Monday, August 03, 2009

Harvard tells Professor Gates to consider moving after death threats

On Sunday, Gates said that Harvard University officials recommended that he consider moving after he received numerous death threats. Harvard owns the home Gates resides in.

“You should die; you’re a racist,” read one e-mail, according to reports. While promoting his new book on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, the professor also said he’d been the subject of bomb threats as well.

Gates has changed his email address and cell phone number as a result.
Someone posted signs outside Gates’ Ware Street home July 25 calling him “shameful” and a “racist,” the professor said.
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