Response to President McCartney's "Message to the Community" October 29, 2020

[@danstewart2770]

In times of universal lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell

[@lefantomer]

2+2=4. Also George Orwell. A symbol of the speaking of truth to power.

[@carlam4089]

I admire you hugely, thanks for speaking truth to power.

[@heatherchapman1984]

We need more humble and extremely brave and clear-thinking individuals in this country just like Jodie. thank you for being such an inspiration!

[@adrianromilly7261]

Difficult to find a UK academic / admin staff member with the guts to produce a similar video.

[@Featherfinder]

I cannot imagine it is comfortable or easy for you at work these days. God bless your integrity.

[@candaceorr7517]

"The soft bigotry of low expectations" That's a big part of Critical Race Theory.

[@kawaddle]

Ms Shaw: your "Note from Jodi" echoes much of what has been said by black conservatives and intellectuals such as Jason Riley, Shelby Steele, Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, and Thomas Sowell. You are in good company.

[@alex-qd6of]

John McWhorter is a liberal. But yes, he'd very much agree with Jodi.

[@greggmaynard5658]

The problem isn’t liberalism - quite the opposite - the extreme left are in the process of destroying hard fought civil rights - they are quite illiberal - the problem is the exercise of coercive power - that can happen in conservatism and in liberalism - Nazi Germany was a right wing totalitarian state, while Stalinist Russia was a left wing totalitarian state - both were murderous hell on earth

[@johnwayne2145]

@@greggmaynard5658 you’re going to have to define right wing as it relates to Nazi Germany. Jodi mentioned operating out of different dictionaries so just wondering exactly what you mean by “right wing” and how Nazi Germany fit that script?

[@rebeccagray986]

What's in a name; if the results are the same?

[@njva17420]

@@johnwayne2145 How about "fascist" to refer to Nazi Germany -- not a term associated with Soviet Russia.

[@deploribusrex4480]

"Inclusion" is actually (implemented as) an exclusive process. 1984. Double-speak. Double-think.

[@jacquelinedailey2046]

I absolutely love you, Jodi Shaw. Thank you for inspiring me to stand up at my own college and not give in to group pressure.

[@stephanielux]

"I think also we are working with different dictionaries..."

[@jneiswander]

Jodie, you are a very brave young woman & I salute you. The stress of speaking out like this while continuing to work in the environment you describe must be considerable. Please take care of yourself & find a tribe that will support you. Judy, Smith '69.

[@paigemccormick6519]

Judy, can you help as an alum?

[@cindystokes8347]

I’m so happy you finally said it. Such hubris for a president to make someone like you feel alone and silences you by saying “of course this is an outlier”. It’s bullying. My daughter goes to SU here in Texas and the same sort of letters go out to us.

[@pandorasbox8370]

ITS COMMUNISM! AND ITS SPREADING. ESPECIALLY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. THE RADICAL LEFT GOES AFTER THE YOUNG FIRST. THEY KNOW THEY RUN THEIR LIVES BY EMOTIONS,NOT LOGIC. as we age we see how the world really works ( hopefully) young people don’t have the life experience to be able to compare/contrast. The radical left academics get these very impressionable young students and indoctrinate and brainwash them into COMMUNISM. I HOPE PARENTS ARE LISTENING TO WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING IN SCHOOLS. AT ANY AGE. THE FAR LEFT IS STARTING THESE PRACTICES EARLIER AND EARLIER. THEY DON’T WANT ANYONE THINKING JUST OBEYING. PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP AND SEE WHATS REALLY GOING ON! #JodyThePatriot

[@njva17420]

@@pandorasbox8370 Less communism than Maoism. Remember the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution when everyone had to think like Mao and anyone of the intellectual class had to be re-educated.

[@leej12255]

Hi Jodi. Writing entirely as myself and not representing Rutgers or the Psych Dept that I chair, I have to commend your bravery and let you know -- you are not only not alone I suspect that you speak for most people and possibly even most members of most academic communities. It often does not seem that way, because they loudest and most aggressive voices in the room are ascendant, and, as your first two videos so nicely captured, have created an atmosphere of fear that has intimidated many people into silence. Regardless, this is from My Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement. It distinguishes the meaning of "Inclusion" in Common, conventional English, and as used commonly in academic social justice contexts: INCLUSION Common meaning: Everyone is welcomed and treated with dignity and respect. Social Justice meaning: Marginalized groups, and sufficiently performative woke white people, are welcomed with dignity and respect. Others are subject to scorn and ostracism. If you find this interesting, you can find the whole essay here: quillette.com/2019/02/24/my-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-statement/ If you want to have a little fun with all this (if you can), you might also enjoy this: quillette.com/2020/01/29/an-orwelexicon-for-bias-and-dysfunction-in-psychology-and-academia/ Last: Welcome. "To what?" you ask. The liberal left, fighting the illiberal left -- a battle that has raged on and off for 100 years.

