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U-Md. Latino students described as ‘mediocre’ and ‘pretty bad’ in mass email
Washington Post ^ | September 2, 2017 | Ellie Silverman

Posted on 09/06/2017 9:01:58 AM PDT by reaganaut1

Latino students were described as “mediocre” and “pretty bad” in an email that was accidentally sent by a professor to students registering for a mock trial class at the University of Maryland.

Mark Graber sent the missive Thursday to students in the class, inadvertently including remarks from Abigail Graber, identified by the Diamondback student newspaper as his daughter and a lawyer who volunteered as an assistant coach for the team. The university then asked the two to resign, which they did, according to an email sent to students.

When asked to comment Friday evening, Mark Graber wrote in an email to The Washington Post: “Regrets, other than to note responsibility is entirely mine.” He declined an interview request because he considered “the incident closed.”

In the email to students, Abigail Graber wrote that she had a question about diversity. While lamenting that they had “almost no Latino students on team,” she proceeded to say that the Latino students were not very qualified for the class.

“If I were to rank purely on performance, I would probably only take 1 of them. Should I take 2? All three? None have mock trial experience,” Abigail Graber wrote. “The mediocre one is extremely involved in community activism/organizing (she’s the one I would probably take no matter what, what she lacks in skill she makes up in confidence, although she may be too busy for this commitment).”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; college; latinos
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The truth hurts, so it must be suppressed.
1 posted on 09/06/2017 9:01:58 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

You cannot flunk a Latina. You can see the sad results in the TV interviews conducted after the DACA decision yesterday.


2 posted on 09/06/2017 9:05:14 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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To: reaganaut1

Yup, one cannot give honest observations.
Let’s keep those quotas going.
After all, if Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch can become a lawyer, ANYONE can.
Something tells me the law profession standards are right down there with education and journalism.


3 posted on 09/06/2017 9:05:55 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: reaganaut1

Welcome to Lake Snowflake, where everyone is above average.


4 posted on 09/06/2017 9:07:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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To: reaganaut1

I saw nothing bad. That is how teachers talk to each other.
Too bad this became public information, but it’s not horrible. Horrible would have been catching someone using a racial slur or issuing very broad, very negative generalizations.


5 posted on 09/06/2017 9:09:12 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: reaganaut1

OOPS, a little truth about “Affirmative Action” leaks out and the Libturds kill the messenger.


6 posted on 09/06/2017 9:10:09 AM PDT by Enchante
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To: reaganaut1

Makes me wonder about the “Wise latina” sitting on SCOTUS.


7 posted on 09/06/2017 9:10:34 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: txrefugee
You cannot even treat any minority the same as whites in modern education.

They must be pandered to, tolerated, excused and glorified while they "dis" (usually don't know the whole word) the adults.

Often a single minority in an all-white class can disrupt the education of all.

I wouldn't so I retired.

8 posted on 09/06/2017 9:12:03 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Why do those with the least to say do so loudly and often?)
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To: reaganaut1
Reminds me of The Truman Show. Despite the efforts of those in charge, every once in a while a bit of unsettling reality would leak through into Truman's artificial, staged life.
9 posted on 09/06/2017 9:12:50 AM PDT by AZLiberty (The logical endpoint of "zero-tolerance history" is zero history.)
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>>"someone using a racial slur or issuing very broad, very negative generalizations"

You mean like "All y'all White peoples is racist!"?

10 posted on 09/06/2017 9:14:11 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Why do those with the least to say do so loudly and often?)
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"Nolasco wasn’t persuaded. She said Graber apologized for the students seeing the email, not its content."

Moron. That's because the content was an accurate reflection of the situation and an accurate statement of his daughter's assessments. Leftists want not only to deny basic facts and objectivity, but to force people to do bogus public apologies and self-criticisms ala Mao's Cultural Revolution.
11 posted on 09/06/2017 9:15:28 AM PDT by Enchante
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The truth is no excuse.


12 posted on 09/06/2017 9:16:05 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Exactly. First person who uses the verb ‘Woke’ ungrammatically, loses the argument.


13 posted on 09/06/2017 9:17:41 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ealgeone

Beat me to it...


14 posted on 09/06/2017 9:18:41 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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Makes me wonder about the “Wise latina” sitting on SCOTUS.

Wonder what? She's stupid, she's a Marxist, and she's probably a dyke.

15 posted on 09/06/2017 9:19:45 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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Abigail Graber wrote that she had a question about diversity.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

16 posted on 09/06/2017 9:19:48 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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Makes me wonder about the “Wise latina” sitting on SCOTUS.

If you had caught any of her confirmation hearings, you wouldn't have to wonder.


17 posted on 09/06/2017 9:20:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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“Makes me wonder about the “Wise latina” sitting on SCOTUS.”
There are many wise Latinas out there.
But none are to be found on the Supreme Court.


18 posted on 09/06/2017 9:21:39 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Should I take 2? All three?

Yes - of course you should take all three.
They're Hispanic/Black/Muslim/Alien, you see? To not take them even at the expense of a better qualified person is racist and bigoted. Now go home and commit physical suicide even as you have already committed professional suicide by even asking the question. Begone!

19 posted on 09/06/2017 9:21:48 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: reaganaut1

Facts are racist.


20 posted on 09/06/2017 9:24:03 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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