Gates: a portait in academic arrogance
I work near a large Ivy League university so I can spot rude, arrogant, elitist attitude a mile away. People who think they’re so important that they can’t bother to be courteous.
The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. affair really has nothing to do with race. It has a lot more to do with class. What we have here is an elitist academic who can’t deign to lower himself to be polite, answer the police officer’s questions, and clarify that, indeed, there was no break-in at his residence.
Instead, Gates started to accuse the police officer with the very first words out of his mouth.
The arrogance comes through in the matter-of-fact police report.
The fact that the President of the United States weighed in on this case without knowing the facts makes it even more disturbing.
See related comment from The Anchoress–A First Things Blog.
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