The corollary here is, and it is one I strongly support, that it doesn't matter how good you're in your job if you're a douche. I don't know the author, and it

The corollary here is, and it is one I strongly support, that it doesn't matter how good you're in your job if you're a douche. I don't know the author, and it may totally be the case that, in a faculty that is anything but homogenous, there is a specific bias against Hispanics (that is not shared by above proportionally represented other minorities). But there's equally and probably more prevalently, a case to be made for the "decency is optional" culture in academia. We're essentially used to the eccentrics and outright incompatible with social life figures that wander our halls. The guy who never showers and seems to bathe in cat urine every morning, but it kept on because he once was fifth author on a paper written by a Nobel laureate. The professor who never shows up but gets all offended if you ask for help or presence at a faculty meeting. The prima donna who stormed out of a disciplinary meeting against them because the water they were served was not sparkly and did not have the right temperature. MIT's Media Lab seems to have taken strides to break this mold. Before his ties with Epstein came to light, Joi Ito was the director, he is followed by Dava Newmann. It hosts labs such as "Poetic Justice: exploring new forms of social justice through art," and more. There are always two sides to a story, and the other side might very well be one of "yeah, you're a decent researcher but your behavior does not fit into the changing landscape of our academic climate."