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Re: even Einstein



 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:03:32 -0700
 >
 > The ACM recently named Aho and Ullman as Turing Award winners, and this 
 > has led to an impassioned discussion on the UCB EECS faculty mailing 
 > list about Ullman's racist and xenophobic published remarks about how we 
 > shouldn't allow Iranians into the US because Iran doesn't recognize 
 > Israel.  This pushes all my buttons about how otherwise progressive 
 > people can just abandon their principles when it comes to Israel.

We just recently listened to:

 https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/politically-re-active-with-w-kamau-bell-hari-kondabolu-45186/marc-lamont-hill-kamaus-mom-357878862

(It's not specifically about Iran, but it seems relevant to your comment.)

 > But that's not why I'm bringing it up; just now one of my colleagues 
 > posted this link:
 > 
 > https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/12/einsteins-travel-diaries-reveal-shocking-xenophobia
 > 
 > I had no idea!

Me, neither.  People can change and maybe Albert Einstein would have.  Dr.
Seuss did revise some of his books later in life.




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