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Geraldo Rivera Resigns From Yale Fellowship After Calhoun College Renamed For Grace Murray Hopper

Posted by Ellen -7841.60pc on February 13, 2017 · Flag

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For Geraldo Rivera, changing the name of Yale’s Calhoun College, named after a proslavery racist, to honor groundbreaking scientist Grace Murray Hopper was just too “intolerant” for him.

Think Progress explains:

On Sunday, media personality Geraldo Rivera announced he had stepped down from his role as an associate fellow at Yale, following the university’s decision to rename a college that had once been dedicated to a staunch slavery supporter.

Yale University announced it would change the name of Calhoun College to instead honor Grace Murray Hopper, who was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer during World War II and also helped develop the Mark II and Mark III computers. The school had originally been named for John C. Calhoun, who held several high-profile positions in government, including vice president, senator, and secretary of state. Calhoun called slavery a “positive good.”

But Rivera, who has a history of antipathy toward African Americans (though he has also defended Black Lives Matter protesters), groused:

Resigned yeterday as Associate Fellow of #CalhounCollege at #Yale. Been an honor but intolerant insistence on political correctness is lame.

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) February 12, 2017

Watch Rivera claim argue that it was reasonable for George Zimmerman to have racially profiled (before shooting and killing) Trayvon Martin below, from the May 18, 2012 The O’Reilly Factor, via Media Matters.


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Richard Santalone commented 2017-02-15 08:23:34 -0500 · Flag
From David Lindsay’s comment:

“I’d like to do something else in Geraldo Rivera’s hat.”

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm David, somehow I have a VERY DEEP GUT FEELING that what you really want to do rhymes with the word “wit”.

;^)
Marge Arnold commented 2017-02-14 12:42:59 -0500 · Flag
Bet they’ll be sorry to lose such a high profile personality who does such outstanding work for Fox Snooze.
David Lindsay commented 2017-02-14 08:31:45 -0500 · Flag
Where the Lord split ya.
Dadeo commented 2017-02-14 07:25:20 -0500 · Flag
Don’t let the door hit ya.
David Lindsay commented 2017-02-13 21:35:47 -0500 · Flag
I’d like to do something else in Geraldo Rivera’s hat.
David Lindsay commented 2017-02-13 21:26:12 -0500 · Flag
Jose that sounds funny. I wish my Spanish was better. Jerry Rivers likes to preen, pose and posture. But mostly pose. I figure that Jerry figured out a long time ago if you look concerned, act concerned but don’t really give a damn, pretty women won’t notice. THEN, the real posturing can begin.
José Rodriguez commented 2017-02-13 17:06:25 -0500 · Flag
Es el momento pusiste en su sombrero de paja y retirarse ala isla.








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