[@leej12255]

P.S. Damn my typos.

[@paigemccormick6519]

@@leej12255 Professor, inclusion in DEI means providing a safe space for marginalized community members (speech and gaze limitations, compelled terms, decolonized menu items, for example). Diversity means diverse voices from authenticated, marginalized community members (notably, no race traitors or white adjacents need apply).

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@@paigemccormick6519 Okay first a disclaimer: English wasn't my original childhood language. But now, I think I'm relatively fluent. . . What does this all even mean?🤷🏾‍♀️ "Gaze limitations. . . decolonized menu items. . . white adjacents" (and how is "adjacent" plural)? It's like a different English than the English I learned. I didn't attend college, but I did great on my GED so I know I'm sufficiently fluent. . .

[@paigemccormick6519]

@@zxyatiywariii8 zxy, Oh I would enjoy answering... a little later! I have written my reply above with some cynicism, and some of those terms--although real--are ridiculous! Be back later, thanks! Edit: P.S. J P3, your comment dropped?

[@paigemccormick6519]

@@zxyatiywariii8 zxy, I was responding to leej's definition of inclusion, which I took as literal from him. (I did not read his articles.) I suggested a Critical Social Justice definition of inclusion, above. Then I added my suggestion for diversity. I note my terms below: speech limitations - can't say stuff gaze limitation - can't look at someone the wrong way compelled terms - must use certain words decolonized menu items - can't use ethnic culinary terms race traitors - people who don't align with their intersectional racial identity white adjacents - people who are too close to white privilege. I am American and also speak languages that are not native to my childhood. The English used by Critical Social Justice is quite dangerous in its psychology, like advertising and propaganda, and it is much more academic and politically deliberate, like revolutionary re-education. Talk more? Thank you, be well.

[@gallaxian]

Great analysis of the letter, Jodi. I agree, the clear implication of the President McCartney's letter is that you'd be fired but for your rights under the pesky National Labor Relations Act.

[@lovemycountryhatemygovernment]

The only reason President McCartney would bring up law, statute or code like that in a debate like this if there was INTENT to terminate Jodi. It also virtue signals that President McCartney's piety hangs out on the sleeve. "I can't fire you and here is why. I did my research to find out if I could fire you, but I can't do it without creating another problem that I'm now willing or have the time/power to deal with right now." Jodi, I really hope you continue to dig inside and fight this fight. It is clear that the base that backs you transcends just Smith College, but other institutional learning facilities. Thank you for your bravery! P.S. I heard about your effort on POCKETNET DOT APP and on Epoch Times.

[@njva17420]

@@lovemycountryhatemygovernment I saw a pic of McCartney, and she struck me as soft and not up to the job -- a bleeding heart lib with no backbone.

[@dylanenderlein8903]

Couldn’t agree more with beginning by defining terms we use. Its critical to begin having productive conversations by ensuring you’re taking off from the same starting line.

[@bennyboyle1134]

Great Jody. You are a gracious reasoner. Keep reasoning.

[@galaxytrio]

Wow. Jodi Shaw is a formidable opponent.

[@ChristineChern]

Great explanation of inclusion and calling out the virtue signaling rhetoric which does not benefit anyone!!

[@JC-by6cl]

Yes that was brilliant.

[@sam00]

Thoughtful, courageous, and honest. The world needs more people like you.

[@ferrishappenings7971]

Just catching up - I have come to learn of your effort just today via an article in Epoch Times. So I am going over your earlier videos. Stay strong! More voices like yours need to be heard and you are doing a great job in paving the way for those people to be heard as well! You have a great ability to communicate! Thank you! We need to defend and fight for equality for all! So this fight is to allow freedom of speech to show how wrong this equity racial social justice is.

