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March 23, 2005
OU President acting "like a 3-year-old"
For those of you who don't live in university settings this story will sound so strange. Consider the following events: (1) Ohio University's Faculty Senate considers a policy change about some minor issue (something about the rules under which faculty can take courses at the university). (2) A black professor who runs something called the Caucus of Educators and Staff of African Descent (COESAD) objects to the new policy on grounds few people can understand. (3) The Faculty Senate considers the objection but nevertheless passes the new policy. (4) OU President Roderick McDavis throws out the race card and walks out of the meeting. [NB: McDavis is black himself and has spent his whole career in the "diversity" biz.] (5) Charges of institutional racism ensue.... Alas, for those of us working in universities, this is "dog bites man" stuff. Initial story here. Follow up story here. A defensive letter to the editor here. [Thanks to Dave for the pointer.] Posted by Robert Lawson at 11:16 AM in Politics
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From the linked letter to the editor: "Such comments, I am sure, would never have been aimed at President Glidden, no matter how disturbing the Senate body may have perceived his actions to be." This reminds me of the SNL sketch where a black actor gets made-up as a white man to see how white people treat each other when no black people are around. He goes into a store and tries to buy something, and the (white) clerk says, "No, just take it. Sure, go ahead, you can take it for free." That sketch was a riot. And that black actor was none other than Eddie Murphy. Posted by: Hube at March 24, 2005 11:34 AMThe letter to the editor is fascinating. That's quite a veto power the author wants to give anyone of "color". And, of course, in his world you can never describe immature behavior as a childlike tantrum if you're describing the behavior of a black man. No, that insult must be reserved for whites only. I can't help but wonder whether the president of OU is really so fragile as to need defending against the charge of acting like a child. Posted by: Jason at March 30, 2005 10:08 AM |
The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it. -Adam Smith
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