CUNY law school dean cancels herself after ‘slaveholder’ comment

[Metaphor]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/cuny-law-school-dean-cancels-herself-after-slaveholder-comment/

The dean of the CUNY School of Law has decided to cancel herself — saying she is retiring in atonement for referring to herself as a “slaveholder” during a faculty meeting.

Mary Lu Bilek, 65, had announced at the beginning of the year that she would step down in June, but only now has she detailed the reason behind her departure.

In an email sent Saturday to the college community, Bilek said her retirement stemmed from a cringe-worthy remark she made at a personnel committee meeting in November.

The group was discussing an open position for associate dean at the time.

Bilek said that when she dropped the “slaveholder” reference, she was taking the blame for a hiring proposal some colleagues thought would have a “disparate racial impact.”

For those insufficiently versed in Wokeish, the translation to English is "a white person (possibly even a man) was considered for hiring".

“In a misguided effort to draw an analogy to a model of reparations in order to place blame on myself, as Dean, for racial inequities at our school, I thoughtlessly referred to myself as the ‘slaveholder’ who should be held responsible,” Bilek wrote.
“I realized it was wrong the minute I heard myself say it and couldn’t believe the word had come out of my mouth.”
Bilek went on to write that she apologized immediately at the meeting “and have since apologized without reservation to the faculty.”

Unfortunately, I cannot translate this part of the story, as I do not have sufficient cultural experience in being a pandering white guilt liberal. The only sense I'm able to make of it is uttering the word 'slaveholder' was possibly triggering to somebody, even in the context of taking responsibility for being white.

“I am still shocked at what I said and have begun education and counseling to uncover and overcome my biases and further understand the history and consequences of systemic and institutional racism,” she wrote.

I'm shocked she was allowed to flagellate herself in private, instead of the correctly prescribed public flogging. I think it's more evidence of white privilege, frankly.

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She wrote that she ultimately decided to retire “because the work it would take to repair the trust necessary to lead the Law School is a burden I don’t want to impose on the faculty or the community.”

I suggest she pay back her wages since she took the role of dean. I am unconvinced retiring at the normal retirement age is sufficient penance.

 

[Trausti]

 

[TSwizzle]

I suggest she pay back her wages since she took the role of dean. I am unconvinced retiring at the normal retirement age is sufficient penance.

And she continues to pick up a paycheck until June

 

[Toni]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/cuny-law-school-dean-cancels-herself-after-slaveholder-comment/



For those insufficiently versed in Wokeish, the translation to English is "a white person (possibly even a man) was considered for hiring".



Unfortunately, I cannot translate this part of the story, as I do not have sufficient cultural experience in being a pandering white guilt liberal. The only sense I'm able to make of it is uttering the word 'slaveholder' was possibly triggering to somebody, even in the context of taking responsibility for being white.

“I am still shocked at what I said and have begun education and counseling to uncover and overcome my biases and further understand the history and consequences of systemic and institutional racism,” she wrote.

I'm shocked she was allowed to flagellate herself in private, instead of the correctly prescribed public flogging. I think it's more evidence of white privilege, frankly.

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She wrote that she ultimately decided to retire “because the work it would take to repair the trust necessary to lead the Law School is a burden I don’t want to impose on the faculty or the community.”

I suggest she pay back her wages since she took the role of dean. I am unconvinced retiring at the normal retirement age is sufficient penance.

Full retirement age is no longer 65.

 

[Metaphor]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/cuny-law-school-dean-cancels-herself-after-slaveholder-comment/



For those insufficiently versed in Wokeish, the translation to English is "a white person (possibly even a man) was considered for hiring".



Unfortunately, I cannot translate this part of the story, as I do not have sufficient cultural experience in being a pandering white guilt liberal. The only sense I'm able to make of it is uttering the word 'slaveholder' was possibly triggering to somebody, even in the context of taking responsibility for being white.




I'm shocked she was allowed to flagellate herself in private, instead of the correctly prescribed public flogging. I think it's more evidence of white privilege, frankly.


I suggest she pay back her wages since she took the role of dean. I am unconvinced retiring at the normal retirement age is sufficient penance.

Full retirement age is no longer 65.

I feel that is a strange comment to make given the substance of the post, but the G20 labour market gender participation gap is measured on ages 15-64, indicating an identified 'retirement expectation' at 65
https://www.oecd.org/g20/topics/emp...-gender-gap-in-labour-force-participation.pdf

 

[Toni]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/cuny-law-school-dean-cancels-herself-after-slaveholder-comment/



For those insufficiently versed in Wokeish, the translation to English is "a white person (possibly even a man) was considered for hiring".



Unfortunately, I cannot translate this part of the story, as I do not have sufficient cultural experience in being a pandering white guilt liberal. The only sense I'm able to make of it is uttering the word 'slaveholder' was possibly triggering to somebody, even in the context of taking responsibility for being white.




I'm shocked she was allowed to flagellate herself in private, instead of the correctly prescribed public flogging. I think it's more evidence of white privilege, frankly.


I suggest she pay back her wages since she took the role of dean. I am unconvinced retiring at the normal retirement age is sufficient penance.

Full retirement age is no longer 65.

I feel that is a strange comment to make given the substance of the post, but the G20 labour market gender participation gap is measured on ages 15-64, indicating an identified 'retirement expectation' at 65
https://www.oecd.org/g20/topics/emp...-gender-gap-in-labour-force-participation.pdf

If she is 65, she was born in either 1955, which makes her full retirement age for Social Security benefits 66 and 2 months or she was born early 1956, meaning her full retirement age is 66 and 4 months.