Jay RosenJul 21, 2023

Amazing story. Have you followed it?

Texas A&M announces a new journalism dean. She's black and she's qualified— and an alum of the school! Ex-New York Times too.

They announce her appointment in a splashy event.

Dark forces of reaction mobilize.

The offer is watered down to one year, with no tenure. She says no way, and withdraws. National news is made. It's negative. And today, the president of A&M resigns!

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/tamu-president-resign-journalism/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/texas-a-m-kathleen-mcelroy-journalism/

#journalism #uspol #science

Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor

“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”

The Texas Tribune
Show threadJackie Gardina

@jayrosen_nyu I recently spoke to Dr. Peniel Jospeh, a UT Austin professor and author of the Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle to Achieve Racial Justice in the 21st Century, about whether he thought about leaving Texas as a result of the #DEI pushback. He said “Texas is ground zero” for his work. I admire that.

https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/sidebar/2023/07/has-america-abandoned-the-promise-of-a-multi-racial-democracy-with-dr-peniel-joseph/

Has America Abandoned the Promise of a Multi-Racial Democracy? with Dr. Peniel Joseph - Legal Talk Network

After 200 years of racial and ethnic struggle, including the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Era, and Black Lives Matter, where are we now in

Legal Talk Network
Jul 22, 2023 at 12:38amWeb