[@gazsibb]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Reasoned and brave. Thank you for putting your head above the parapet Jodi. ...and thanks to that I also discovered your music! Pie-Love Sky is wonderful, so thank you for that too! (bought the CD rather than download in the hope you'd receive more royalties - no idea if that's true)

[@ElKabong61]

Jodi, you are a champion in the fight against "emotional imperialism"!

[@Muonium1]

Don't take this the wrong way, because I'm also at an institution whose administrative bureaucrats are being captured by this deranged psychocult, but I think you really need to stop beating around the bush as it were and explicitly state what happened at this college, what went wrong and what they're asking you to do that's unacceptable. Powerpoints, emails, zoom meetings....what's actually going on there? You need to explicitly lay out the evidence of what they're doing here; if you need someone to help you do it or interview you about what's going on, contact Benjamin Boyce or James Lindsay to do a discussion because they have very similar experiences.

[@notyetsilenced9746]

Do you honestly think this would make any difference whatsoever? You don't need detailed accounts of what happened. Everyone knows what is going on - at Smith, at almost every college, and at almost every major corporation.

[@D00kerT]

@@notyetsilenced9746 It still helps to explain what happened for those who are not informed and steeped in this world and how it operates on college campuses. There are MANY, people who have no freaking idea what is happening on college campuses, no idea at all.

[@geoffingoff]

She talks about specifics a bit in this podcast interview if you're interested, going into one particularly notable incident and just a little about the training. quillette.com/2020/11/03/podcast-119-jodi-shaw-on-a-climate-of-fear-at-smith-college-following-unproven-racism-accusations/

[@gwynnapnudd702]

@@geoffingoff Just listened to it. What a monster this student is. True equality means accepting that Non-Whites can be racists and that Whites can be victims of their racism. Thanks for posting that.

[@pseudonamed]

Be aware that sometimes the people running a school might not think you should be fired but some students are telling them to fire you, hence them mentioning that they can't fire you could be a way of pacifying the students. Unfortunately there are a lot of schools that do give in to student demand, if it isn't against the law in that context.

[@rosemariarecchia9214]

Wow Jodi I thank you so much for these videos. You are a very clear thinker.

[@JerryMS-DOD]

I don't mind moderate liberals at all. Being a conservative we share many common beliefs and values. As a conservative, I believe in helping those that need it and I believe in a clean environment. But, I don't like the horrible leftist radicalism that is happening now in half of our society.

[@Saylor_On_Shore]

Keep making videos! These are great! Such a breath of fresh air to hear someone speak rationally and courageously to the woke nonsense that has captured power in our institutions.

[@robertjedwards2040]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jodi.

[@davidhoracek6758]

I've reviewed every word in the video to which Kathleen McCartney's letter was a response. Nowhere in it is there the slightest hint that Jodi is breaking solidarity with the people of color in the Smith community, and especially not the students of color. Her plea in her comment is to have Smith address a hostile working environment for a subset of the staff, and to review the policies that might be exacerbating it. She also suggests that possibly, the goals of the inclusion programs are being undermined by the same policies that contribute to the hostile environment in which she works. None of this is even within shouting distance of Jodi trying to undermine the interest of any people of color. She's clearly not trying to take anyone down a peg. So how could this plea against workplace hostility warrant the inclusion of the last two sentences? How are they meant to be related, even tangentially, to the substance of the video? The only explanation I see is rather troubling, and I hope I'm wrong. But let's think about when someone would say the following words: "To the people of color in our community, please know our commitment is steadfast. And especially to our students of color, please know we are here for you always." That would only ever happen if the author of the words wants to imply that people of color, and specifically students of color, have been attacked or somehow diminished, and that Kathleen McCarnery is pledging to take their side in the fight that Jodi is picking with them and their interests. Except that didn't happen! The video could not have been more clear! The entire letter from McCartney completely ignores that Jodi's plea to right wrongs, and immediately assumes it must be a smokescreen for her true but unstated intentions, to perpetuate wrongs upon non-white members of the community. Basically, the effect of the last two lines is that Jodi is being a racist and we will fight her racism. If someone sees another interpretation, please reply. I'm chilled by the brazenness of that move.

[@traceyculver6649]

You are totally on point here. McCartney is essentially telling her black students that they are not capable of protecting themselves. How patronizing. How racist. How stupid.

