(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A white University of Southern California professor emerita came under fire at a July conference for female historians after claiming she would have had it easier in life if she were black.
Lois Banner made her statement at the Berkshire Conference for Women Historians, a triennial event she co-founded in the 1970s, the Daily Caller reported.
Anti-white feminists who attended the event were not prepared for the statement and were shocked.
“Well, the Berks plenary just took a turn. A white senior scholar at the 50th-anniversary plenary VERY publicly, and unapologetically, said that she wished she was Black so her professional life would be easier,” a Ph.D. candidate Stephanie Narrow wrote on Twitter.
“She was immediately called out for her blatantly racist remarks and refused to apologize, let alone listen to the reason why her remarks were horrifying wrong,” Narrow added.
In response, Banner said that she won’t change her mind because she is 84-years-old and, therefore, doesn’t care about the leftist mob that may “cancel” her.
In the eyes of the “white allies” with their enormous white guilt, the situation was also bad because Banner gave her speech after an address by Rutgers University’s Deborah Gray White about black women in academia.
Deirdre Cooper Owens, another black feminist academic, responded to Banner’s speech by condemning her from the safety of the leftist “bubble.”
“The Berks Conference was a beautiful one until it was soiled by Lois Banner’s hatefully racist comments. Yes, I did speak out forcefully against her vitriol because she needed to keep Black women’s name out of her mouth,” Owens wrote.
Conference organizers responded to Banner’s statement, claiming they didn’t “condone or support the inappropriate remarks” that were made by her and were holding a “talking session” to discuss Banner’s comments the day after the event.
“The board and trustees listened, took careful notes, and are planning action. The conversation is not over and the board will have a statement and a concrete action plan soon,” they tweeted after the meeting.
Another woke indoctrinator, University of Colorado assistant professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, also responded to Narrow’s tweet, suggesting that Banner’s speech should not be dismissed as “comments from a bygone era.”
“Many of us have heard similarly from grad colleagues or faculty colleagues. Many, many more think the very same silently.”
