Fox News host Geraldo Rivera announced on Sunday morning that he’s leaving his voluntary post at Yale University because of political correctness.
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Resigned yeterday as Associate Fellow of #CalhounCollege at #Yale. Been an honor but intolerant insistence on political correctness is lame.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) February 12, 2017
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Yale would be changing the name of a residential college commemorating John C. Calhoun, the former Vice President of the United States and a strong defender of slavery from South Carolina.
The university plans to change the name of the college to Grace Murray Hopper, a computer science alum of the university and Navy rear admiral. Hopper, who died in 1992, was one of the original programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, which was instrumental during the Manhattan Project.
Evidently, Rivera sees the name change to be more of an emphasis on political correctness rather than paying tribute to an accomplished trailblazing woman in her field.
Rivera probably feels that way because Yale University president Peter Salovey mentioned that Calhoun’s principles conflict with the university’s in a conference call with reporters.
“I made this decision because I think it is the right thing to do on principle,” Salovey said. “John C. Calhoun’s principles, his legacy as an ardent supporter of slavery as a positive good, are at odds with this university.”
Yale students view this as a tremendous victory in the fight against white supremacy.
“There’s a huge sense of relief and celebration,” said senior Rianna Johnson-Levy told the Times. “Students of color have been fighting for this change for decades and it’s hard to believe this day is finally here.”
Mr. Rivera has not yet returned Red Alert Politics‘ request for comment.
