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May 5 4 tweets 2 min read
dear reader, the audible gasp i gave when reading the emails a certain nepo baby journalist sent to a respected Stanford professor

these go beyond a sense of entitlement…this is something uglier. this level of disrespect toward a distinguished Black professor is just appalling


Theo Baker tweted to Stanford professor Hakeem Jefferson: Not sure you understand what objectivity means, Hakeem. This is a ridiculous tweet & I urge you to delete it
Theo Baker’s original email reprimanding Professor Jefferson
Professor Jefferson’s reply to Theo Baker’s original email
Theo Baker’s email response to Professor Jefferson’s reply. “…your reply….suggests a sense of superiority I find remarkable… …I’m not confident that sense is earned.”
i tend to believe that kids are off limits

but when i got to baker’s line “suggests a sense of superiority i find remarkable” (4th)…holy jesus

so dear white people (particularly yt ppl of privilege), pls take the time to read these and then….do the exact opposite