neither kanoute or the aclu apologized. they kept claiming she was racist. and rashaunn hall is the racial justice director for massachusetts and kanoute's lawyer. he said it's troubling that people are more offended by being called racist than the actual racism in our society. allegation of racism is not on par with the consequences of actual racism. in other words, if you're falsely accused and you don't like it, it's evidence you're racist. especially if you're a janitor. you could not find a more perfect distillation of the moment we're living there. here we have kanoute, one of the most privileged people on planet earth saying she's being oppressed by her servants. rather than getting laughed out of the room or sent for a psych evaluation, all of the other people not in agreement with her and punish the staff. we're going to look back at moments like this in shame. the question is why didn't anyone speak up while it was happening. at smith, one woman did. her name is jody shaw. she went to smith. she worked there as a librarian. she lived the school. sm