Posted on 07/03/2023 3:51:45 PM PDT by Libloather
A white USC professor is under fire after she said during a recent conference that her career and life would be easier if she were black and a lesbian.
Lois Banner, a professor emerita of women's history at the University of Southern California, spoke during the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians on Friday.
Banner, 83, reportedly said she wished she were a lesbian because they had great communities and that her career would have been better if she were black.
'You won't change my mind, I'm 84 years old,' Banner allegedly said, refusing to apologize. Her words were shared by Stephanie Narrow, a student in attendance.
According to conference guests, Banner's antics came just moments after a black professor had spoken on racism and exclusion in the academic space.
The shocking statements were documented by Narrow, a doctoral student who attended the Friday plenary session where Banner spoke.
She wrote that the event 'took a turn' after Banner - who she did not initially name - shared her extremely controversial opinions.
'A white senior scholar at the 50th anniversary plenary VERY publicly, and unapologetically, said that she wished she was Black so her professional life would be easier,' Narrow tweeted out Friday night.
The student said that the professor - who has a Ph.D. from Columbia University - was shunned for the comments which caused an uproar.
'She was immediately called out for her blatantly racist remarks, and refused to apologize, let alone listen, to the reason why her remarks were horrifying wrong.'
Narrow went on to say that the 'room was shaken,' calling the feeling that rippled through the auditorium 'palpable.'
The student did not name Banner as the professor who had made the startling remarks until several hours later, but stated she had confirmed Banner's identity.
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(Speaking truth is dangerous now)
Indeed.
Can’t post the image right now but here’s a đ link.
Thatâs correct.
The truth shall set you free.
The revolution eats its own.
Now on the light side. The definition of emerita:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerita_(crustacean)
Well, she is correct.
Who has the privilege?
About time someone starts saying it publicly.
She is part of the last reliable America-loving generation. Of course, that will count against her.
Operative words: Refuses to apologize.
That’s the way to deal with the left.
No at 83 she would be a susan Sontag betty fredian consciousness raising 60s Marxist.
Well it is time e for whites to sue
Try being a
Christian
Straight
White
Male
You get natta.
Truth bomb! Look at them scatter!
That is absolutely disgusting!
I am so sick of the constant LIBEL AND SLANDER from these bastard commies!
All âhistoricâ.
But not historic? Condeleeza Rice.
Not necessarily.
Not too many of that generation were those kind of harpies.
Chances are pretty slim.
Left on left hate is the best hate!!! Lol!!
Truth hurts.
Best thing about being over 80 is you can say what you like and they canât destroy your career.
Oh yes they were.
I was there.
The Consciousness raising seminars of the mid sixties were the birthing rooms for these women.
Most of that generation were out of college if they went, by the mid â60s.
The â60s was horrible for the country, but the Silent Gen didnât really participate much in the hippie nonsense.
The women participating in cr groups in my suburban area were not college students but rather disaffected house wives in their 30s and 40s and former beatnik as well as women involved in the racial issues of the day.
I recall how many fired their black household help out of guilt. The cr was focused first on feminism and secondary on race.
Simone de beauvier sp was a heroine.
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