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Should Dean of Yale be Fired for Racist Remarks?

Should Yale Dean be fired for racist comments online?

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Hey, she has the right to say whatever she pleases but not the right to sidestep consequences her actions/words may present.
 
ecofarm said:
I notice that neither source you've provided refer to her remarks as racist. Only you do that. Do you have a source referring to the remarks as racist, or is it just you?
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She did so herself it seems:

“There are no two ways about it,” she wrote. “Not only were they insensitive in matters related to class and race; they demean the values to which I hold myself and which I offer as a member of this community.”
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Yale dean placed on leave over "white trash" Yelp reviews - CBS News
 
ecofarm said:
I notice that neither source you've provided refer to her remarks as racist. Only you do that. Do you have a source referring to the remarks as racist, or is it just you?
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Tell me eco, who would be an accepted source by your standards, for determining if Chu's comments are racist?
 
truthatallcost said:
Tell me eco, who would be an accepted source by your standards, for determining if Chu's comments are racist?
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Don't worry about me. Just find a source that calls it racist, or admit it's not.
 
ecofarm said:
Doesn't call it racist.
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Are you kidding me? A self described "matter of race" is racial which is synonymous with racist. I suppose calling someone "black scum" or "Asian filth" is not racist to you either. Get real.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Are you kidding me? A self described "matter of race" is racial which is synonymous with racist. I suppose calling someone "black scum" or "Asian filth" is not racist to you either. Get real.
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"Insensitive to race" is not racist. Find a source that calls it racist.

"White trash" refers to poor, trailer park culture, white people; it doesn't refer to all white people. Are you intentionally misconstruing the term and making false equivalences because of an agenda, or do you just not understand the difference?
 
SJW apologists are going for the gold as they perform mental gymnastics to defend June Chu's obviously racist remarks!
 
joG said:
No. If she is good, she should stay. But it is rather naive to use language that might aggravate some group or another, if you are in public view.
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I have no idea what her job performance has looked like, but she comes across as overly hostile to people of a certain race. As long as that race is white, then she's a perfect fit for institutions of higher learning in 2017.
 
If she had referred to trailer park culture as "white culture", that would be bigoted. But she didn't do that.
 
ecofarm said:
Don't worry about me.
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You're the one asking for a 'source' who has determined that her comments are racist. If I provide a source that you don't like, you're surely going to attack it. So give me some clue as to what you're looking for here.

Just find a source that calls it racist, or admit it's not.
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Do you need a source to tell you what to think? Sounds like it.
 
ecofarm said:
If she had referred to trailer park culture as "white culture", that would be bigoted. But she didn't do that.
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She used the term 'white trash'. If she'd said 'black trash', or 'trashy black people', would you consider that racist?
 
truthatallcost said:
You're the one asking for a 'source' who has determined that her comments are racist. If I provide a source that you don't like, you're surely going to attack it. So give me some clue as to what you're looking for here.
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Just show me a source that refers to it as racist. Otherwise, we can only presume you've pulled that out of your ass in an ignorant attempt at playing the race card.

Do you need a source to tell you what to think? Sounds like it.
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I'm not concerned with what I think. I'm concerned with what you claimed. This is a debate website. Back up your claim with a source.
 
truthatallcost said:
She used the term 'white trash'. If she'd said 'black trash', or 'trashy black people', would you consider that racist?
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"Black trash" or "trashy black people" would presumably refer to all black people. "White trash" does not refer to all white people, it's a term with specific meaning.

You know that. You pretend not to so you can dishonestly play the race card and the victim card.
 
Kal'Stang said:
No I don't believe she should be fired. Her Yelp reviews were done on her private time and does not reflect on Yale itself. No matter what anyone says. What a person does on their own private time and while not on the job does not equal automatically associate with their job/business. Let her be.
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Donald Sterling was forced to sell his NBA basketball team, over comments he made during an illegally taped phone call.

I sense a huge level in hypocrisy in how American society reacts to stories involving racial comments.
 
truthatallcost said:
I have no idea what her job performance has looked like, but she comes across as overly hostile to people of a certain race. As long as that race is white, then she's a perfect fit for institutions of higher learning in 2017.
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Actually, it sounds more like she disrespects persons with certain sociological attributes and behavior patterns and not so much races.
 
ecofarm said:
"Insensitive to race" is not racist. Find a source that calls it racist.

"White trash" refers to poor, trailer park culture, white people; it doesn't refer to all white people. Are you intentionally misconstruing the term and making false equivalences because of an agenda, or do you just not understand the difference?
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I post as Totally Texas White Trailer Trash and my Zip Code - so what do you think? The term "trailer trash" is not racist but the term "white trash" is racist - hell, even you should be able to see that trailer is not a racial reference and that white is. I notice that you did not address the terms "black scum" or "Asian filth" - why, exactly, was that?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
I post as Totally Texas White Trailer Trash and my Zip Code - so what do you think? The term "trailer trash" is not racist but the term "white trash" is racist - hell, even you should be able to see that trailer is not a racial reference and that white is. I notice that you did not address the terms "black scum" or "Asian filth" - why, exactly, was that?
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It doesn't refer to all white people. You know that.

I certainly did address "Asian trash" and "black trash", twice. Both in reply to you and in reply to Truthatallcost.

Are you gonna find a source to back your claim that her remarks were racist? If not, admit you pulled that out of your ass to dishonestly play the race card and the victim card.
 
ecofarm said:
Just show me a source that refers to it as racist. Otherwise, we can only presume you've pulled that out of your ass in an ignorant attempt at playing the race card.



I'm not concerned with what I think. I'm concerned with what you claimed. This is a debate website. Back up your claim with a source.
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It is derogatory.........................Nuff said.

I guess you think it is OK for the head of a school to promote a environment of demeaning, disrespectful, and deprecatory attitudes?

You really are are something else.
 
ecofarm said:
"Black trash" or "trashy black people" would presumably refer to all black people. "White trash" does not refer to all white people, it's a term with specific meaning.
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Can you tell me what that meaning is?


You know that. You pretend not to so you can dishonestly play the race card and the victim card.
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It sounds like you are fine with insulting white people, based on their race, if they don't live up to your criteria. How is this any different from calling a black person a nigger, because they happen to be from a poor, less educated background, than say someone from the middle or upper class of African American descent?
 
ecofarm said:
Whites are not a disadvantaged minority. She in no way contributed to disadvantage or privilege. Her comments do no harm at a societal level.

Did she claim whites are inferior?
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Not unless you regard trash as inferior.

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RetiredUSN said:
It is derogatory.........................Nuff said.
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No, not enough said. It's derogatory to a subset of white people. It's not racist.

Provide a source claiming it's racist or admit that's a BS claim.

I guess you think it is OK for the head of a school to promote a environment of demeaning, disrespectful, and deprecatory attitudes?
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"White trash" is not racist, but it is classist. In that regard, it's not cool.

Do you need a safe space?
 
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