LITERAL RACISM REEEEEEEE!!!
Dr. Julie Overbaugh was an award-winning senior vice president at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ("Fred Hutch") and a faculty member at the University of Washington Medical Center. She's known for her research on HIV in Kenya. But her career is being ruined over a costume.
Just so you understand the accolades this woman has as a scientist, let me share a few achievements in just the last few years:
Nearly 13 years ago, Overbaugh attended the party at a lab at Fred Hutch. The theme of the party was Jackson's album "Thriller." But after a photo of her costume was anonymously emailed to senior leadership at the University of Washington, UW Medicine, and Fred Hutch, she's been forced to undergo "an intensive education process."
Yeah, so over a decade ago, she wore a Michael Jackson outfit to a "Thriller"-themed party and she had to go through a Marxist struggle session for her crime of using "blackface."
Really.
You know, cuz, it's racist cultural appropriation for a white person to pretend to be a music superstar (unless they are a powerful wokies like Ralph Northam or Justin Trudeau), but it's not racist for the black mayor of Chicago to dress as a leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day.
Gimme a break.
This wokeness stuff is cancer.
The photo immediately triggered an internal investigation at Fred Hutch, where she was placed on administrative leave.
Fred Hutch released a statement labeling the costume "racist." The institution offered "our sincere apologies to anyone who has experienced pain or upset because of the act or this photo."
Though the incident didn't occur at UW Medicine, its CEO and equity officer also waded into the faux controversy. UW Medicine CEO Dr. Paul Ramsey and Chief Equity Officer Paula Houston notified UW Medicine staff in an email that Overbaugh was punished for engaging in the "racist, dehumanizing, and abhorrent act" of "blackface." During a separate formal review process for UW faculty, the email confirmed, Overbaugh resigned from her UW affiliate faculty member appointment.
Overbaugh recanted her racist ways to her woke overlords, probably hoping the Woke Monster would spare her life if she capitulated.
Overbaugh released a short statement to me. "I did not know the association of this with blackface at the time, in 2009, but understand the offense that is associated with this now," she said. "I have apologized for this both publicly and privately and beyond that have no other comments."
Why would UW Medicine throw such an accredited woman under the bus for something that wasn't wrong in the slightest?
For woke cred. It gives them power with the elite. As the Federalist notes:
UW Medicine is lashing out against Overbaugh to show its wokeness and earn social currency. That UW Medicine is helping to ruin a woman who devoted her career to finding a cure for HIV is immaterial to its leaders. To progressive activists, highlighting one's virtues is more important than curing a deadly disease.
As a very bad orange man once said, everything woke turns to crap!
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