Posted on 07/05/2023 1:51:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Lois Banner, a renowned USC professor emerita of history, was rebuked by her colleagues as well as others on social media after she claimed her life would have been easier if she were Black. She, however, reportedly refused to apologize after making those comments.
According to The Daily Beast, Banner, a White woman, made the controversial comments while speaking at the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians over the weekend. The event, which has been held biennially since its inception in the 1970s, was co-founded by Banner.
The academic is also known for authoring a Marilyn Monroe biography in 2012. Besides making the aforementioned comments, Banner also said she wished she was a lesbian, as they excel at community building and organizing, per reports.
“She was immediately called out for her blatantly racist remarks, and refused to apologize, let alone listen, to the reason why her remarks were horrifyingly wrong [sic]. ‘You won’t change my mind, I’m 84 years old,’” a doctoral student by the name Stephanie Narrow tweeted. “The room is shaken, it’s palpable.”
Prior to speaking at the conference, Rutgers University historian, Deborah Gray White, had delivered a speech about Black women in their field of work. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Paul Renfro of Florida State University labeled Banner’s comments as “very, very, very problematic.” Renfro also said some people in the crowd “gasped audibly” while others “began to walk out” after Banner made those comments.
Deidre Cooper Owens, a historian at the University of Nebraska, also condemned Banner when it was her turn to speak at the conference. “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,” Cooper Owens, who is Black, later shared on Twitter.
“More urgently, I needed that room to acknowledge the strength, brilliance, and bravery of Deborah Gray White, period. I refused to let a bigoted racist take away from Deborah’s powerfully truthful speech.”
Responding to the incident in a tweet, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians said its officers “do not condone or support the inappropriate remarks made by one of the speakers tonight”, adding that its presidents will make a formal statement later.
However, some people called out the organization for not mentioning Banner or expressing sharp disapproval. In the wake of the incident, the group also organized a “talking session” on Banner’s comments the following day.
They also took to Twitter to share that “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.”
Truth hurts.
And what she’s going through is the perfect illustration.
Is she were black and claimed that life would be easier being another race she’s would not be catching any flak.
Good on her! Maybe she's learned a thing or two about what is what in all those trips around the sun. Maybe listen to her.
GOOD! She didn’t apologize!
Never apologize to these jerks.
Parents were watching nbc’s 4th celectration yesterday.
I thought they were watching BET.
The real issue is not race at all, its Leftist dogma being forced on us by hustlers who use racial strife as just one tool in their arsenal of division and control.
And her life would have been easier had she claimed to be an Indian...she might even be a Senator.
White liberal women are the reason for all the woke crap. They assumed their “struggle as a woman” would always maintain their victimhood status so the mob won’t come after them.
Now just being a white liberal woman doesn’t earn you enough intersectionality points, you’re white and not LGBT, so you’re at the bottom now...maybe a little better than a white Christian straight male, but not by much.
Off to the gallows for you!
“Thou shalt not say that reverse discrimination is real in the face of overwhelming evidence it is real. One must accept two opposites truths as both true”
This is what “Double Think” in “1984” was, Orwell was a genius and Sage. He warned us. We did not listen.
The only thing better would be a black lesbian Indian.
Yes blacks belong to tribes once their ancestors were freed from being their slaves. Look it up
It worked for ‘kjp” prett well.
The truth is banned in 2023.
Those who speak the truth are “haters”!
You can be assured that when the Chinks finally do secure their hostile takeover of the US, that the college professors and intellectual class will be the first ones rounded up for elimination. Just like Stalin did.
These people are brainless clowns, but very very useful right now to the left and its goals. They are a threat to ANY society. They are intentionally bringing Western civilization down yet would also be stupid enough to question or challenge a genuine tyrannical regime. That equals highly volatile and dangerous type of person. best to send them to Siberia right away.
“reportedly refused to apologize “
Good for you girl!
I wonder what she would apologize for, anyway?
This is more brave, than most !!!
Say the truth, say it loud, and NEVER apply for it!!!!
🤦♂️apologize
Life was easier for Lizzie Warren when she was an Indian.
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