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[Archae]

Is Geraldo going to do yet another "Satanic Panic" TV show soon?

Geraldo Rivera Resigns From Yale Fellowship After Calhoun College Renamed For Grace Murray Hopper

For Geraldo Rivera, changing the name of Yale’s Calhoun College, named after a proslavery racist, to honor groundbreaking scientist Grace Murray Hopper was just too “intolerant” for him.

Think Progress explains:

On Sunday, media personality Geraldo Rivera announced he had stepped down from his role as an associate fellow at Yale, following the university’s decision to rename a college that had once been dedicated to a staunch slavery supporter.

Yale University announced it would change the name of Calhoun College to instead honor Grace Murray Hopper, who was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer during World War II and also helped develop the Mark II and Mark III computers. The school had originally been named for John C. Calhoun, who held several high-profile positions in government, including vice president, senator, and secretary of state. Calhoun called slavery a “positive good.”

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/02/geraldo-rivera-resigns-yale-fellowship

[1965Comet]

1. Wait wait...

"On Sunday, media personality Geraldo Rivera announced he had stepped down from his role as an associate fellow at Yale"

Geraldo was an associate fellow at Yale? Is that something that just anyone can be? Is Jerry Springer also a fellow?

[erpowers]

2. Just Foolish

It is just foolish to say that a school is intolerant because it removed the name of a pro-slavery politician and replaced it with the name of a pioneering computer scientist.

Colleges change the names of buildings all the time. So, does Geraldo Rivera have a problem with colleges changing the names on dorms and building based on the amount of money someone gives the college? Didn't James Madison University change the name of its law school in favor of Justice Antonin Scalia after someone gave them a large donation? So, does he think James Madison should change its name back to what it was before the donation? When it is okay for a college to change the name of its dorms and buildings?

[Caliman73]

3. I am sure that Yale is reeling from the loss of such a prestigious fellow

They should be okay as long as "Screech" from Saved By The Bell doesn't resign.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Happy for...

...Geraldo and Yale! Good, especially for Yale's college to be rid of Geraldo. Also, thank you to Geraldo for publically associating himself with pro-slavery racism - so few are able to reveal themselves. Now, more people can turn the channel without hesitation when Geraldo appears.