I found this interesting comment about the author of this piece: > For some context, Elizabeth Weiss was locked out of research materials from her own place of

I found this interesting comment about the author of this piece: > For some context, Elizabeth Weiss was locked out of research materials from her own place of employment because she was a racist and unprofessional, so much so that her department literally held a panel called “What to Do When One of Your Tenured Professors is a Racist”. She’s been called out for being unprofessional by multiple anthropological organizations and a number of other experts in her field. > You can take the redneck out of Arkansas…. I then found this article while doing a super quick Google on this claim: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/01/professor-who-drew-ire-for-photo-with-native-american-skull-sues-san-jose-state-officials/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/01/professor-who-drew-ir... I also found this, which might be the origin of her being labelled as racist: https://www.cal-catholic.com/san-jose-state-accuses-elizabeth-weiss-of-scientific-racism/ https://www.cal-catholic.com/san-jose-state-accuses-elizabet... Specifically: "On December 18, 2020, San Jose State University Associate Anthropology Professor A.J. Faas sent an email to his department promoting a new website that encouraged scholars to cite the work of black academics in their research. Called CiteBlackAuthors.com, it was started in the wake of the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd at the hands of police. “Help us spread the word and the WORK of Black, academic professionals,” Faas wrote. But one member of the department, Professor Elizabeth Weiss, offered a contrary viewpoint. “Although the intent of Cite Black Authors may be well-meaning,” Weiss, who is tenured, wrote back to her colleagues, “as a scholar in search of objective knowledge, I encourage researchers to look for the best source material and realize that an author’s ethnicity, race, or color of their skin has no actual bearing on the validity of their contribution.” Months later, Weiss’ department chair, Roberto Gonzalez, would publicly criticize her, saying she responded to the Cite Black Authors email in an “extremely insensitive way." I don't know who to believe. On one hand, I can understand someone being pissed about going to talks that don't live up to their headlines or speakers inserting their political views into ill-fitting places. On the other hand, the author seems to have said some possibly well meaning, but understandably very insensitive things, that makes her look more culturally-insensitive. Regardless, I found this to be a good read as someone who knows nothing about anthropology.