White Education Blogger ..... Fired for Calling Black Studies ‘Left-Wing Victimization Claptrap'

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4. That woman is a fool and a liar.

"Ms. Taylor believes there was apparently some kind of conspiracy in the federal government’s promotion of single family homes in black neighborhoods after the unrest of the 1960s. Single family homes! The audacity! But Ms. Taylor sees that her issue is still relevant today."

The thesis wasn't about the "government promoting single-family homes in black neighborhoods." It was about racialized policy in housing. Which can still be seen today in the disproportionate fraction of black sub-prime mortgages and foreclosures.

http://socialistworker.org/2010/03/15/dreams-shattered

I don't necessarily think the woman should be fired, but I'm wondering how such a snarky & historically ignorant column got published in Ed Week in the first place. The tone is more akin to that of the Rush Limbaugh show or some internet chat room argument.