"A visiting NYU business professor is on thin ice after tweeting that fat students lack the willpower to complete a doctoral dissertation.
Geoffrey F. Miller, a visiting associate professor of evolutionary psychology on leave from the University of New Mexico, made the statement late Sunday.
“Dear obese PhD applicants: If you didn’t have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won’t have the willpower to do a dissertation,” he wrote — driving home the discriminatory point by adding “#truth.”
“That’s a shocking statement. A person’s body says nothing about their academic skills or integrity,” said Megan Davis, a grad student at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development. “I don’t think he should be invited back as a guest lecturer.”
Visiting NYU lecturer makes waves with offensive Tweet about fat people - NYPOST.com
Can you imagine using the same logic in other situations?
"Dear pregnant PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to stop having sex (or at least have an abortion), you wont have the willpower to do a dissertation".
"Dear homosexual PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to stop decorating, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation".
"Dear skinny PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to start working out, you wont have the willpower to do a dissertation".
"Dear Asian PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to kill Godzilla, you wont have the willpower to do a dissertation".
" Dear midget PhD applicants: if you didn't have the willpower to kill Dorothy and Toto, you wont have the willpower to do a dissertation".
It is quite amazing how much bias and bigotry exists in college campuses, especially among the professors.
"Dear associate professor applicant: if you didn't have the willpower to shut the hell up before revealing your idiot bias you wont have the willpower to do a dissertation".