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tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:06 PM Feb 2017

Geraldo Rivera resigns from Yale post over Calhoun College rechristening

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

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Geraldo Rivera resigns from Yale post over Calhoun College rechristening (Original Post) tenderfoot Feb 2017 OP
we'll probably find out he was fired. spanone Feb 2017 #1
Admiral Hopper was way ahead of her time. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #2
He was stinking up the place too long as it is. Turbineguy Feb 2017 #3
Geraldo calling something "intolerant" and "lame"? Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #4
Horendo Revolver says "what"? Raster Feb 2017 #5
Why would Rivera be a fellow at Yale? BainsBane Feb 2017 #6
He's stepping in it again, just like with Trayvon pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #7
Geraldo, go play in Al Capone's vault! muntrv Feb 2017 #8
Aw crap,you beat me to it by a few minutes!! Bengus81 Feb 2017 #13
Well ... Botany Feb 2017 #9
To boldly resign over Yale deciding to stop rewarding pro-slavery speech. What courage! catbyte Feb 2017 #10
Well Geraldo,back to Al Capone's secret vault eh?!?! Bengus81 Feb 2017 #11
Why would Yale want... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #12

Wounded Bear

(58,574 posts)
4. Geraldo calling something "intolerant" and "lame"?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:11 PM
Feb 2017


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

BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
6. Why would Rivera be a fellow at Yale?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:12 PM
Feb 2017

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

catbyte

(34,319 posts)
10. To boldly resign over Yale deciding to stop rewarding pro-slavery speech. What courage!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:16 PM
Feb 2017

What conviction!

What a jackass.

He probably was canned.

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