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Re:Viral “racism in academia” story deleted when I started a... by boomboomsubban on Monday September 19, 2022 @11:04AM (#32899331)
>The problem is that stories like these gain traction and reinforce false narratives about the nature of racial discrimination and other issues.

Because this story was a lie, the narrative about the nature of racial discrimination is false? That seems like a stretch.

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Re:Viral “racism in academia” story deleted when I started a... by BurdensomeCount on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:52PM (#32900824)
It's not just this story. This is just one more example in the plethora of "inconvenient events".
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Re:Viral “racism in academia” story deleted when I started a... by boomboomsubban on Monday September 19, 2022 @02:52PM (#32902332)
That's basically the reason people could give for believing this story.
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