http://www.educationnews.org/higher-education/chronicle-blogger-fired-after-black-studies-firestorm/ Education News Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/higher-education/chronicle-blogger-fired-after-black-studies-firestorm/#comment-9954 Lawrence Gladsden Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:28:35 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212972#comment-9954 one of the dissertations she singled out for scorn examined the targeting of blacks for high interest, high risk housing loans - many of them at higher rates than the buyers qualified for - as a form of racism. Accordiing to Ms. Jacobsen, a motgage executive at Wells Fargo, that's exactly what her bank did in a very concerted, organized, racist manner. But, I guess Ms. Riley couldn't be induced to read Ms. Jacobsen's writings either. one of the dissertations she singled out for scorn examined the targeting of blacks for high interest, high risk housing loans – many of them at higher rates than the buyers qualified for – as a form of racism. Accordiing to Ms. Jacobsen, a motgage executive at Wells Fargo, that’s exactly what her bank did in a very concerted, organized, racist manner. But, I guess Ms. Riley couldn’t be induced to read Ms. Jacobsen’s writings either.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/higher-education/chronicle-blogger-fired-after-black-studies-firestorm/#comment-9165 Julia Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:57 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212972#comment-9165 She deserves to get fired for posting without researching or reading those dissertations. That article was distasteful and absolutely disrespectful with not evidence to back up her harsh opinions. She deserves to get fired for posting without researching or reading those dissertations. That article was distasteful and absolutely disrespectful with not evidence to back up her harsh opinions.

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