[@traceyculver6649]

@@TRANSPARENCY-if9pj thanks. I’ll have a look-see.

[@njva17420]

McCartney is a bleeding heart liberal who has no business being a college president -- no backbone.

[@sankalp3513]

You're a very courageous person. This is not fair what's happening to you. I hope you come out of this predicament soon, on the better side of things

[@rossgooding7423]

Distancing maneuver= being “othered’

[@christinecarpenter6367]

Jodi you are a very good communicator! I hope you can effect change; however, I don’t see it happening because the bias is too large. They want you to think a certain way and when you don’t they discriminate against you. Very sad where America is today.

[@Chuckmuch]

Speaking as someone pigeon-holed as "right-wing" (of course, I am not), I am male, white and an avid supporter of freedom of speech - I would like to congratulate you on your strength of character and purpose. Many people can stand up for their beliefs, few do it publicly, and even less do it so gently and eloquently. We are in a time of great change. I have written many times of the agenda that is being thrust on the silent majority by vested interests. The juice of the agenda is a Fear Based Society disguised as a loving one. Our media are no longer our media (even through so-called intelligent outlets) and they have been leading this agenda through their corporate-paymasters. Education has long been owned by the same people, and now they seek to divide. No matter how untrue the label is, anyone who dissents will be called-out as an extremist. The truth is that there are very, very few extremists in this world, but rather Billions of people wanting to live their lives in a peaceful way. The extremists are the ones pushing the agenda, and their false Left/Right, Red/Blue paradigm. The people have an opportunity to reject this untrue and dangerous agenda of fear - That division and war are our natural state...that all white people are guilty, that all non-white people are victims, and that all men are abusive war-mongers. For 99.99% of the worlds population this is untrue. For a few thousand "Elites" this is their fuel, and only way to hang on to power. The truth is that most people want the same things at their core, but project their bias because of fear based discontent within themselves, and clinging to belief systems as a means of identification and proof. Dr King showed us the way forward, and peaceful voices of reason like yours are another example of humanity refusing to be oppressed by the bullying and fear-based oppression of government/media industrial complex backed agenda. Thank you for defending our futures by defending our educators, and by extension our children. I wish you the very best, and will follow your fight.

[@charlessullivan1387]

The truth powerfully stated.... Our Nation and too many other countries and people have gone "upside down" with this lunacy called racial equity. It is actually causing extreme damage to racial relationships worldwide. Many, many more of us need to stand up and assertively push back against this insanity. Let us all show our strongest support for an incredibly articulate and courageous Jodi Shaw. If she has a GOFUNDME PAGE, every person concerned with the health of our civilization should contribute with the hope that she will file every lawsuit possible to begin to reverse the damage being done to all us.

[@whitneymorgan4053]

Chuck, you hit the nail on the head so precisely & succinctly. May I share your comment on FB?

[@charlessullivan1387]

@@whitneymorgan4053 Please feel free to share.

[@Chuckmuch]

@@whitneymorgan4053 Hi Whitney, Thank you for your comment. Yes of course, please do. Wish you all the best

[@stephaniemoir7381]

Thanks for coming forward, your perspective is well expressed and fairly presented.

[@lindaclemens8590]

Saw your video and read your letter. Your message resonates with me. I have been emphasizing to my family your very same note. I am not a white supremacist and have always wished for respectful viewing of all individuals of any race or ethnicity. I am shocked over the reverse racism and see it as destroying our unity as human beings. It ruins not only our esteem, but leaves us both, the accused and accusers as victims. I think every human being should be able to develop his/her potential based on merits. That does not mean that we all have the same things. But we all should have the same talents or opportunities to succeed in the areas they want to achieve in. If that’s in construction, so be it; if that’s in teaching, so be it, if that’s in business, so be it. We all are important. This is fear needs to end. This is not freedom.

[@pseudonamed]

You are being so open and ready to discuss and work with the school, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to listen and try to understand where you're coming from and try to work with you (and the others who agree with you).

