@WiseWoman@inquiline I'm not sure the best response to "racists targeting Black scholars" is to argue "But they deserved it."
It's the exact same reasoning as responding to white youth often avoiding drug charges while Black youth often go to prison for the exact same level of offenses by simply arguing "The Black youth shouldn't do drugs."
There is no difference between that reasoning and responding "But they shouldn't plagiarize."
Racially motivated attacks are racially motivated attacks.
inquiline