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Well this was a nice gesture…Gates Sends Flowers to 911 Caller
The more we learn about this incident the more we learn what a truly bigoted and idiotic individual this Gates clown really is. It would would appear that the only person who did something wrong or inconsiderate in the whole episode is Gates himself. But he has done his part to continue the dialogue on race in America 😉 because we do live in an Apartheid state in the US. Folks like him make me just a little bit nauseous.
I read an interesting article over the weekend from a “townie” who became a Harvard graduate and later Harvard professor. His position was that this wasn't a racial issue – although that is what the media and most of America sees. His interpretation was that this was a “class” issue — that there is a great deal of animosity between the “elite” faculty in Cambridge and the “townies” – afterall, a tenured Harvard professor is superior to all comers, especially the unwashed, uneducated masses that make up the locals… or words to that effect. So, in the case of “Skip” Gates, he was/is an elitist (along with the rest of his Harvard peers) who happens to also have a racial chip on his shoulders (since postulating on the chip is the focus of his teaching and thus his “elite” status).Don't know how accurate that is, but thought it an interesting commentary on the subject.
I read an interesting article over the weekend from a "townie" who became a Harvard graduate and later Harvard professor. His position was that this wasn't a racial issue - although that is what the media and most of America sees. His interpretation was that this was a "class" issue -- that there is a great deal of animosity between the "elite" faculty in Cambridge and the "townies" - afterall, a tenured Harvard professor is superior to all comers, especially the unwashed, uneducated masses that make up the locals... or words to that effect. So, in the case of "Skip" Gates, he was/is an elitist (along with the rest of his Harvard peers) who happens to also have a racial chip on his shoulders (since postulating on the chip is the focus of his teaching and thus his "elite" status).Don't know how accurate that is, but thought it an interesting commentary on the subject.
That is probably at least part of it.
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