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[quote=Anonymous]Michigan alum here. I was troubled by two things. First, the account of what happened with the dean of the law school not putting out a statement when George Floyd was murdered. This is told in a vacuum and does not describe the context, including: a law school faculty that had only 1-2 Black professors, a Dean who had his own insensitivities and who allegedly created a hostile work environment for one of the Black professors (pleadings can be found on line). 
Second, the account of the professor who had put a preemptive “apology” for “soft sexism” and referencing 1960s views of housewives. That the journalist found this to be a sincere “apology” and not an offensive set up is pretty sad.  If I were a woman student in the class, I would probably have dropped it. 
I also thought the constant references to the marital status of the Chief Diversity Officer to be very strange. If he was trying to imply something nefarious he should identify facts that would lead to that conclusion. 
All of that made me doubt the other claims in the article. [/quote]

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