A personal blog by a Black, Gay, Caribbean, Liberal, Progressive, Moderate, Fit, Geeky, Married, College-Educated, NPR-Listening, Tennis-Playing, Feminist, Atheist, Math Professor in Los Angeles, California
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
All Charges Dropped Against Professah Gates
Yesterday it was announced that all charges resulting from a bizarre incident in which he was arrested after being accused of breaking into his own house have been dropped against Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
However the aftermath of the incident is reverberating all over The Darker Nation, as Yale Law Professor Stephen Carter has named Black America.
Gates himself is speaking out, threatening a lawsuit against the city and offering free tutoring on the history of racism in America in exchange for an apology from the white police offer Joseph Crowley.
Labels:
African American,
Black male,
Henry Louis Gates,
law,
Massachusetts,
police,
race,
racism
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