Hey, can we just let this thing go now?

Katherine Johnson


Elizabeth A. Moore wrote:
>
> So, why the ethnic qualification?  Is it relevant to the discussion in some
> way that is not quite clear to me or is it because you think people will
> refrain from the comments if they know that Mr. Hering is not "Caucasian
> American"?
>
> ----------
> > From: Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: RE  Michael Hering's comments
> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 12:28 PM
> >
> > Mr. Hering, a Native American, has apologized profusely for sending on
> this
> > list a message to his wife about a job prospect.  He was shot at
> unfairly,
> > unnecessarily, and I worry about the future of our profession if folks
> are
> > so quick to judge!
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John A. Bing <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 12:19 PM
> > Subject: RE Michael Hering's comments
> >
> >
> > >I too am tired of the discussion and flames on the Michael Hering
> > >quote.    In no way defending it, but rather to put it into
> > >perspective, I just wonder what the reaction would have been if there
> > >had been a posting from a discouraged Jane Doe  remarking how she did
> > >not get the nod as Director of the ABC  museum because " I guess they
> > >only want a white male (or just a man) for the position."
> > >
> > >Just a thought
> > >
> > >John Bing