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Too funny!
British evolutionary biologist and famed atheist Richard Dawkins
has been stripped of his “Humanist of the Year” award following
tweets comparing transgender people to Rachel Dolezal, a White
activist who self-identifies as Black.
The American Humanist Association announced in a statement
Monday it was withdrawing the award given to Mr. Dawkins in 1996
after it determined he was “no longer deserving of being
honored” by the organization.
“Regrettably, Richard Dawkins has over the past several years
accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of
scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach
antithetical to humanist values,” the association said.
Mr. Dawkins sparked a backlash on Twitter after he tweeted on
April 10: “In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of
NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black. Some men choose to
identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You
will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they
identify as. Discuss.”
Several hours later, Mr. Dawkins clarified he was asking the
question for academic purposes and not stating his own opinion
on the matter.
“I do not intend to disparage trans people,” he wrote. “I see
that my academic ‘Discuss’ question has been misconstrued as
such and I deplore this. It was also not my intent to ally in
any way with Republican bigots in US now exploiting this issue.”
The American Humanist Association slammed Mr. Dawkins‘ tweets as
insensitive.
“His latest statement implies that the identities of transgender
individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking
Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient,” the
association said in its statement Monday. “His subsequent
attempts at clarification are inadequate and convey neither
sensitivity nor sincerity.”
Ms. Dolezal, a self-proclaimed Black woman, resigned as
president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP in 2015 after it
was revealed she was born to White parents. The controversy
sparked a national debate on racial identity.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/20/richard-dawkins- loses-humanist-of-the-year-award-a/
Rachel Dolezal, proof you can't educate ignorant liberals.
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