[@notyetsilenced9746]

From a news story dated December 10, 2014: The president of prestigious Smith College is red-faced and apologetic Tuesday for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that "all lives matter.". Kathleen McCartney wrote the phrase in the subject line of an e-mail to students at the school... “We are united in our insistence that all lives matter,” read the e-mail... But she soon received backlash from students for her phrasing. They were offended that she did not stick with the slogan “black lives matter.” Some who follow campus issues say that the idea of apologizing for saying “all lives matter” shows political correctness is out of control. "It’s getting increasingly difficult to figure out what you can say on the modern campus, even for university presidents… Too many of today’s students want freedom from speech rather than freedom of speech,” Freedom from speech... That's what Smith College now demands from it's students and employees. Freedom FROM speech, freedom FROM thought, freedom FROM basic human rights. In short, totalitarianism.

[@getknit8334]

SMITH today is a shadow of what it was years ago - it's just a propaganda school now

[@johnwayne2145]

I wish I had something profound to say but I’m way too stunned by what I just heard. Outstanding!

[@nickyoutube3757]

Couple of book suggestions: Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose / James Lindsay) -- Madness of Crowds (Douglas Murray)

[@smack7518]

I'm fairly certain she's read those already...she's brilliant.

[@AurorXZ]

Superb. I’ll add: Kindly Inquisitors (Jonathan Rauch), The Coddling of the American Mind (Lukianoff & Haidt) the Diversity Delusion (Heather Mac Donald), The Rise of Victimhood Culture (Campbell & Manning), the Problem with Everything (Meghan Daum)

[@candio2010]

I will add the Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt, that is the one that blew it all open for me. Moral Foundations Theory broke my last bigotry which was against conservatives.

[@Bmetalful]

Mein Kampf (Thomas Dalton edition), Culture of Critique (Kevin McDonald), The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit. (E. Michael Jones). These will accurately inform you on what you are dealing with.

[@AurorXZ]

@@candio2010 Yes! The Righteous Mind was transformative for me also, and really helped to bridge the divide between liberals and conservatives. It’s great.

[@hopefulseekr]

Jodi, I have only respect for your courage and your efforts to create a dialogue!

[@smack7518]

Reasonable, calm, fair - you are a heroine to many, Jodie! Keep up the great work! :-)

[@elizabeth-ty3he]

Love how she is using verbal calculus to derive each insult and hypocrisy to the most finite level. It’s like she is comedically turning the leftist playbook on its head.

[@jamesbuckley6951]

It's not a popularity contest it is about what is right. Keep speaking out

[@EmWarEl]

I attended Pensacola Christian College in the 1980s, an extreme right wing institution, perhaps a far right as a college can get and still participate in a liberal society. I was not raised in that kind of environment, consequently I was expelled before completeling a semester. Following that I enrolled at Kent State. I was raised with one lefty parent an one conservative parent, so I knew both sides of almost any argument. Kent State was nearly as ideologically doctrinaire as Pensacola Christian, except on the left, and with zero self awareness about it. If that's how it was in the 80s and 90s when I was attending, I cannot imagine what some campuses are like today.

[@brightpathvideo]

Great point you make Jodi about seaking "definitions". I think that's the crux of the matter actually. Imagine a conference about "cancel culture" being cancelled by canel culture? I think that's what you're up against. Keep up the great work. America's universities desperately need your voice now.

[@ambabamba7271]

Thank you for being bold and brave enough to speak up I think there are more people that feel the way you do than people think You’re doing the right thing, please don’t stop spreading your message I’m in NYC & surrounded by so many things I’ve been awakened to that are very disturbing, especially now that my 4 year old has started public school, there’s a lot these “educators” are attempting to teach my kid that are in no way part of a normal Pre-K education So anyway thanks for speaking out, this whole movement is going to cause WAY more damage than good. We need more people like you! Please keep posting!

[@mikewaters4897]

It takes a certain type of person to stick up for themselves and risk their job. However, you need to live with yourself and you will be much happier that you made your decision.

[@philipbrister]

What an inspiration you are!!! I thought your visual of the triangle was very simple yet powerful. I find your opinions to be well reasoned. Thank you.

[@AurorXZ]

You’re rapidly becoming a new hero of mine. Again, thank you!!

