"doesn't seem to be speaking too eloquently here, thank god we can't hear her! Harvard??? That's a place for "entitled" folks said all the liberals! Monkey face and poor ebonic English!!! There! I feel better and am still not racist!!! Just calling it like it is!"
next to a picture of Michelle Obama, but we're pretty sure it wasn't "My punctuation abuse and racial slurs will SURELY reflect well on my place of employment, Denver Health Medical Center, Children's Hospital Colorado or my assistant professorship at CU's School of Medicine."
The good news for Dr. Herren? It seems that her employers aren't overly concerned with the racist nature of her message either! As of today, she's still listed as an employee of Denver Health Medical Center, despite the fact that her opinion of black children certainly would serve as a cause for alarm for any parent entrusting her with their child's literal life during a surgical procedure.
When contact by phone for an explanation by a local journalist, Dr. Herren claims she didn't know comparing a black woman to a monkey is racist. (We will now pause for everyone over the age of 14 to roll their eyes in unison.)
While Doctor Herren is in hiding from the outrage she's generated, she might need some reading material. We recommend the Linguistic Society of America's explanation of ebonics. She might also choose to avail herself of Mrs. Obama's highly impressive C.V.
In any case, we hope that she either has a change of heart, makes a public apology and puts her money where her mouth is, with the donation of time and services to something serving the black community, or that the hospital and the medical school choose to let her go.
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