‘Here We Are Again’

Inside Higher Ed
By Colleen Flaherty
February 16, 2018

For the third time this month, scholars are questioning the integrity of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest professional organization for the advancement of technology.

Last week, scholars criticized Alexander Magoun, an outreach historian at the IEEE, for comments he made on the organization's official Twitter account about the work of a female junior scholar that he later admitted he hadn't read.  Some called the comments he made about Google search returns for "white girls" and "black girls" dismissive, inappropriate or racist.

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