The letter really has to be read to be believed. He takes it as fact that any hiring of non-white faculty is de facto discrimination against white men. That is not an exaggeration.
i have said before that the fracas at UVA is a product, in large part, of a set of alumni who believe that the university was at its greatest when it was a segregated finishing school for white men. i was not exaggerating, as you can see here in this letter from Scott Douglas Gerber
GERBER: A letter of suggestions for U.Va.’s interim president
What follows are a few respectfully proffered suggestions that I think can help you try to restore the University to the greatness it enjoyed when I was a student decades ago.
