[Felis_irritable]

According to police, an officer ordered the man to identify himself and Prof Gates refused.

I would *hope* and *expect* to be asked for ID if I was seen breaking into my house. I live in a small town but I don't expect the cops to know everybody here.

He is the director of Harvard University's WEB du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

Gee I wonder if this has anything to do with his attitude??

[Niuhuru]

Of course mon frere. They are racial researchers.

[SmokingJoe]

“He is the director of Harvard University's WEB du Bois Institute for African and African American Research”

In other words, he is a professor of the Black Panthers, playing the victim, affirmative action, blaming whitey for every mistake they make, demanding special treatment, and presuming to be above the law.
Guys, this turd was merely practicing what he teaches.

[Stentor]

As a literary theorist and critic, meanwhile, Gates has combined literary techniques of deconstruction with native African literary traditions;...

As Gene Shepherd would say: "It's a senseless farrago".