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Many black women are still ill treated because of the color.
Your point being?
RE: SKIP GATES INCIDENT
I THOUGHT THE BLOG ARTICLE ENTITLED “LUCIA WHALEN, WHERE ARE YOU” PUBLISHED IN JAMBONET BLOG AT:
http://www.jambonetwork.com/blog/?p=56467
MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO READERS.
THE PERSON WHO CALLED THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE IS A 40-YEAR OLD WHITE WOMAN BY THE NAME OF LUCIA WHALEN. SHE IS NOT A NEIGHBOUR OF PROFESSOR GATES BUT RATHER WORKS A FEW HOUSES FROM THE GATES RESIDENCE FOR HARVARD MAGAZINE.
DIRECT QUOTE FROM JAMBONETWORK BLOG:
Where is Lucia Whalen hiding? She’s the woman who on Thursday, July 16, 2009 around 12:30pm called Cambridge, Massachusetts police to say that, “two large black men with backpacks” were breaking into a house on Ware St. Ware St. is not far from Harvard Square, and anyone living in that vicinity is usually affiliated with Harvard University or very wealthy.
Turns out the person she saw breaking in was esteemed scholar of African American history, Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. trying to get into his own home! Turns out he and his chaffeuer were wearing suits, there were three pieces of luggage on the porch and a Town Car parked outside. Prof. Gates had just returned from a trip to China. Prof. Gates is an older gentleman, small and walks with a cane. As you’ve heard in the news, Prof. Gates was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after asking Sgt. Jim Crowley to produce ID. The charges were later dropped.
At first I thought the incident happened at night. Turns out it happened in broad daylight. So, from what I can conclude about Ms. Whalen is that she is a BIGOT! Yes, she may have been well intentioned calling in a potential B&E (Breaking & Entering), but her description of the two men was way off. What did she want…the police to shoot the two black men with backpacks? If Prof. Gates was a younger, stronger looking black man he probably would have been shot in his own home! Did she want to be declared a hero for nabbing two black men. Obviously she didn’t expect to see black people living in a nice house on Ware St.
Lucia Whalen goes down in history as the woman who showed the world that racism is alive in America today. Lucia Whalen goes down in history as the woman who almost started a race riot, and international incident. She goes down as the woman who led President Obama to be reminded by bigoted white folks that even though he is President he is still an n-word! Thanks to Lucia Whalen, a stellar police sergeant is now labelled, Sgt. Jim Crow, while Prof. gates is labelled Prof. Uppity! Now there’s a new saying, “Being home while black!” Yes, it was her actions that started the tsunami of emotion and polarization.
What was Lucia Whalen doing on Ware St. in Cambridge and she lives in Malden, MA? Well, she is the Fundraising and Circulation manager for Harvard magazine which has its offices on the same Ware St….just a few doors down from Prof. Gates home.
Why is she hiding? And what does Harvard magazine have to say about this? They should be ashamed to have someone who does not know Prof. Gates on their staff. The magazine has done many articles on him and his work. He is one of the prides of Harvard University.
I would ask Harvard magazine to make Lucia Whalen watch films like ROOTS, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, & Prof. Gates PBS series on African American history. She needs to be sensitized that black people are human beings too!
Come out from hiding Lucia Whalen and explain your side!
Why didn’t you add this comment to my piece on Skip Gates, rather than my About page?