How is this different from "McCarthyism" OR Looks whose PC Culture cam back to bite him in the ass
Fordham U. prof fired after mixing up two black students in
class
A Fordham University professor was fired after mixing up the
names of two black students in class, according to a report.
Hours after what he called an “innocent mistake,” lecturer
Christopher Trogan, 46, sent a rambling, nine-page email to students in his
Composition II classes explaining the faux pas — and defending, without being
asked, his “entire life” of working on “issues of justice, equality, and
inclusion,” the campus newspaper reported.
“The offended student assumed my mistake was because I confused
that student with another Black student,” Trogan wrote, according to a Nov. 29
article in the Fordham Observer. “I have done my best to validate and reassure
the offended student that I made a simple, human, error. It has nothing to do
with race.”
He blamed the mistake on his “confused brain” when the two
students arrived to class late on Sept. 24, while he was reading a classmate’s
work.
Several students said Trogan’s bizarre overreaction, rather than
making a simple apology, made matters worse for him.
The email was “a little excessive,” one of the two black
students, freshman Chantal Sims, told the Observer. “We were not actually that
upset about him mixing up our names. It was more so the random things he would
throw into the response.”
In the email, he urged any students upset by the incident to
complain to the school. “Depending on your response to the officials above, I
may — or may not — be your professor in class next week. It’s all up to you,”
he wrote.
Sims told the paper Trogan’s email stressed “everything he has
done for minorities.”
He was fired Oct. 29, the paper reported.
“Trogan was a nice teacher for the 5 classes that I had him for,
but he never attempted to get to know me personally (in a 14 person class),”
wrote one newspaper commenter who claimed to be in the Composition II class. “I
don’t think he deserved to get fired, but his response to a small issue was
what blew the entire thing up.”
Fordham spokesman Bob Howe told The Post the school “takes
personnel matters very seriously,” but claimed “media representations regarding
this issue do not reflect the facts in Dr. Trogan’s case.” He refused to
elaborate.
Trogan was a popular instructor, according to dozens of reviews
on Rate My Professor.
“He doesn’t quite let on how much he knows and what he’s
accomplished, but he is quite brilliant but humble and not stuck up,” a former
student wrote.
Neither Trogan, his union nor Sims returned messages. The second
student, who has remained anonymous, declined to comment to The Post through an
intermediary.
Is it possible? An actor with principles?
John Cleese decided to cancel
himself and call off a planned appearance at Cambridge University after a
fellow attendee was "blacklisted" for doing an impersonation of Adolf
Hitler.
Taking to Twitter ahead of his
planned appearance, Cleese, who is a Cambridge alumnus, noted that he was
getting ahead of being "blacklisted" by calling off his appearance
after art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon was blacklisted by Cambridge Union
President Keir Bradwell for doing a mocking rant as Hitler to make a point in a
debate about whether or not "good taste" exists.
"I was looking forward to
talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone
there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler," the
82-year-old "Monty Python" and "Fawlty Towers" comedian
noted. "I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am
blacklisting myself before someone else does."
In a follow-up tweet, Cleese
added: "I apologise to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me,
but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply."
According to Variety, the Union,
whose motto is "Defending Free Speech Since 1815," boasts more than
70,000 members worldwide and is the oldest debating society in the world and
the largest student society in Cambridge.
In a statement provided to the
outlet, Bradwell said: "We were really looking forward to hosting John
here. It would have been a really fantastic event and our members are really
excited to hear from him. The documentary he is making is extremely topical. We
very much hope that we will be able to host him at some point – he’s the kind of
speaker that would thrive with our audience and in our room."
Bradwell noted that he is trying
to work with Cleese to get him to reconsider his decision not to appear.
According to The Guardian, it’s
fitting that Cleese would take issue with the situation given that he was
reportedly appearing at the university along with the team making a documentary
series involving him about cancel culture titled "Cancel Me."
The BBC reports that Graham-Dixon said he was
trying to "underline the utterly evil nature of Hitler." However, he
subsequently apologized for the impersonation.
The Compassion of Hollywood's social scientists
Kyle Rittenhouse mocked by
Hollywood after tearful display on stand: 'Terrible f---ing actor'
The teen is accused of killing
two people and wounding a third during police brutality protests in Kenosha
last year
By Julius Young | Fox News
November 11
Hollywood is speaking out over a
video showing Kyle Rittenhouse crying in court while testifying in his murder
trial.
