a few more pleasant emails from neo-Confederates
Subject: a few more pleasant emails from neo-Confederates
From: Jonathan Farley <lattice.theory@gmail.com>
Date: 10/19/09, 11:45
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
I do not believe that The Tennessean published even one letter supporting me or my position, although it published literally enough negative letters to cover two pages of the newspaper. Tennessean reporter Holly Edwards claimed she could not find a single person supporting me. I give some examples of supportive letters sent to The Tennessean (there were more sent privately to me). I also mixed in a few more hostile emails for variety. Note that Russell Walker, who wishes for my death below, leaves his phone number: you might call him. The email by Jean Stork is ironic. I include Vanderbilt Black Student Alliance president Nia Toomer's letter to Tennessean newspaper calumnist Tim Chavez. He listed her name in his column explicitly to punish her for supporting me, and subsequently she received a threatening email (I include it below) and stopped all actions in support of me.
I found the email by the person who expressed surprise that my email account was still up. I was wrong about the date. The email is dated December 3, 2002, only 16 days from the date of publication of my essay. He writes, "I
do not judge a whole race, I judge each individual on their own actions.
And Professor, the statistics show that Blacks break the law more that
any other race in this country." After that I include an email from someone who refers to the Washington Times story by Robert Stacy McCain.
I now seem to recall that The Tennessean published a "response" from a neo-Confederate as an essay, in addition to Gee's essay criticizing me (but not the neo-Confederates, not even the people sending me threats) and the at least two pages of letters attacking me.
I include a letter from a Princeton history professor, and the response from Vanderbilt's spokesman, Michael Schoenfeld, showing that he clearly saw that well-educated people--with degrees in history---were supporting me, but nonetheless went on to say that my remarks were "rightly offensive to, and rejected by, most people" (if I remember his quote correctly).
Wednesday's article by Professor Jonathan Farley was an earnest
statement of anxiety and disgust which exists currently in the South;
for if we have learned anything from our history, it is certainly not
to repeat such grievous social repression as that occurring during our
Civil War.
As a child of educators, I feel that the opinions of such brave men as
Professor Farley are warranted in the evolution of the modern South,
now scarred but still healing from such persistent inflammation of
racism and bigotry as provided by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. It sickens me to see and feel this prejudice spread to my
neighbors here in Alabama.
Vanderbilt should be rewarded for the decision to change the name of
Memorial Hall, as should Professor Farley for his excellent
contribution to your journal. By copy of this email to Professor
Farley, I thank him for his opinion and wish him success in further
publishings.
Yours very truly,
Herbert E. Longenecker, III
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From: "Donna Jo Warren" <cottry@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: Jonathan Farley: Remnants of the Confederacy glorifying a time of tyranny Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:14:39 -0800
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Jonathan Farley: Remnants of the Confederacy glorifying a time of =
tyranny=20
By JONATHAN DAVID FARLEY
Wednesday November 20, 2002
Letters to the Editor,
Congratulations for publishing the clearest view of the Nathan Forrest =
(the Confederate founder of the Ku Klux Klan) controversy I have ever =
read.
Dr. Farley is amazing in his insight, and his courage in reporting the =
truth is refreshing. How long must we endure the racism of the 'old =
South' who refuses to admit what really happened in our Nation's =
history.
I long wondered why we cannot eradicate racism in America. Dr. Farley =
gives one explanation. Unlike the victors of WWII who hung the Nazi =
conspirators, the United States rewarded the Confederate traitors by =
reserving for them hallowed grounds instead of the gallows.
The other explanation, of course, is because America has an insatiable =
appetite for slavery, and therefore Blacks can only serve massa in =
prison or in war. (Blacks make up 12% of America's population but more =
than 40% of the prison population and 40% of the military. In combat, =
we are 60%.)
If we are ever to live up to our creed that 'all men are created equal', =
we, including the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), must admit =
that racism in all its forms - overt, subtle, and institutionalized =
lives in America. It lives in the statue of Nathan Forrest and it lives =
in the name 'Confederate Memorial Hall'. Give freedom a chance and pull =
down the statue and keep the name 'Memorial Hall'.
