Word: pattersons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...return to the laws of the old South," says Orlando Patterson professor of sociology. Although no formal rule mandating it exists he says the net effect is that the cases of Blacks get talked about. While the cases of whites do not. "It's implicit racism," he says...
...problem as Patterson sees it is that because of the racial dynamics of American society. While victims of a Black professor's sexual advance are more likely to recognize them as improper and more likely to report it. Once reported they are more likely to speak openly about it. "By leaving it up to the student to make the revelation, whatever insipient racist attitudes the students have may be brought over. "Patterson says...
There no doubt are some lingering racist attitudes in many whites that would make what Patterson says true. There are still some subtleties to sexualaaaaaa relations between the races, still some bases that do not exist in relations between members of the same races. A while victim of a Black professor's advances may in fact feel more rage, and more desire to exact punishment than she would had her aggressor been white...
...Patterson, a member of the Faculty in Good standing does not come down very hard on the University. While totally in support of sexual harassment policies in general, he sends to worry about the effect of informing the victim of the resolution of his or her case. "The victim has the complete power to be as punitive as she wants." he says...
...adopting this stance, Patterson comes close to the administration's own currently evolving belief that the more the victim knows about the resolution of his or her case the more power the victim has to be vindictive. This whole attitude is absurd on its face. The University has no right to assume that it should be able to keep the whole thing quiet. Let it instead warm all members of the Faculty that if they do not want anyone to know that they are sexual harassers, they shouldn't sexually harass...