Critics are slamming Carl Reed—Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s new Vice President of Equity and Inclusion — over comments he made on social media Sunday that critics have called “racist,” among other things.
The post is as follows:
“I just boarded an early morning flight wearing my @MIT gear. My seatmate looked at me and asked, ‘Basketball?'” I said, “No engineering!” What was it about me that made him think I was playing basketball or coaching basketball? ” Reid asked in a post accompanied by what appears to be a selfie of him on a plane.
Reid’s post had 7.7 million views, 29,000 likes and 14,000 comments as of Monday afternoon.
At first glance, quite a few of them didn’t look all that positive.
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Reid spoke with several commenters. Below is one of her interactions.
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Here are some other comments on Reid’s post:
- “Maybe he’s an MIT basketball fan and was looking for common ground to start a conversation,” another commenter said. I have written. “But you can try a race bait.”
- “Brother, are you an instrument? Because you played it yourself,” said another user. Said.
- Another commenter said: “It’s good to be quick to accuse people who are friendly towards you of racism.” made a joke. “You must be tired.”
- “They may have been trying to start a conversation with an innocuous question…and you interpreted it as ‘that’s racism!’ and from there,” said another user. I got it.. “Yes. That’s your responsibility.”
- “This is why no one wants to talk to anyone lol,” said another commenter. concluded.
- ”[Because] March Madness just happened and it looks like a good exercise?But why not try a racebait?” said another user. I have written. “God forbid anyone should try to find common ground with strangers.”
anything else?
MIT appointed Reed as vice provost for equity and inclusion in January, the school said. Website.
Read Mr. Reed’s talk at a recent MIT event:
Carl Reed presents Clarence Williams with Lifetime Achievement Award at MLK’s 50th Anniversary Celebrationyoutube.be
(H/T: not bees)
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