That was fast. Morehouse College has fired one woman and reprimanded another for using work email accounts to forward a mean-spirited, homophobic e-blast mocking a black gay wedding ceremony, reports the Journal Constitution.
The fired woman worked as an administrative assistant in the president’s office, according to reports. After receiving an e-mail forward that included wedding photos of a gay couple, she forwarded the e-mail to others and made comments that were considered discriminatory. In a statement released Thursday, Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Morehouse’s president, announced that “the college has disciplined the persons involved in the incident, and one of the implicated employees is no longer with the college.”
“The views expressed in the e-mail entitled, ‘The WTD of the Week,' (September 28, 2009) were the personal views of one individual and do not reflect the values or policies of Morehouse College,” he said in the statement. “The College has taken great strides toward building a diverse and tolerant community.”
The all-male Morehouse is one of the nation's premier historically black colleges. The College has seen several well-publicized cases of homophobia, harassment and anti-gay violence in recent years. Previous administrations have been accused of not taking the cases seriously.
Bravo to Dr. Franklin and the College.
You take care now, Sandra Bradley.
Thanks @JAVIERABROWN
This is among several positive outcomes seen from the Morehouse President lately. Kudos to him.
Posted by: Richard | 01 October 2009 at 18:30
Good for Morehouse. She shoulda been escoreted the door. Work email is supposed to be used for work-related tasks. Not to preach hate.
Posted by: J Matt | 01 October 2009 at 18:42
thank goodness. decisive action on morehouse's part. bravo!
Posted by: FREELEO | 01 October 2009 at 20:21
It's about friggin' time!
Posted by: H. | 01 October 2009 at 22:00
I'm stunned and pleasantly suprised. I thought for sure that she would've gotten a short suspension while the college waited for this to blow over. Hopefully, this is a message to other employees at both Morehouse and elsewhere that this kind of behavior is just and unacceptable as racism.
Posted by: mjolnir202 | 01 October 2009 at 22:06
They have been getting away with saying whatever they want about us for a long time.
I am not surprised that woman thought she could use her work email to say disrespectful things about us.
She had to be disciplined.
Posted by: Jamel Smith | 02 October 2009 at 00:38
That's Great News!!
Posted by: CC | 02 October 2009 at 11:28
Thanks Morehouse College for taking a stand against "foul play on the work site".
Ruth McGregor
Posted by: Ruth McGregor | 02 October 2009 at 19:16