Many of the remarks on this thread are churlish. She had every right to be addressed by a title she had worked hard for. Plenty of white people who came from working class backgrounds and went all the way to a PhD would want to use their title professionally.
He just starting mansplaining, dismissing and arguing about something that was of no consequence to him but his ego (”I said it, and I cannot be wrong, because I am never wrong”); but the issue is very consequential to her.
It wasn’t necessarily “white” privilege, but it was definitely JERK behavior. His poor wife, assuming anyone would stay married to him.
Plenty of white people who came from working class backgrounds and went all the way to a PhD would want to use their title professionally.
How do you know? Are you one of them?
It was a Zoom meeting for a city zoning board, not some round table discussion on public health matters, with other “Dr’s”. One could possibly go out on a limb and say that they may have all known and worked with each other. Maybe there’s a lot more to the story.
But, she is just a bougie, pretentious snob that DEMANDED that she be addressed a certain way by an old white guy. Nothing more than that. And as for him being booted off, look at the other participants on the meeting. 4 of the remaining 5 are black, so they’re sticking to their team either because they didn’t like the guy or they’re afraid of her. And #6 was either intimidated and wanted to keep his position or was also on the same team.
I’m kind of curious as to why she’s even on the board. I wonder how she got on there. She might be wholly qualified, but I’m thinking she’s just a loudmouth, bougie beotch and people voted for her just to satisfy her and shut her up for a little bit. She’s the loudmouth on your HOA that raises hell about your porch light or color of your front door. She’s the loudmouth on the school board that changes EVERYTHING to satisfy her SJW beliefs.