SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
The Face of Modern Racism
A black professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is blaming racism for the fact that he was recently denied tenure, and the Boston Globe is wasting no time giving him a platform for his grievances.
Dr. James L. Sherley, a stem cell researcher, admits that he has never suffered any “overt racism” but says that he has endured a hostile environment nonetheless. He says people often ask him which lab he works in when in fact he runs his own lab. For not taking the advice of other scientists on the faculty, he says, he was labeled "stubborn" instead of independent-minded.
And, worst of all, after he was involved at a shouting match about the relative merits of embryonic and adult stem cells, Sherley says he stopped getting invited to the dinners. Imagine!
"This is what racism looks like today," he said.
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Lame, man. Real lame.
What this gentleman is experiencing is not racism. It is a phenomenon known commonly as naturally occurring consequences to behavior. Sometimes astute parents use similar techniques in teaching children right from wrong. In short, it states that when one behaves a certain way, one can expect certain reactions to that behavior to follow. For example, if one turns on the burner on the stove and places one's hand thereon, one will receive a burn to the hand. Ergo, when one becomes involved in a shouting match at a professional dinner, one may expect not to be invited back to dinner.
Moron.
Just because dude is black and he didn't get everything he wanted does not make the reaction a racist action. The big bad world owes each of us the same thing: Jack Shit. What we get we earn, either positively or negatively. One would think that a gentleman of Mr. Sherley's obvious advanced learning would have picked that up along the way. Maybe he has, but his zeal toward being a victim of racism has clouded his ability to see forests because the damn trees get in the way. Regardless, his claims are ludicrous and pitiful. He'll end up doing more harm to his reputation than he would ever hope to gain by forcing these claims. At least I hope that's what happens; anymore, one never quite knows.
[/SnP mortaring in another brick]
A black professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is blaming racism for the fact that he was recently denied tenure, and the Boston Globe is wasting no time giving him a platform for his grievances.
Dr. James L. Sherley, a stem cell researcher, admits that he has never suffered any “overt racism” but says that he has endured a hostile environment nonetheless. He says people often ask him which lab he works in when in fact he runs his own lab. For not taking the advice of other scientists on the faculty, he says, he was labeled "stubborn" instead of independent-minded.
And, worst of all, after he was involved at a shouting match about the relative merits of embryonic and adult stem cells, Sherley says he stopped getting invited to the dinners. Imagine!
"This is what racism looks like today," he said.
***end***
Lame, man. Real lame.
What this gentleman is experiencing is not racism. It is a phenomenon known commonly as naturally occurring consequences to behavior. Sometimes astute parents use similar techniques in teaching children right from wrong. In short, it states that when one behaves a certain way, one can expect certain reactions to that behavior to follow. For example, if one turns on the burner on the stove and places one's hand thereon, one will receive a burn to the hand. Ergo, when one becomes involved in a shouting match at a professional dinner, one may expect not to be invited back to dinner.
Moron.
Just because dude is black and he didn't get everything he wanted does not make the reaction a racist action. The big bad world owes each of us the same thing: Jack Shit. What we get we earn, either positively or negatively. One would think that a gentleman of Mr. Sherley's obvious advanced learning would have picked that up along the way. Maybe he has, but his zeal toward being a victim of racism has clouded his ability to see forests because the damn trees get in the way. Regardless, his claims are ludicrous and pitiful. He'll end up doing more harm to his reputation than he would ever hope to gain by forcing these claims. At least I hope that's what happens; anymore, one never quite knows.
[/SnP mortaring in another brick]
Being honest and just is who you are. I meant changing other people. As for changing sides...that's just an option. One I, personally, wouldn't take, but it's an option none-the-less. 
