mrydel wrote:I believe theyreconsidered
They revisited the decision. That is good and the right thing to do.
But, the way they revisited and corrected their initial error is entirely inadequate. SMU has spent the past week posting various letters, videos, and texts from professors and administrators. These posts have been about assuaging the fears of the student community that the diversity policies and efforts of a private institution will not be changed by the election of a new US president. Somehow, the intelligent and in tune students think the diversity efforts and policies of a private school are going to suddenly be changed by a new president who won't even take office for another 2+ months. The school administration went out of their way to ensure the students knew where they stood on this...including holding meetings and a wide range of social media outreach.
Compare this to the half [deleted] response to what happened here. Some idiot cancelled this girls day...that's the best way to phrase it. They stole this girls day. They made it worse by doing it via email...because heaven forbid they make a phone call. The response was the same half-assed effort. Unacceptable.
Turner and Hart needed to personally call the family to offer their apologies. They both should have walked her onto the court for the first serve. I hope both of these happened, but I'm not holding my breath.
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