Gender, Race not Factors in Harvard’s Decision not to Promote Librarian, Court Rules
A federal court jury decided Harvard University has not discriminated against Desiree Goodwin, a librarian who has been turned down for better jobs during her 11-year career at the institution.
Coverage from:
- The Boston Globe
- Boston Herald
- The Associated Press
- The Crimson (a Harvard student newspaper)
- the BBC
Most of a statement my office released is available in The Boston Globe’s article.
I like the quote that’s circulating in some of these articles:
"’One of my friends said to me, no matter how it turns out, standing up for yourself is a victory in itself,’ Goodwin said. ‘I feel victorious in that sense.’"
Who else will stand up for us in our jobs and careers if we don’t do it?
April 6th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
Do you really think she’s serious when she tells the AP she got love letters? Not only is she facing down gender equity issues, but the university library system and its overstuffed sense of itself. Not you of course, JK.
This sounds like it was more library politics than blatant discrimination. That’s not to say politics can’t be just as damaging to a person’s career. Am I way off base? Or does the political nature of most university library systems amount to discrimination?
April 6th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
Do you really think she’s serious when she tells the AP she got love letters? Not only is she facing down gender equity issues, but the university library system and its overstuffed sense of itself. Not you of course, JK.
This sounds like it was more library politics than blatant discrimination. That’s not to say politics can’t be just as damaging to a person’s career. Am I way off base? Or does the political nature of most university library systems amount to discrimination?