{"id":36509,"date":"2014-12-10T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:14:23","slug":"great-moments-in-academia-college-president-regrets-writing-all-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2014\/12\/great-moments-in-academia-college-president-regrets-writing-all-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Great moments in academia: College president regrets writing “All lives matter”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Smith College President Kathleen McCartney led a vigil attended by 130 people Monday afternoon three days after she apologized for her original wording in an email she sent to the campus community in reaction to the recent police killings of three blacks.<\/p>\n

\"mccartneysmith\"<\/a>McCartney sent two emails Friday, which were obtained by the Gazette from a Smith faculty member. The first, with a subject line reading \u201cAll Lives Matter,\u201d was sent by McCartney to Smith students, faculty and staff with a list of actions that would taken on campus to heal those in pain, to \u201cteach, learn and share what we know\u201d and to \u201cwork for equity and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly six hours later Friday evening, McCartney sent a second email expressing regret that she was unaware the phrase \u201call lives mater\u201d was used by some on social media as a counter to the \u201c#BlackLivesMatter\u201d movement protesting the grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.<\/p>\n

In the first email, McCartney described the deaths of Brown and Garner as resulting from \u201cexcessive force\u201d by police. She added that the video of Garner\u2019s death \u201cspoke for itself\u2014or should have.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued by explaining that she had been listening to the discouragement, fury and sorrow of students at Smith. \u201cWe are united in our insistence that all lives matter,\u201d McCartney closed the email.<\/p>\n

In her follow-up email, McCartney said that numerous students had contacted her objecting to her use of the phrase \u201call lives matter.\u201d She cited two students\u2019 emails, including one that explained that while all lives matter, it is not the value of all lives that is being called into question, it is specifically black lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt minimizes the anti-blackness of this the current situation; yes, all lives matter, but not all lives are being targeted for police brutality,\u201d wrote another student.<\/p>\n

McCartney closed her email acknowledging her mistakes, \u201cdespite my best intentions,\u201d and thanking those who shared their \u201cwisdom and wise counsel\u201d with her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There\u2019s more on the subject and the controversy here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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