Donna Jo Warren is a native of South Central Los Angeles and a former =
Green Party candidate for Lt. Governor of California =
(www.donnawarren.com). She may be reached at cottry@worldnet.att.net.
From: Michael Berler=20
To: 'Donna Jo Warren'=20
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: My Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
=20
The fact that taking down the statue and renaming "Confederate =
Memorial Hall" are the subject of any debate at all, shows, the =
inveterate racism that still exists in Southern states, despite all the =
politically-correct window-dressing that has been erected. Such =
insensitivity to the hatred and discrimination these symbols represent =
would not be tolerated in Washington, DC, except by the likes of Jesse =
Helms. The whole doctrine of "States' Rights" itself is a license to =
continue unacceptable practices of discrimination in areas of the nation =
where bigotry still exists in all its glory.
=20
If these symbols are allowed to stay in place, than the presence of =
Black Politicians at all levels of government in the South, and indeed =
the right to vote, have not done nearly enough to provide equal =
treatment to the disenfranchised.
=20
Mr. Farley is to be commended for his courage and his eloquence in =
defense of what is right.
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From: "Russell Walker" <farminn@linkabit.com>
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You are just an ignorant nigger. God made beasts of the field for some =
reason and I guess you are that reason. I hope you die of AIDS.
Russell Walker
(434) 248-9020
So, the Confederate flag and the Confederacy offends you, huh? You
being a math professor, I am sure you can add this up: We do not care
what offends niggers, you worthless, ugly, smelly, stupid, shitskinned
jigaboo!!! Go back to the african niggerland where some of your
"brothas" will "welcome" you by having you over for dinner (as the main
course, nigger)! Anyway, how is it that a nigger math professor is
suddenly an expert on history? Did you personally experience 400 years
of slavery?
I thought you would also be a reverend, as all niggers are reverends.
If the Confederate flag offends your minority-assed sensibilities, then
this ought to REALLY make your day, nigger!!!
[Unable to display image]
HAIL THE REICH!!!
88!!!
WHITE POWER!!!
Dear Mr. Chavez,
My name is Nia Toomer and I am president of the Black Student Alliance at
Vanderbilt University and I overwhemingly support the name change. I am
appalled to believe that you and your supporters argue that the confederacy
was not about slavery. Any history course professor, covering the period of
the civil war would admit that slavery was the main cause, and the south
refused to anti-up on the issue.
The confederacy does not stand for southern pride because if you have not
noticed African Americans make up a good amount of the population in Southern
States (ask any one of us, and see what we have to say about the confederacy)
and why? Because our ancestors were forced to work the land, America is our
land as much as it is yours. The confederacy stood for slavery, segregation,
and discrimination to all people, not just African Americans.
If really upset me to read about your unnecessary attack on one of the best
professors not only at Vanderbilt, but in the nation. When Professor Jonathan
Farley said that Confederates were traitors, they were! Is this not true? If
the nation were to divide today, the dividing half would be subject to
disciplinary action.
Clearly you and your supporters are racist, and ignorant. It is obviously to
me that if you and many of your supporters were alive during the civil war,
you would have been a member of the mob that lynched my ancestors, who were
your ancestors too(hate to ruin your day, but all humans originated in Africa,
ask any evolution specialist)!
To sum up, I and the Black Student Alliance at Vanderbilt support the name
change, which supports diversity by taking steps away from terms that support
racism, and imprisonment of African Americans. I and the BSA support
Vanderbilt's Distinguished Professor Jonathan Farley. You could learn a lot
from this man! My last questions are: What is your problem? Why are you and
so many other of your prejugdice supporters so angry?. Did Jesus not tell us
to love all creatures and doesn't the bible teach us to love thy neighbor? The
right side won the battle in 1869, so get over it!!!!
