about Thursday at trial: 
https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_fef427c2-bbee-11ee-a3d6-dbeab64b84e6.html

The defense is arguing that the tenure committee was concerned about the Plaintiff's independence from her adviser. There also appear to have been some shenanigans related to trying to question the legitimacy of the Plaintiff's doctorate.

[quote] [Department Head] Kim raised the issue in an email, seeking [Vice Provost Hollenbeck's] advice on how to determine whether Sizyuk's doctoral degree was legitimate. Hollenbeck replied after some research that it was.

“We have learned nothing that the primary committee could not have learned themselves from a quick web search or a conversation with Tatyana," he added in an apparent chide. "If their goal was to wait it out and play 'gotcha' then we have a fire to put out. No?”[/quote][/quote]

The linked article seems derogatory for the plaintiff's case.   It shows Kim documented her independence, or lack there of, and her defiance.

It's entirely possible that she lacks qualities for a tenure at a T5 engineering school in the country - and ishii made derogatory statements against women in general.  Tatyana needs to show that ishii was directing his derogatory statements specifically at her. Otherwise, it looks as if ishii is an early opponent DEI -  the need to promote otherwise incompetent Tatyana for the sake of diversity. [/quote]

Saying a woman lacks independence (is needy) and is defiant (bossy) actually makes the case for claiming that guy was a misogynist.[/quote]

Did you read the linked article?  Kim testified independence is one of the most critical factors in a tenure process. It is not a criterion Purdue made up just for this woman. [/quote]

+1. From the testimony so far, I think Ishii was way beyond the pale in terms of his racism and misogyny. But I don't think application of the independence criterion is evidence of it. That said, I would not be surprised if the plaintiff responded with evidence and/or argument that the independence rationale was a pretext. [/quote]

I don't believe ishii is a racist.  Kim, a Korean native,  testified he's have to conscientiously distance himself from ishii - a Tokyo native and his former mentor - even as ishii was professionally pulling for him to succeed. For a tokyo native to vet for a Korean native is similar to a Jewish prof pullong for his Palestinian protegee to succeed, or a German Nazi pulling for a Jewish protegee. Something's not right about the plaintiff's case. [/quote]

Ishii is definitely a racist. You seem to have missed the many witnesses who have testified that the man repeatedly characterized white men as "lazy and stupid." [/quote]

And for a jury trial in Indiana, that will probably be enough [/quote]

It might be enough to prove PP's debating point, but the plaintiff in this case needs to do more. Elon Musk has characterized DEI as DIE after complaining airlines forced to hire and promote pilots in the name of diversity leads to planes falling out of the sky. This can't possibly mean Musk will lose every discrimination case going forward. [/quote]

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