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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sums it up well. [twitter]https://twitter.com/ibramxk/status/1742937024913707427[/twitter][/quote]

But we aren’t assuming, right?

Gay lost her at-will position because of the fallout of her testimony and multiple incidents of documented plagiarism.

She screwed up. She was no longer equipped to lead the university given the media circus and impact on donors and applicants.

She didn’t lose her job because she wasn’t white.

In fact, she very likely had an advantage in landing her job given the school’s interest in having a diverse leader.

It’s weird to bottom line this incident to an assumption that she wasn’t qualified due to race.

And it’s even weirder to make sweeping generalizations along the lines of race when it comes to actual qualifications on the individual level.

Re: his comments about the assumption that white people land sweet gigs purely based on their credentials (or more directly, his assertion that white people got their gigs simply because they are white) - I think everyone realizes there are many factors at play for high profile positions. Credentials coupled with charisma, confidence, and connections are commonsense. And sometimes there’s a concerted effort to hire a woman or person of color. It’s a mixed bag. [/quote]

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