| Bard College
Is Sued for Bias and Dean Buying Drugs
from Students, Now Seaton Unsealed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 13, initialized
10/30/23
– Bard College has been sued
for racial discrimination, in
a semi-sealed complaint which
says its "nearly all-white
Annandale campus [i]s a
scenario from the racial
horror film, 'Get out.'"
Complaint on Patreon here.
Jane Doe
the plaintiff is described as
a gay woman of color hired by
Bard in 2008. which then
refused to protect her against
a violent student, "conducting
a sham investigation against
her that was itself an act of
racial harassment, and
ultimately terminating her
employment."
On August 29 in
the case, assigned to U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Cathy Seibel, a motion
for Jane Doe to proceed under
a pseudonym.
On September 2,
the parties agreed on a
briefing schedule: Bard to
oppose by September 27, reply
on October 11. But Bard's
letter is still not in the
docket - they must agree, or
filing dueling redactions by
September 7. Watch this site.
The
complaint quotes Bard Dean
Michele Dominy telling Doe
that faculty "thought she was
qualified but 'arrogant.'" It
says Associate Dean of Student
T.B., an alum,
"sexually harassed and bought
drugs from students."
Doe quotes Chinua
Achebe he left Bard because he
could not stay at a place that
treated his wife that way -
calling her "crazy" and "off
her rocker."
On September 12
Judge Seibel ordered that the
entire letter of August 30 be
docketed: "ORDER re: [18] Memo
Endorsement: The parties have
agreed that Defendants 8/30/22
letter (to which ECF No. 14
responds) should be docketed,
except Plaintiff wants one
sentence redacted and
Defendant objects. I find no
grounds to redact the disputed
sentence. It summarizes
Defendants defense in this
case that it had
non-discriminatory reasons for
its employment actions
regarding Plaintiff. It or
similar arguments will no
doubt be repeated throughout
the litigation. Whether or not
it is true is essentially what
the case will be about. There
is no point in hiding it. To
the extent Plaintiff is
concerned that the sentence
will be misconstrued as
suggesting sexual impropriety,
I can only say that any such
inference is unsupported by
the language used. (HEREBY
ORDERED by Judge Cathy Seibel)
(Text Only Order)."
On September 13
the letter went into the
docket unsealed. Bard says,
among other things,
"Plaintiff's sexual
orientation is no secret as
she publicly identifies as a
lesbian." It notes Google
searches for "Race and the
Pastoral" - which lead to Ann
Seaton a/k/a Annie Seaton. My
Old School, indeed. Watch this
site.
The case is Doe
v. Bard College, 22-cv-7258
(Seibel)
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