In the beginning, when my face was plastered all over television programs and the interweb, I did what any logical person would do; I went into hiding, a la Koreanne Frank. The first thoughts that ran through my mind, in order of importance, were 1.) I’m going to go to jail, 2.) How do I get out of this one?, and 3.) Where did the spatula go that I need to eat this entire bowl of cake batter?
As time went on, my narcissism poked its huge dick out, and I tried to figure out how I could spin this retarded situation to my advantage (turns out it wasn’t that hard). But I don’t know if I would consider this a prime business model. However, it seems like Harvard Law student, Stephanie Grace, thinks otherwise.
Stephanie is a third year law student attending one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, so you would think she wasn’t a complete retard, right? Well, you’re wrong. Ms. Grace has been in the media spotlight for the past few days, because Ms. Grace is a raging bigot who clearly doesn’t understand the way the internet works; or how your colleagues will happily shove a knife into your spine, if given the opportunity.
S.G. attended a dinner with two others, and the conversation lead to affirmative action and those who are generally more stupid than you, as it almost always does. Unsurprisingly, black people came up. It’s uncertain as to what Stephanie actually said, but I’m sure it was something like, “Boy, do they love their cornbread.” After the dinner came to an end, she went home and sent out an email of clarification, that only clarified her incessant yammering, and propagated her deranged ideology that black people are genetically predispositioned to be retarded. Okay, I know there were some larger words in that last sentence, so for my readers of colour, she basically said y’all are dumb-like, and you’s born like that.
However misguided her opinions may be, does she deserve the onlsaught of media attention she has garnered? Some people were concerned when her name was released, stating that the media is ruining a young woman’s promising career, whereas others had the right idea in saying that bitch was getting what she deserved. How Stephanie didn’t realize that you JUST DON’T DO SHIT LIKE THIS, is beyond me. Sure, she was standing up for what she believed (past tense, she apologized!), and by living in America has the right to say whatever she wants. Just because she feels a certain way doesn’t necessarily mean that–oh wait, she wanted to work in law, which is supposed to be fair and balanced, yes?
I deserved all of the shit that I got, and continue to get (Gook comments, anyone?), and was fortunate enough to find a way to make money off of it; but this girl was trying to be a lawyer, and was well on her way to having a legitimate career. It’s obvious that she assumed her friends were closer to her than they actually were, and it’s unfortunate that she was shoved into the limelight in the way that she was, but all of that still doesn’t negate the fact that she’s a crazy racist.
Stephanie is still set to have clerkship bestowed upon her, though many are trying to cockblock her on that one, but in case that doesn’t work out, I’m sure we could find a place for her here at Animal.
Has Stephanie's e-mail addy showed up on any hate sites yet? I'm in the market for a 6-out-of-ten-tops infamous internet girl to e-mail, I've grown bored with my old one.
This girl and Goldman Sachs have reminded us that emails last forever. You can always deny verbally saying something!
Not that you should even think the dumb crap she said!
"…or how your colleagues will happily shove a knife into your spine, if given the opportunity." Unfortunately, very true.
Good column, Kari. Very insightful and good reminder to all. If an ugly topic comes up, have some trite saying lined up beforehand to deflect the conversation away from yourself and, hopefully, pore ice water on the whole subject.
I suppose Ms. Grace thought she was being rather smart and courageous by saying, “I absolutely do not rule out the possibility that African Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be less intelligent.” Now, excuse me, unlike this Stephanie person, I didn’t graduate with a sociology degree from Princeton, and I wouldn’t even get into Harvard Law as a janitor, but why did she fail in her argument, to consider the possibility that our definition of “intelligence” itself is a social and cultural construct, which would mean that genetics plays a fuck-all part in it? For example, in my little penis-shaped country in Asia (don’t bother looking it up), colonised by the Brits up to 1957, a person who speaka-de-reasonably-good-English-me-love-you-long-time is generally considered to be “smart” even if in truth, this person can’t tell the difference between the back of their ass with the tip of their ears. Thanks, colonial masters! More often than not, the terms to being considered “intelligent” is dictated by the ruling majority, according to what has long been prevalent or greatly valued in their dominant culture. If you’re part of the minority, and hailing from a culture that traditionally values other shit (like making bowls out of coconut shells) rather than making bigoted-remarks-disguised-as-an-open-academic-mind at some fancy school, then it would seem like God, on average, intended for your people to be on the Slow Bus, doesn’t it? This Stephanie person also goes on to mention something about IQ tests as if that’s the end all measure of intelligence – I don’t know if she’s read plenty of recent research which suggests that IQ tests have been found to be culturally biased.
Of course, someone can point out that my non-white people were genetically stupid enough to let ourselves be colonised by the Brits in the first place. Au contraire –we got them to build us roads and rail systems, set up our justice and education system, while we sat back in the lovely tropical sun and fan ourselves with palm leaves all day and made them think that we were “slow and lazy” natives. Then the Brits went bankrupt after WWII and had to let us go as a colony. They couldn’t however, take the roads they built with them. Thanks dahlings!
Anyway, back to what this Stephanie person was saying about how genetics influence intelligence. Maybe I do agree. Here is a woman who has all the benefits of a fine, Ivy-league education and still manages to come across as a genuine dumbass. What can I say? Maybe it’s her genes.
Also, good article, Kari.
Everyday I check this site. Everyday I read great articles from copyranter and bucky. Articles that are interesting and thought provoking. And everyday I see a headline with some inane garble that exists only to grab attention. And every goddamn time I look at the author and I see its goddamn Kerri Ferril. And everyday I skip reading your retarded rants about meaningless tripe that you so cleverly always insert self referrals like anybody would actually give a penny about. But not today.Today I had to say something.
Please stop trying so hard. Your a wonderful girl when you stripe away that wanna be hipster paris hilton.
Stephanie Grace…is she related to that other white whacked out white lady, Nancy Grace?
its like james st james said; once it’s printed, it’s true, so never dish anybody in print.