Sincerely,
Nia Toomer
Nia Toomer
Black Student Alliance President '02-'03
Alumni Class Officer
Vanderbilt University
Hey, aids infested nigger bitch!!! When you send someone an e-mail calling
them ignorant, be sure you do not show your ignorance as well, smelly
jigaboo!!! The war between your ears ended in 1865, not 1869, as you told
that spic Chavez. You have about as much sense as that "communist nigger"
Farley. (Damn, I am still laughing about that!!!) As far as your feelings
about the right side winning, I have a piece of advice for you, ignorant
nigger whore. Go and see the movie "Gangs of New York". It is one of my
favorite movies. Niggers are lynched and burned. People call Abraham Lincoln
(who was a White Supremacist) a nigger-lover intent on destroying the White
race. Racism is rampant. There is a lot of Confederate sympathy. Oh, did I
mention that the movie, extremely factual and historically accurate, takes
place in NEW YORK CITY??? Go and see it, if you dare to experience some
TRUTH, instead of the lies you spew out of your smelly, cavity infested
mouth!!! Lick my toilet bowl's insides clean!!! Black power, under your
arms!!! Nigger.
In an era where freedoms are being challenged throughout the globe, I wonder
just how free we are in our own country. Over a century has passed when the
war to settle the status of Slaves was waged, yet there are those who still
cling to the racist imagery of the long defeated 'Confederacy'. How, in
good conscience, can Vanderbilt still uphold a policy, a period, a group
which laid claims to millions of African lives, whose legacy is nothing but
disgrace, and whose only current existence is to cling to a long forgotten
past?
I am concerned that in this battle for freedom, that once again it will be
the messenger -this time Dr. Jonathan D. Farley, who will be forced to pay
for being truthful and forthright. While those - still believing in a
Confederacy rather than a Democracy -would hide behind these same freedoms
striving to take us back to those days where none were free.
I urge you so support Dr. Farley, and tell the Confederacy that their days
are over, that we stand for Freedom, Justice, and Equality - even in the
south. Let freedom ring, and terrorism (especially one so long dead as the
Confederacy) has no place in our land, our communities, or on our University
Campuses.
Yours in Freedom
Rodney D. Coates
Professor of Sociology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
Dear Prof Farley
I have read your comments and I already sent my opinion to
the Tennesseean for publication.
I forgot to mention that Illinois and Indiana passes whipping post
laws against black people after the war and anyone caught with
more than 10 days in those borders would be tied up and beaten.
So much for 'southern slave beaters' arguments.. Imagine Lincoln's
2nd home state passing such a law?
I have never seen such a pathetic article in my life as you have written.
But like all americans I guess you have the right to voice your opinion too!
Gary Price, PhD
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Hello Mr. Farley.
I can't believe that your E-mail address is still up. Usually cowards =
like you only spout off, and then run and hide. I've got a few things to =
say to you that I'm sure you won't like, but I don't care. Unlike the =
Liberal Losers, I am not politically correct, I am honest.
For starters, unlike you I am not a first generation American. My =
descendants started arriving in this country in the 1600's. Now I know =
you are going to say that you're not a first generation American because =
your parents came here first. WRONG, in my opinion taking an oath does =
not qualify you as an American. If you do not understand, and respect =
the morals, and beliefs that this country was founded on, you are not an =
American, you are a TRAITOR. So, I guess we know which one you are, let =
me spell it out for you because I don't think you are as bright as you =
think you are T-R-A-I-T-O-R.
I've seen your green party website. All I see there is the same trash =
that all freeloading Blacks are trying to push. Why do you want =
reparations? So you can further instill in the already lazy Black people =
that they don't have to earn a living, they can just continue leeching =
off of the working people in America. Why do you want to do away with =
the three strikes law? Is it because most of the people who have been =
affected by it are Black? Are you afraid that Black people cannot curb =
the desire to break the law?
Now you may think that I am anti Black, well that is just not true. I =
do not judge a whole race, I judge each individual on their own actions. =
And Professor, the statistics show that Blacks break the law more that =
any other race in this country. Face the facts, don't try to hide them =
by blaming the system.
I believe wholeheartedly in equal rights, but I also believe in equal =
responsibility. That is where Black people have been WAY behind every =
other ethnic group in America. And Professor it is because of people =
like you who keep pushing the something for nothing routine.
Instead of trying to change MY country, why don't you take your sorry =
ass to a country that already has your belief system in progress? Could =
it be because you know you would'nt have everything handed to you on a =
silver platter like you do here? When you go, take all of those idiots =
who think they somehow have suffered from slavery. Why don't all of you =
go to Africa and see how well you fare? Slavery was not moral in my =
opinion, but it also was not illegal in this country. That is a fact =
that people like you always avoid. It was practiced in the whole United =
States, not just Southern states. Instead of decrying the practice of =
slavery, Black people who descend from slaves should celebrate their =
ancestors and the price they paid. For if it was not for slavery, most =
Blacks in this country would not be here today.
