Graduate student admits lying about being
black and resigns from teaching role at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Rachel Sharp
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/16/2020 11:11:15 PM
A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has resigned from a teaching role after admitting to lying about being black. CV Vitolo-Haddad, who identifies as non-binary and goes by 'they' or 'them' pronouns, pretended on multiple occasions to be black or Latino although the teacher is actually Southern Italian and Sicilian. Vitolo-Haddad failed to correct peoples' assumptions about racial identity, 'entered Black organizing spaces' and on three occasions didn't say no when others asked about being black. Vitolo-Haddad confessed to the deception in two Medium blog posts and apologized for 'every ounce of heartbreak and betrayal' caused by the false claims. The grad left a teaching assistant job at
Reply 1 - Posted by:
stevendm 9/16/2020 11:18:11 PM (No. 543131)
What is a "black organizing space"?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mushroom 9/16/2020 11:23:14 PM (No. 543136)
God bless the wonderful people of Wisconsin, but a *suntan* could 'pass' in that State!
(BTW, Open Wisconsin back up, I want to vacation there again!)
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 9/16/2020 11:23:34 PM (No. 543137)
If the United States is such a horrible country for Blacks to live in, why do so many people pretend to be Black? Also, if racism is so rampant here, why do so many Blacks have to fake hate crimes, such as Jussie Smollet and that race car driver who claimed someone tied a noose in his garage?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lakerman1 9/16/2020 11:25:15 PM (No. 543138)
wrong turns in life, them said. I agree with they.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
padiva 9/16/2020 11:26:14 PM (No. 543139)
Will she be removed from the graduate program?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
TLCary 9/16/2020 11:42:35 PM (No. 543150)
He/She/It/Them/They got caught with their hand in the Black Privilege cookie jar.
Amazing how Universities celebrate the absurd. Since my kids are all certain of what their gender and ancestors is, I don't know how I'll ever get them into a college. Straight A's and 4H will only make it harder.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Miceal 9/16/2020 11:59:02 PM (No. 543156)
So he's mentally ill. That about right?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Obviousity 9/17/2020 12:31:32 AM (No. 543170)
I have wondered if Xi Jinping was declaring his pronoun preference.
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If you don't know who you are, I am sure I don't. I just put you in the mental illness column.
But hey, if you were following the faux squaw's footsteps for better income and job preference, both of you should be ashamed. You are not helping.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
snakeoil 9/17/2020 1:26:23 AM (No. 543186)
Unless forced to do otherwise I always list my race as human. I resent the question.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ScooterTrash 9/17/2020 2:40:14 AM (No. 543194)
I'm outraged, outraged I tell you. Maybe we should go loot a Saks Fifth Avenue. Winter is coming and I could use a new winter coat.
/Sarcasm off
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Highlander 9/17/2020 3:28:41 AM (No. 543199)
These people, all aboard for social justice, claim to be morally superior to the “unwoke.” If lying, rioting, looting, screaming at elderly people, attacking police, attacking Trump supporters, and ridiculing anyone on the right, are signs of moral uprightness, then I’m doomed!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 9/17/2020 5:21:53 AM (No. 543223)
Just another lying sack of excrement.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 9/17/2020 6:06:31 AM (No. 543243)
There is probably a lot of that going on due to the Black Privilege of having affirmative action benefits in most areas of our society for the last several decades.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W 9/17/2020 8:40:08 AM (No. 543403)
If America is so racist and bad and bad and racist with systemic racism and a black person can't get a fair shake in this bad, racist country (Just ask Oprah or LeBron), how come so many white people are trying to advance themselves by pretending to be black?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/17/2020 9:33:16 AM (No. 543452)
Non-binary is now non-employed. If you have honestly achieved graduate student status why do you need to lie about anything? Unless it was a Lizzy Warren type situation involving quotas.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 9/17/2020 12:37:46 PM (No. 543700)
#16, "unless"??? Of course it was about getting some black privilege and trying to get ahead with a lower grading standard and automatic set asides for blacks - affirmative action is VERY real, and has been for decades.
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