That double standard has been around for a while. Grundy have a double standard when it comes to racism. candidate, Lauren Chanel Allen, wrote in Quartz:Ī few white students are upset that their bubbles were burst, and for five seconds they were forced to think about their race and privilege-and Boston University instantly condemns a Black woman for provoking this discomfort. Grundy’s defense, using the hashtag #isupportsaida, saying that the professor’s words were not racist, just uncomfortable. Grundy’s comments are offensive and/or racist.” Students then rushed to Dr. The recent rush to defend a black professor’s racist tweets is evidence of powerful self-deception about race.Īn incoming professor of sociology and African-American studies at Boston University, Saida Grundy, tweeted, “Why is white america so reluctant to identify white college males as a problem population?” In his letter responding to controversy over these and other comments, BU president Robert Brown acknowledged that “Many have expressed the view that some of Dr.
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