{"id":16765,"date":"2020-07-09T03:48:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16765"},"modified":"2020-07-09T03:48:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:48:42","slug":"quick-takes-when-all-lives-dont-matter-non-woke-deans-lives-dont-matter-hate-filled-cambridge-professors-life-does-matter-white-lives-dont-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/07\/09\/quick-takes-when-all-lives-dont-matter-non-woke-deans-lives-dont-matter-hate-filled-cambridge-professors-life-does-matter-white-lives-dont-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 When All Lives Don\u2019t Matter: Non-Woke Dean\u2019s Lives Don\u2019t Matter; Hate-filled Cambridge Professor\u2019s Life Does Matter; White Lives Don\u2019t Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: All lives matter\u2026 except for THEM!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ptC2La7k5E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6764\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/britannia_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One might think that believing that we are all equal and that all our lives matter would be woke. \u00a0 But then one would be 180\u00b0 <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=15157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrong<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUniversity of Massachusetts-Lowell Dean of Nursing Leslie Neal-Boylan issued an email on June 2 to the Solomont School of Nursing in light of the recent anti-racism demonstrations across the country, sources told Campus Reform. In the message, Neal-Boylan told students that \u2018everyone&#8217;s life matters.\u2019 Days later, Neal-Boylan was out of a job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe sources shared with Campus Reform the email over which Neal-Boylan was allegedly fired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018I am writing to express my concern and condemnation of the recent (and past) acts of violence against people of color,\u2019 Neal-Boylan wrote in the email. \u2018Recent events recall a tragic history of racism and bias that continue to thrive in this country. I despair for our future as a nation if we do not stand up against violence against anyone,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Dear SSON Community,\u2019 the email provided to Campus Reform begins. \u2018I am writing to express my concern and condemnation of the recent (and past) acts of violence against people of color. Recent events recall a tragic history of racism and bias that continue to thrive in this country. I despair for our future as a nation if we do not stand up against violence against anyone. BLACK LIVES MATTER, but also, EVERYONE&#8217;S LIFE MATTERS.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018No one should have to live in fear that they will be targeted for how they look or what they believe,\u2019 the provided email continues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis sparked controversy among many who received her email. The letter was posted to Twitter by a student who expressed disappointment in the Dean\u2019s \u2018everyone\u2019s life matters\u2019 statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, if all lives don\u2019t matter, which ones don\u2019t? Obviously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/cambridge-university-defends-and-promotes-professor-who-says-white-lives-dont-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White people<\/a>\u2019s.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA British university defended one of its professors following a petition launched against her after she posted on social media that \u201cwhite lives don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPriyamvada Gopal, a professor in colonial and postcolonial literature at Cambridge University, posted a series of tweets Tuesday saying \u2018white lives don\u2019t matter\u2019 and \u2018abolish whiteness\u2019 and the backlash prompted the university to issue a statement that said that professors have the right to express their opinions, according to Summit News.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obviously, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/25\/twitter-racist-cambridge-university-professor-promotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rewarded<\/a> for this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Racism is bad, but violence against someone because of their race is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/06\/29\/white-lives-dont-matter-academic-i-resist-urges-to-kneecap-white-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social justice<\/a>\u201d <em>if<\/em> the race the one subjected to violence is White!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMore racist tweets by Cambridge University Professor Priyamvada Gopal have been unearthed, including one in which she spoke about her urge to \u2018kneecap white men.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGopal caused controversy last week when she tweeted \u2018white lives don\u2019t matter,\u2019 prompting a petition demanding she be fired. However, Cambridge University responded by promoting her to a full professorship, despite the fact that the tweet was censored by Twitter for hate speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe media\u2019s reaction was to portray Gopal as the victim of bullying while feigning infinitely greater outrage over a \u2018white lives matter\u2019 banner that was flown over a soccer match in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMore hateful tweets have now been discovered, including one discussion where Gopal states, \u2018I resist urges to kneecap white men every day. So, no **I** am the hero.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Again, this person was <a href=\"https:\/\/thewashingtonsentinel.com\/professor-says-white-lives-dont-matter-school-promotes-her-gives-her-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rewarded<\/a> for her racial hatred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"When All Lives Don\u2019t Matter: Non-Woke Dean\u2019s Lives Don\u2019t Matter; Hate-filled Cambridge Professor\u2019s Life Does Matter; White Lives Don\u2019t Matter\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: All lives matter\u2026 except for THEM!\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/britannia_small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: All lives matter\u2026 except for THEM! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/07\/09\/quick-takes-when-all-lives-dont-matter-non-woke-deans-lives-dont-matter-hate-filled-cambridge-professors-life-does-matter-white-lives-dont-mat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[25,24,42,20,69,48],"class_list":["post-16765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-mood-music","tag-occupy","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16766,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16765\/revisions\/16766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}