Now for my closing point, you need to pay close attention. The first =
"Civil War" was not based on race, but because of MORONS like YOU the =
next one will be.
Where you think we're not, we are. Charles Ballard =20
http://atlas.math.vanderbilt.edu/~farley/http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021203-8413244.htm
in the Washington Times. Pretty original.
For a black token.
Perhaps Robert Mugabe could use you to pull a plow now that Whitey has been expelled.
Alas, won't be enough Negroes left to feed once Mugabe starves them all.
LOL
I'm so upset.
Not!
Regards,
Roger Chaillet
Dallas, Texas
P.S. Give my regards to your fellow traveler, Al Sharpton. And tell him to lighten up on the ribs and the Jheri Curl. He's beginning to look like a garden variety denizen of the 'hood.
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Kurt Westgard
To: letters@tennessean.com
12/03/02 12:17 cc:
AM Subject: Confederates response to VU Professor's Nov.
20 opinion column/Sunday's paper 12/1
To the Editor:
The Confederacy fought to preserve a way of life based on the systemic
denigration, humiliation, and dehumanization of Africans torn from their
native lands and forced into the cotton fields of the New World. Professor
Jonathan Farley, a descendent of those Africans, whose father's grandfather
likely knew the institutions of slavery and sharecropping first hand, whose
mother would have been unable to walk on the same sidewalk as whites just
thirty-some odd years ago in the South, was able to graduate not just from
Harvard, but also from Oxford.
The pro-Confederate stance, as presented in Ms. Edwards' article, can be
summed up in a couple of statements. The first is a paradoxical suggestion
brought forth by one individual clamoring that Confederate groups should be
afforded tolerance. The second comes in the form of an accusation in which
another claims that Professor Farley is spreading the "poison" of hate in
his opinion column. My view, in stark contrast to that of the
pro-Confederate posture, is that regardless of the comments made by
Professor Farley, any proponent of the Confederacy has no moral grounds
upon which to pass any sort of judgement, least of all upon this well
educated black man. The Confederacy and the primary reasons for its
formation were iniquitous. For all of those individuals that would argue
to the contrary, professing the legitimacy of the Confederacy, it should be
requisite that they, along with their families and relatives, willingly
subject themselves to the same brand of "tolerance" and "love" (based on
documented U.S. history) that the pro-Confederate's Southern ancestors
heaped upon generation after generation of African slaves.
Since Southern Heritage groups that glorify the Confederacy would never
dare expose themselves or their families to this final offering of "love"
and "tolerance," in truth the essential equivalent of a lynching, the idea
of a respectable Confederacy is and will forever remain a farce.
Kurt Westgard
Franklin, 37064
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>Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:23:24 -0500
>To: letters@tennessean.com
>From: Nell Irvin Painter <painter@princeton.edu>
>Subject: Harassment of Professor Jonathan Farley
>Cc:
>Bcc:
>X-Attachments:
>
>5 December 2002
>
>To the Editor:
>
>I write in support of Professor Jonathan Farley of Vanderbilt
>University and, further, in support of the building name change that
>has brought down so deplorable a campaign against him.
>
>The appalling news has reached New Jersey that Nashville
>Confederates are harassing Professor Farley for supporting the
>change of name of a Vanderbilt building from "Confederate Memorial
>Hall" to "Memorial Hall."
>
>It would seem that the name change is good thing that is long
>overdue, given that the Confederacy was dedicated to the
>preservation of slavery. Further, the tactics of today's Confederate
>supporters indicate a continuing, shameful disregard for human
>rights. Their attempts to intimidate Professor Farley degrade the
>intellectual context of your institution, city, and state. They also
>reinforce negative stereotypes of your region of the United States.
>
>Sincerely,
>Nell Irvin Painter
>Edwards Professor of American History
>Princeton University
>
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>>>Dear Professor Painter,
>>>
>>>Thank you for your message to Chancellor Gee regarding Professor
>>>Jonathan Farley. While he speaks as an individual, and does not
>>>represent Vanderbilt University's leadership or policy, be assured
>>>that Vanderbilt is committed to protecting Professor Farley's
>>>safety, as well as his rights and responsibilities as a faculty
>>>member to speak out on public issues.
