Geraldo Rivera resigns from Yale post over Calhoun College rechristening

[tenderfoot]

What a piece of vomit....

After the university changed its residential college’s name, Rivera said Yale was too politically correct for him.

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.”

Rivera described the university’s decision to cease honoring a champion of slavery and instead recognize a female computer scientist as “intolerant” and “lame.”

https://thinkprogress.org/geraldo-rivera-resigns-resigns-from-yale-post-over-calhoun-college-rechristening-fa8e252fc2d8#.5mupjuiik

[spanone]

1. we'll probably find out he was fired.

[lpbk2713]

2. Admiral Hopper was way ahead of her time.

She deserves the recognition.

[Turbineguy]

3. He was stinking up the place too long as it is.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Geraldo calling something "intolerant" and "lame"?

I guess he's a bit of an expert about intolerant and lame.

[Raster]

5. Horendo Revolver says "what"?

[BainsBane]

6. Why would Rivera be a fellow at Yale?

and what is an associate fellow? Is that an honorary title for people who don't really have fellowships there?

[pinboy3niner]

7. He's stepping in it again, just like with Trayvon

[muntrv]

8. Geraldo, go play in Al Capone's vault!

[Bengus81]

13. Aw crap,you beat me to it by a few minutes!!

[Botany]

9. Well ...

[catbyte]

10. To boldly resign over Yale deciding to stop rewarding pro-slavery speech. What courage!

What conviction!

What a jackass.

He probably was canned.

[Bengus81]

11. Well Geraldo,back to Al Capone's secret vault eh?!?!

[3catwoman3]

12. Why would Yale want...

...the likes of Geraldo Rivera?