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...currently seeking to extend his leave, and he's filing discrimination charges with the U.S. Department of Education. His request for an extension inspired a group of law students, the Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR), to sue the school for failing to provide a sufficiently diverse environment...
INSTEAD OF suing HLS, however, CCR should sue Bell. If one more Black professor would be such an increase in diversity that it's worth taking a leave of absence, then the absence of one more Black professor--i.e., Bell--is such a decrease in diversity that someone should be protesting his decision...
...withdrawing from HLS, Bell does his part to deprive students of the opportunity to benefit from a diverse faculty--the very opportunity for which CCR is suing...
...diversity problem exists and someone has to be blamed for it, should CCR sue those professors who rejected Harvard's offer? HLS did take the initiative, so it must be the fault of the people who turned them down--let's sue them! Clearly this is absurd...
Moreover, if Black professors who applied for a position at HLS and were turned down felt discriminated against, they would be the first to take legal action. Since this has not happened, the protests of Bell and CCR do Harvard an injustice by claiming that the school is biased...