>>>
>>>You may be interested to know that much, if not most, of the
>>>e-mail messages we have received in response to Professor Farley's
>>>comments has come from outside Nashville, Tennessee, and the
>>>South, with a large number coming from people who identify
>>>themselves as living in the Northeast, Midwest and the West.
>>>Unfortunately, it seems that the lack of respect for other
>>>viewpoints and free speech knows no regional boundaries.
>>>
>>>Thank you for your support of our continuing efforts to make
>>>Vanderbilt an inclusive and respectful academic environment.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Michael Schoenfeld
>>>Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs
>>>Vanderbilt University
Chancellor Gee,
I became aware today of the controversy surrounding Dr Jonathan Farley, a
mathematics professor at Vanderbilt, over an essay of his published in the
Nov 20, 2002 Tennessean. I have read this essay and frankly, I find nothing
controversial about it.
In it Dr Farley states an opinion and backs it up with historical quotes and
facts.
In a free and open society such as ours, what can be a more basic act than
that?
That there may be those who feel that a way of life to which they cling is
reviled by Dr Farley's comments, I cannot dispute. That as a result of his
essay Dr Farley's continued employment with Vanderbilt University is in
question, I find astounding. It would be a disgrace to the values and meaning
of American higher education for Dr Farley to lose his job over this matter.
Quite the contrary it is precisely at a time like this that the university
administration must stand behind its staff and let those who would squelch
free thought and expression know that no pressure will make them buckle.
It is my hope that you will do the right thing and support Dr Farley.
Sincerely,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Mr. Chavez,
First, it was misleading of you to print Professor Farley's response
to Gary Waltrip before the original e-mail from Waltrip. While it does not
excuse Professor Farley's hate-filled tirade, it certainly helps to explicate
(if not even excuse) the motives behind Farley's e-mail. If someone were to
were to compare the value of my ancestors to that of an inanimate object used
solely for labor, then I too may have taken offense and react in a less than
cordial way.
Second, the desire to focus on Professor Farley's extreme words and
not the issues that he addresses is reflective of a culture of ignorance in
this region that gets ignored for a variety of reasons, including blatant
racism. Let us also spend time focusing on the fact that in honoring the
Confederacy we are honoring a traitorous faction that sought to destroy the
fabric of this nation, mostly so that it could continue the practice of
slavery. The South has many great things to celebrate, including fine art,
literature, music, and culture; however, celebrating the Confederacy is an
insult not only to every black American, but to the United States as a
nation. Professor Farley was too extreme in his claim that all members of
the Confederate Army should have been hanged; but, the fact remains that
celebrating this traitorous collection of states is akin to Germans
celebrating the Nazis. No matter how you cut it, the Nazis can make the same
claims to great culture and arts that the Confederacy can; and, like the
Confederacy, the main issue at the heart of the Nazi movement was pure hatred
masked in week economic claims.
Finally, it is important for me and others to know whether you firmly
believe that Farley's hatred is truly equal to that of Waltrip. Professor
Farley was wrong, because he let his anger develop into hate. Still, should
we not acknowledge the reasons behind this anger, reasons that are legitimate
and deserve fair consideration? As a black man in the South, honoring the
Confederacy is an insult to not only Professor Farley, but also to his
ancestors and culture. He is simply a man, who grew tired of complacency and
finally decided to speak out. Is it not possible that the incredible
reaction to his e-mail and article does not reflect a true reaction to his
words as much as a reaction to the broader opinions that he expresses?
Perhaps it is Tennesseans, and not just Farley, who need to look in the
mirror and ask themselves whether honoring the Confederacy promotes the same
hatred that they find in Farley's heated words. Perhaps it is time that
people grant the same pride to Farley's ancestors that they grant to their
own, by honoring a traitorous and hate-driven faction that nearly ripped this
nation apart.
Sincerely,
Dan Schiffer
Vanderbilt University
Junior, College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science Major
Room Phone: (615) 421-3864
Cell Phone: (703) 798-4668