Thread by @EricsElectrons

@Emmyjewel I once dated a girl who works in admissions for one of the top 30 best colleges in the world. She one day stopped answering my texts out of nowhere. I was going to live & let live, but this time I wanted an explanation so I called her after not hearing from her for 2 weeks. 1/n

@Emmyjewel She answered very calmly but measured as if she was getting interviewed or something. She also was acting as if everything was fine between us.

After some small talk I straight up asked her, “Why did you ghost me and decide to talk today?” What she said was stupefying. 2/n

@Emmyjewel This girl said with her whole chest, “I was exploring your social media pages and I just can’t stand by your views on black lives. I just think it’s anti-black and you don’t care about black lives lost to police violence.”

I paused for a moment before responding. 3/n

@Emmyjewel I sternly asked, “Do you really believe, as a self-described white woman, you care more about black lives more than me, what many would call a black man, just because I’m critical of Black Lives Matter as a movement?”

She was at a post for words for at least 5 seconds. 4/n

@Emmyjewel Her tone changed to something that is reminiscent of a mother scolding her child and said, “It’s not that you are anti-black directly, but your views are and you’re aiding white supremacy whether you know it or not.”

I was about ready to go off on her but then she also said, 5/n

@Emmyjewel “I also didn’t like your comments about how universities discriminate against Asian applicants. I’m in admissions. That’s not happening. You wouldn’t know that because you’re not in admissions.”

I cut in & said, “But you know more about BLM issues than me as a white woman?” 6/n

@Emmyjewel She then said, “That’s different. I don’t know more than you but I do think you can be mislead.”

I agreed & said, “I can but at least I’m aware of that. You’re not & you’re making an argument from authority. Are you even aware of the lawsuit against Harvard?” 7/n

@Emmyjewel She says, “I don’t have to know. Every university has a slightly different admissions process. You can’t say we are all discriminating against Asian people.”

I corrected her by saying I never said all are doing that. I just said that the top schools (including hers) are. 8/n

@Emmyjewel She said, “It takes a special type of arrogance to think you know the admissions process.”

I replied, “It takes a special type of arrogance & racism as a white leftist woman to think you can tell a black man that he doesn’t care about black people.”

She lost it. 9/n

@Emmyjewel “How DARE you call me a racist. I have done so much to amplify black voices and make sure they have an equitable process through admissions.”

I replied, “So you can influence the admissions process with your political views? That right there puts my case to rest.” 10/n

@Emmyjewel She then states the obvious that this won’t work out and how I just don’t get it and I interrupt her by saying, “Yea, I don’t do well with racists that disguise their left leaning racism as equity and inclusion.”

The call ends because she hangs up on me. 😂 The end. 11/11

@Emmyjewel A Loss for words*