Talk about adding insult to injury, Desiree Goodwin , who lost her case for promotion against Harvard University and still retains the same low-paying job, has been told by her attorney, Richard Clarey, that Harvard has sent her a bill for $3,319; the legal expenses incurred during her civil rights trial against them.
Goodwin wrote in an e-mail to this reporter “They (Harvard) submitted an affidavit justifying why they feel I should be responsible for their expenses. Harvard resisted all of my efforts to resolve my case through internal procedures and mediation until a lawsuit become inevitable. I was already in debt from my student loans, and not being able to obtain a professional job after completing my education (an MLS), I went even further into debt to pursue justice in the courts, and now this.”
Goodwin sums it up this way: “This is meant to discourage anyone who dares to pursue justice against discrimination in the courts when all other remedies have failed.”
Black-hearted bastards
And, of course, if they can get to her quit by making her live there unbearable, and do it in way perceived to be legal, so much the better.
I can’t understand…
why the ‘esteemed’ Harvard University has to stoop so low. Are they trying to improve on their recent press coverage as an anti-feminist institution?
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What an idiot. I have no opinion on whether or not she should pay the legal fees, but her excuse of “not being able to obtain a professional job after completing my education (an MLS)” is pretty dumb. Did she even try to get a librarian position anywhere besides Harvard? One would think that there would be a lot of competition for jobs at Harvard, so why did she assume she’d get a promotion there? It may suck, but many institutions choose outside applicants over internal applicants for jobs. When I didn’t get a professional position in the place I worked while completing my MLS, I started looking elsewhere and found a better job than anything I would have gotten in my previous workplace. If she hadn’t wasted so much time trying to get them to give her a job at Harvard, she might already have a job that utilizes her advanced degree.
I’m sick of this chick already.
Thank you for letting me rant–now I will get back to doing actual work. 🙂
Re:I can’t understand…
Harvard is Harvard. They have enough endowment money and name recognition that it would take a lot more then this to even be a blip on their radar. Think of them as the Microsoft of the college world.
By Hook or by Crook…
Well…how DARE she stand up and speak up for her rights. How DARE she sue Harvard “GASP!” WE’LL SHOW HER !!!!
They’ve racheted up the level of abuse and it seems that there isn’t anything they won’t do to break her up and force her out…
Such are the revenge tactics of any body politic whose evil is resisted…
So perhaps the only way she can win is to find another job elsewhere,,,IF she can since with the publicity it’s going to be tough…
But actually this was a no win deal from the start…stay she looses…leave…she looses…
but she may find a better environment to work…or not.
Re:I can’t understand…
Indeed, how low can they go? This is definitely the type of thing that should be made public to the four winds, let everyone know of Harvard’s anti-feminism and other discriminatory practices. So, not only are not graceful in victory (you’d think, “hey, we won, we can drop it”), they have to actually add humiliation to the injuries? And regardless of what others may think, she and everyone else, has a right to stand up for their rights. Besides, it’t not like Harvard needs the money. It clearly looks like retaliation, just adding to their stonewalling tactics. It is a losing situation for her no matter whether she stays or leaves, but leaving may be the lesser of the two evils.
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While I agree with you that she may be putting all her eggs in one basket, your comments seem fairly insensitive.
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Hey, I didn’t say I was trying to be sensitive–I was RANTING about how I’m sick of hearing about her sad state of affairs.
I’m a big believer in doing for myself and not waitng around for other to do things for me. While she seems intelligent in her responses to the LISNews interview, it makes me wonder why she hasn’t tried putting her intelligence to work at a workplace that would value her.