[@JC-XL]

You're a brave woman, Jodi 👍

[@edwingarcia7214]

I recently walk out after two weeks or so of working there. I don’t have the “pretty wording” or the schooling to be eloquent enough like most of the people here but here it goes: I’m not sensitive about my skin color at all and I’m always open to the dialogue. I truly see people by their qualities and give them a chance of been who they are, getting to know them.To know someone first it has to have connection and I don’t think there is not even a chance of that happening in the culture of that college. I’m only two weeks in and I heard from coworkers phrases like:” They are overly sensitive with pronouns in this place”“That BS neutral bathroom thing , tell me when a women can piss in a urinal and I’ll buy it” “ That black women that works there doesn’t like us because we are white” “ They makes take a stupid white privileged training like we are racist” “ The word “Marica” which is a derogatory word for a homosexual in Spanish used loosely everywhere “ between others. This all happen when I was been trained. In my personal opinion this a toxic environment resisting to change. Mostly the people involved in this comments are unfortunately white people although there is also white Latino people involved. I agreed something has to change for sure and they should be an agreement of at least been polite to ANY other human been. White, Latino, Black, Asian, Lesbian , Homosexual, or whoever it is. I work in Northampton before and I truly felt been discriminated before. It’s difficult to describe but sometimes there not even the need for words to felt someone disliking you for how you look or who you represent. Why there is much resistance on this topic? Let’s talk about it people? Let’s disagree respectfully and really move forward. English it’s not my first language and I’m truly not looking for a fight, I’m just laying the facts of my experience in this college my first couple of weeks.

[@OFFSITE88]

One shouldn't have to be brave or be a martyr to point out a corrective course. I think you're expressing the right things that undermine their power. Keep up the pressure! (I've emailed Smith's president)...

[@kadimah1]

Re your email to the President, that's an excellent idea and I will be sending one today as well. Don't know why I didn't think of it on my own, thanks for the suggestion!

[@Joanna_55]

Wokism and social justice programming , especially via critical race theory, is absolutely ironic. It subscribes to the very things it professes to condemn. It is the new religion: and it’s a religion of fundamentalism. It’s about power . Thank you for speaking up on behalf of the rest of us who don’t have your courage and integrity to do the right thing.

[@GodFamilyUSA1110]

How do you erase one wrong in history and reiterate a new wrong for history? and as always two wrongs never make a right. Was it right for our racism against blacks that happened in the past? Was it right for racism against Jews? Was it right or racism against any people of color? So, what makes it better to have racism against whites? We fall a long time to try to erase or at least desegregate our positions that United States had with racism years ago and that we have moved way further away from that categorization. So why did we go one large step forward Denouncing racism against people of color and two astronomical steps back to incorporating racism against white people..

[@oksanar8577]

Very thoughtful video and clear analogies. Thank you for speaking out.

[@gmw11]

I’ve starting to see other videos like this and I understand what she’s saying. I never knew how “to say it but this woman is so articulate and says exactly what’s going on in a non-biased non-judge mental but informative way.

[@cosmicdownload2025]

too bad there wasn't more like you in the learning Institutions, most are bullied into complying.

[@traderbellie799]

Well said and thought out. Listening to you the word productive comes to mine. I have one son graduating from UNH this spring and another in the 10th grade here MA. While I understand your intent is specific your message carries over to other communities, and serves a benefit to them as well. What I hope is people who are involved with creating an inclusive environment where my sons attend school can hear the point you articulate with an open mind, and the window for true progress has not been already closed. Best luck and continue to speak out. For your’s is the voice that is authentically free of racism.

[@kimcarr7409]

You are an inspiration. Keep speaking as loudly as you can! Hugs.

[@HeatherLindsay]

Grateful people like you exist. Thank you.

[@ellasworld1]

Thank you for being brave and speaking out. It starts with one! Let us know how we can support you.

[@P2Reflectschannel-hh2zl]

This seems like a thoughtful person of integrity. I'm worried about where this will (or already has) end up.

[@robjo4143]

I'll buy the book you write to display proudly behind me (grand children in online school) during zoom sessions

[@Bingewatchingmediacontent]

How are they treating you otherwise? When I went through something similar at my academic admin job it was a tense situation for a long time and there were people who seemed to do things to make me trip up to get fired. It was very stressful just to be at work every day and responding to emails where I felt like I had to be very careful how I worded my responses. I’m wondering if you feel the same Like do you ever feel like people are hoping to get you fired for unrelated things, like trip you up on a petty mistake?

[@lucieramsey1388]

You are courageous💗

[@galaxyseed70]

Wow! Good to see a voice of reason and moral clarity.

[@gwynnapnudd702]

Equity and inclusion are buzz words. They mean nothing in general, just the ideological version of John Lennon's anthem "Imagine" or the famous Coca Cola commercial. If actually defined, they are simply nonsense. People aren't equal and don't belong where they don't qualify to belong. If a college become completely inclusive and will accept anyone, its degree ceases to mean anything because the standards have been lowered.

