Boy in The Steppe

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[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

I am bewildered, and not very impressed, by the visceral, naked, irrational hatred spat out by some defenders of Jason Arday. If a Cambridge professor is accused of being an unqualified charlatan, the accusation might be racially motivated. On the other hand it might not, depending on the evidence. The correct question to ask is not, ”What is the colour of his skin” but “Is it in fact true that he is an unqualified charlatan?” Please examine the evidence before leaping to the assumption of racism.
As for the idea that journalists “piled in on him” and “hounded him to his death”, most attacks were against Cambridge University. Jason himself was widely regarded as an unfortunate victim of foolish promotion way beyond his ability to cope. In appointing him to a professorship for which he was manifestly unqualified – in ludicrously describing him as “the best in the world” – certain senior members of the university showed a level of patronising condescension towards black people that could fairly be described as racism, while at the same time making him tragically vulnerable to such attacks as came his way.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@kindanew @JohnHundeslit Please name these other Cambridge professors that *allegedly* plagiarised the bulk of their published work and also *allegedly* falsified data. If he were white with the exact same credentials, would he have been offered the Cambridge role (or the ones that came before it)?

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@OpenChiswickW4 @Buyshirts1 Cycle and walk through there regularly. It’s awesome both as a cyclist and a pedestrian. Sucks for drivers, though.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@kehinde_andrews @nytimes The article is explicit as to why he was under qualified. There are also a number of students who have outlined how his teaching was poor. Which part is untrue?

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@NeilGarratt This is just factually incorrect.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@looshandan @WulfrunianChris Exactly right.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@AgbogaVictor Everyone does this, dude. It’s got nothing to do with your skin colour. Arday is a plagiarist and a fraud and scrutinising him is nothing to do with his skin colour, either. The only people who cared about his skin colour were the people that appointed him.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@TraceyRyniec @TheStalwart Being forced to unwind positions in order to be able to meet a margin call is quite literally the opposite of being bailed out and pretty much allowing the fund to fail. What you’re tying to ask is why it’s Kenny G that has the best bid…

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@CrosscheckC @Twasluck1 The question is the rev initiatives. If those don’t work then the biz is broken. Away from those, CEO saying that airline fares have failed to keep up with inflation… hence the confidence in underlying RASM.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@dxbestani Defo a penalty or just noted? Surely he put himself on the limiter… FFS…

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@fiagirly HAM potentially saving tyres? Or just slow?

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@WILKO_MUFC @LH44Fanpage8 He already holds all the records, though…

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@FormulaUser @dxbestani I mean, I happily celebrated the pole at Spa in 2012…

[ali @dxbestani]

Don't let the penalty take away from the fact that Hamilton dunked 2 and a half tenths on Leclerc's head.

Don't forget. Certain individuals been very loud the last 2 race weekends.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@dxbestani Please don’t jinx it!

[George Foulkes @GeorgeFoulkes]

It’s now beginning to look like England would have won the World Cup if they hadn’t been cheated against Argentina

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

It’s endearing that Zahawi is one of the first to come out with this predictable but asinine take. As if we needed any more proof that he’s an idiot. Jenrick and Braverman to follow?

[Nadhim Zahawi @nadhimzahawi]

Breaks my heart! England can attack so well, 2-0 up against France why didn’t we allow team to do that against Argentina? Confidence is everything.

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@BigBreakfastLob They’re playing “soccer”

[Principal Mahler Appreciator 🇺🇦 @BigBreakfastLob]

Sorry France, but WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING???

[Boy in The Steppe @boyinthesteppe]

@AaronBastani Yeah but we’ll have to endure, “Where was THIS England in the Argentina match?” for the next few days…