Yale Astronomers Said Their Department Isn’t Racist Because They Hired One Black Employee In 1985

Yale Astronomers Said Their Department Isn’t Racist Because They Hired One Black Employee In 1985

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“Their arguments were neither good, accurate or even creative; they reflect the banality of white supremacy embedded in the blatant lie of meritocracy.”

Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler, who was the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Yale’s astronomy department, responds to leaked e-mails by two of the department’s professors emeriti. (BuzzFeed News | 13 min read)