[@spanglelime]

*Pepsi. Pepsi is going to solve all societal woes.😬 Coca-Cola will sit back, point and laugh. 😀

[@tatpole99]

Jodi, thank you for speaking up. You are a great example, we need more people like you, and you inspire me to do the same.

[@Saylor_On_Shore]

I love listening to you explain this so clearly and the way you work through the ideas to build understanding. Specifying the meaning of words is absolutely essential.

[@jaewok5G]

Your situation becomes less unique on an almost daily high-profile basis. You may take a cue or at least solace from the recent history of Lindsay Shepherd, formerly a TA at Wilfird Laurier Univ. imo the good intentions and laudable goals have been twisted around and turned on themselves by usurpers and the sincere but unguided.

[@crashfellow82]

Here from Tim Pool's Video you did.

[@r3evans]

Sure you have answered this but why not just sue them?

[@micheleerskine6913]

You have piqued my interest but I would like to listen to all your videos in hopes of hearing more specificity in your few examples of how you got to where you are with Smith’s.

[@alessiotoo]

You have taken on an important issue that goes beyond Smith College. You are giving voice to what many of us are thinking. Best wishes in your endeavor.

[@NanaSmithRealEstate1]

Again, thank you, thank you. You are very brave woman!

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

I like the Tim Poole look!😜

[@cjpiper2420]

It’s safe to say this is happening in all college, now in the military

[@shadow.banned]

"The customer is always right."

[@aoudebehaviorsystems9270]

What is the link to your first video please

[@ForbiddenHistoryLIVE]

WE OFTEN DONT GET TO CHOOSE OUR BATTLES, BUT WHAT WE DO WHEN THE BATTLE COMES TO OUR DOOR, SAYS EVERY-THING ABOUT WHO WE ARE, AND WHO OR WHAT WE ARE NOT ; WE NEED ALL OF THE JODI SHAW'S OF THIS WORLD ... I SEE HER SPIRIT, I CANT SEE ANY PART OF HER SKIN ... BECAUSE SHE HAS TRANSCENDED. - Dezert-Owl. Author / Translator.

[@BEaton-kf7ej]

Next they will find ways to make you want to quit.

[@bally7675]

This is the most elegant and rhetorically clever way that I have ever seen someone imply that another has a white savior complex. The best part is that you clearly consider the empowerment of women to be paramount, a position that should be one of Smith's core values, as a seven sister; yet the college's assumption that women of color inherently lack agency undermines their ability to view the women at their institution as individuals and treat them with equality or equity.

[@TrialAndError8713]

I think the difference between "equality" and "equity" is that equality is how we are created, each with unique talents and abilities, and with the opportunity to work and achieve success. Equity, I think, is trying to make everyone stay identical, and if someone does achieve at a higher level or rate than someone else, then equity is denying the more motivated people what they have rightfully earned through their hard work. Equality is that everyone has the same opportunities, to start with, and equity is that people who use those opportunities to their advantage are vilified so that they never excel, because the people who don't capitalize on the opportunities are demanding that they, themselves, are entitled to that for which they have not worked and achieved.

[@melonaise]

It's disheartening to hear from someone in Residence Life say they wouldn't support BIPOC students, who isn't willing to see that non-white people in America deal with racism consistently throughout their lives, who isn't prepared to provide support those students may need. These students are strong and resilient, but that's not a reason to withhold support. Have you missed the past several hundred years of history in America? We didn't arrive in this moment as fully formed adults with no influence from society, our parents, media, etc. Have you not read the sociology studies that document assumptions made about black people, like that black kids are assumed to be older than they are and therefore can handle more responsibility and more culpability of action, or that black women are stronger than white women so are denied pain relievers in hospitals? Even if you can state with confidence that you would never ever make any assumption about someone based on their appearance, you can't make that statement about everyone at Smith college, and therefore should have this information and be prepared to support BIPOC students. Not that you wouldn't support white students, but show that you understand that people need different types of support based on their self and their history, and that there is a strong correlation and in some cases causation -- there are racist people who have hurt your students before specifically because of their skin color -- between how we've been treated and perceived with our outward appearance.

