{"id":1781,"date":"1997-02-13T01:31:36","date_gmt":"1997-02-13T01:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:24:47","slug":"head-resident-writes-inflammatory-sophian-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/1997\/02\/13\/head-resident-writes-inflammatory-sophian-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Head resident writes inflammatory Sophian letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, 1997<\/p>\n<p>Head resident writes inflammatory Sophian letter<\/p>\n<p><i>The Sophian published a letter to the editor from the head resident of King House, Carey Shaffer \u201897, in its February 13th issue. Shaffer wrote about what she viewed as a double-standard at Smith: according to her, \u201cMinorities are not treated equally. They are treated better.\u201d She goes on to say that in her experience, the upset people who have come to her are the \u201cstraight, white, Catholic, wealthy residents\u201d who have been \u201cthe victims of angry bashing by a very vocal minority.\u201d Shaffer ends her letter by saying that although it might feel good for a lesbian to bring a straight girl in front of a board of her peers for disagreeing with her lifestyle, \u201cin the real world, there is no Bias Committee.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Shaffer\u2019s full Sophian letter to the editor can be found <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2018\/10\/1997.02.13.-Opinion-Page-Letters-to-the-Editor-11.jpg\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>A Sophian letter to the editor in rebuttal can be found <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2018\/10\/1997.02.20.-Opinion-Page-Student-Picks-Her-Battles-9.jpg\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Last updated on October 31, 2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, 1997 Head resident writes inflammatory Sophian letter The Sophian published a letter to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2028,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[81,94],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1990s","tag-81","tag-hateful-discourse","entry","grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}