On Wednesday, the 18-year-old
broke down on the stand in a Kenosha, Wisconsin, circuit court as he recounted
the August 2020 shooting that left two people dead and one injured during last
year’s Black Lives Matter protests.
"Kyle Rittenhouse is a
murderer. The End," actress, Rosanna Arquette wrote on Twitter, while
actor Dave Bautista fumed, "F--k that kid!"
The video, which shows
Rittenhouse crying hysterically, also drew a response from Los Angeles Lakers
star LeBron James who pressed send on a tweet asking Rittenhouse, "What
tears?????"
"I didn’t see one,"
James added. "Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before
walking into court."
Rittenhouse is charged with two
counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, recklessly endangering
safety and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
He was 17 when he and at least
one friend said they traveled to the Wisconsin city from Illinois to protect
local businesses and provide medical aid after two nights of businesses being
looted and set on fire.
Others in Tinseltown also
expressed their reactions to Rittenhouse’s display as he recounted the fatal
shootings, which his lawyers have argued repeatedly that their client was
acting in self-defense, and fired his semi-automatic rifle because he was being
chased or faced with a gun.
"This is how the first take
of a crying scene can look. Weeks of anxiety to push the tears out and you come
up empty," actor Kevin Zegers tweeted.
"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi (Below) wrote: "Time for America to redefine what it means to be a "promising young man,"
"All you need to know. What a s—t show," tweeted comedian Brian Guest (below) of Schroeder’s cell phone ringing during the trial, playing the Greenwood song "I’m Proud to Be an American."
Being named as a Communist caused John Garfield to have a heart attack.
Well, no, not really. Despite
long-term heart problems, Garfield was a
smoker and drink. When he died he was in the midst of a divorce. On the morning
of May 20, Garfield, against his doctor's strict orders, played several
strenuous sets of tennis with a friend, mentioning the fact that he had not
been to bed the night before. He met actress Iris Whitney for dinner and
afterward became suddenly ill complaining that he felt chilled. She took him to
her apartment, where he refused to let her call a doctor and instead went to
bed. The next morning, she found him dead.
Adelaide Klein
Adelaide Klein (July 8, 1900–March 18, 1983) was an actress who
performed on radio, television, films, and the stage. She was best known for
her dialects as a radio performer. Klein began her radio as a singer in the
late 1920s. However, demand for her talents with dialect and as a character
actress led her to acting full-time by 1933.
Klein performed in a variety of radio programs, including portraying Hilda, the maid in We, The Abbotts, Dragon Lady in Terry and the Pirates Agatha Meek in Meet Mr. Meek, and a Russian countess in The House on Q Street. She also was heard in Sometime Before Morning. Klein mastered use of 12 dialects in radio performances.
According to Wikipedia;
In the mid-1940s, Klein was
active in the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) and served as a
delegate for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944.. Klein was one
of 56 delegates for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944, where
she worked with others, including Donna Keath, Minerva Pious, Ann Shepherd,
Selena Royle, and Hester Sondergaard.
Klein was listed in the
blacklisting publication, Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in
Radio and Television in 1950. She
continued to perform in theatre, but television roles dried up as a consequence
of Klein being labelled a communist.”
Well, no. That’s not true at all.
Klein, a radio vice over actor since the
1920s, had a small career in TV and film,
a career never really too off at all. By 1952, when her career essentially
ended, she was 49 years old, ancient by Hollywood standards, and played mostly
bit part, going unaccredited in several of her prime time appearances.
1964 The Troublemaker (Film)
1963 Marathon '33 (Theater)
1958 Decoy (TV Series)
1958 Jane Eyre (Theater)
1955. Once Upon A Tailor (Theater)
1954 The Immoralist (Theater)
1952 Collector's Item Theater
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1951-1952 Lights Out (TV Series) She made three appearances
in three different episodes
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
(TV Series) She made three appearances in three different episodes.
1949-1951 The Clock (TV Series) She appeared
in two episodes
1951 The Enforcer (Film)
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1950 The Web (TV Series)
1950 Hands of Mystery (TV Series)
1950 The Philco Television
Playhouse (TV Series)
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV
Series)
1949 Studio One (TV Series)
Uncredited in two episodes that she
appeared in.
1949 The Boris Karloff Mystery
Playhouse (TV Series)
1949 The Big Story (TV Series)
1949 Suspense (TV Series)
1949 C'-Man (TV Series)
1949
The Guiding Light (Radio)
1948 The Naked City (Film)
1946 Lights Out (Film)
1942 Uncle Harry (Theater)
1941 Brooklyn USA (Theater)
1936 Double Dummy. (Theater)
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