[@michaelquinlan2121]

Seems to me 'Not speaking for the college' refers to the administrative apparatus of the college.

[@jimclark9826]

Smith’s statement sounds as if they will not brook disagreement on this topic. It has an implied tone of “how dare you” disagree with us. And they are trying to embarrass you into silence and submission. Not good Smith College. Not good.

[@ForbiddenHistoryLIVE]

PEOPLE IN GENERAL CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH ... KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK JODI Peace & Enlyghtenment Alwayz Dezert-Owl

[@tarasacerdote545]

What's with the red cloths?

[@traceyculver6649]

Oh, for heavens sake....who CARES?

[@lvodniza]

@@traceyculver6649 rude 😂

[@traceyculver6649]

@@lvodniza My specialty. Thank you for recognizing it💕 Only a fool would comment on the backdrop instead of recognizing the importance of the message.

[@elizabeth-ty3he]

I think it might give her more anonymity. Her personal things aren’t out on display.

[@debbiejaynes2652]

Imagine over time these students becoming chronicle depressed from too much victimhood.

[@dugfriendly]

I had a pic of Ilhan Omar on my computer desktop at work. A contract employee, who happens to be a retired employee hired back through a different company, attempted to bully me over it. It's a very conservative area & office. He challenged me by asking if I was anti-Semitic. My employer wasn't interested in the incident when I reported it to HR. It's a tricky time.

[@fredericpapal9093]

Hi Jody, I emigrated from France to The US 20 years ago. If I had known that I would have to advise my (now grown and young professional) kids to not talk about anything sensitive in public or on social media under the risk to be put in economical, financial, physical and moral danger I would not have come, or would have sent them in Europe to make their life. You disclose that you are a lifelong liberal, and I am wondering if you are having a taste of what has become of this country, and how you would have reacted if that was happening to a citizen who was not sharing your political inclinations.

[@psyskeptic9979]

Well done! Brave and helpful to us all.

[@propermodulation948]

You have my total support. Unfortunately, you have entered into the crazy place of the current academy.

[@joan8862]

I agree with this and thank you for speaking out. You are very brave. However, and this is where I will probably get some hateful comments, you self-identify as liberal and work in academia. Do you see how this Liberal ideology has led to this anti-white racism? How it was inevitable that the ideology of inclusion and acceptance of any and all immoral behaviors would lead to exclusion and cancel culture from the same liberal mindset?

[@whitneymorgan4053]

No hateful comment from me. You are correct Joan, the brainwashing & indoctrination has been going on for decades.😤

[@kadimah1]

What I don't get is, what exactly was said in your 1st vid that the college wouldn't get behind? You neither expressed nor indirectly suggested any opposition to diversity & inclusion. You said literally nothing to directly *or* effectively diminish the value or importance of anyone else's 'lived experience.' So I'm distressed by the implications of her divorcing Smith College from the vid. There are only a few ways to reasonably interpret that and none are any good. Are we to take from her message that Smith seeks to foster a racially hostile environment for those of European descent? Because the last time I checked, everyone of any heritage has the right to freedom from a hostile work environment of any kind, racial or otherwise. I mean, she's not even paying lip service to your right to feel comfortable at work. Sadly, her handling of this situation seems part and parcel right now but I hope you won't be discouraged by it. There are a lot of us out here that are behind you and who will openly support you in this.

[@manaloola2018]

Ms. Shaw, you are AMAZING! THANK YOU!

[@kadimah1]

PS - Thanks to OFFSITE88's good thinking, I will be emailing the President myself and I encourage others to do so as well. She's accountable for Smith's reputation and should know how this plays with the public. I'll be letting her know there are eyes on her handling of this and express my impression as described in my prior comment.

[@Ramiiam]

"Equity" usual means equality of outcome measured by group.

[@johnawakening9908]

I understood Equity to be the value of an investment in shares or property. It is a banking term (in in that realm). Using it to confuse people in rhetoric with the idea of Equality is z particular sophistication used by depp thinkers in ivory towers who come up with books like "Anti-Racist Baby" and "White Fragility". At least the baby book is easy to read, the other is turgid self analysis from a self-confessed racist.

[@extramile734]

Dear Smith College: I Have a Few Requests

[@xb6261]

Does anyone else see the irony in how similar the names Mcartney and Mcarthyism are? Two people on a mission to purge dissent and establish conformity of thought.