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20 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
.@unicefchief Henrietta Holsman Fore was forced to resign as trustee from Wellesley College in 1987 over racist remarks she made about the work ethics of blacks, Hispanics & Asians.

NYT: She said "blacks preferred pushing drugs to working in a factory."
nytimes.com/1987/02/12/us/… Image
.@nytimes: "Ms. Holsman reiterated her statement that she had trouble keeping black assembly-line workers from going 'back to the street to earn more money' selling drugs."

"In her lecture, Ms. Holsman also said she had found Hispanic workers to be lazy."
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1…
In 2007, then Senator Obama and Senator Menendez almost blocked her appointment to the State Department over the racially charged remarks.
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content…
nytimes.com/2005/06/18/pol…

Why did the UN never discuss this when she was named to head @UNICEF? ImageImage
"In her confirmation hearing, Obama pressed Fore to explain the remarks. She said she was merely talking about stereotypes that exist about black workers—not what she believed. But Obama left the hearing unsatisfied & launched a probe into her background."
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-20…

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