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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:42 AM Jul 2016

Donald Trump’s Alma Malter Pens SCATHING Letter Letting The World Know He Is A…


Open Letter to Donald Trump

Dear Mr. Trump:

At the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, students are taught to represent the highest levels of respect and integrity. We are taught to embrace humility and diversity. We can understand why, in seeking America’s highest office, you have used your degree from Wharton to promote and lend legitimacy to your candidacy.

As a candidate for President, and now as the presumptive GOP nominee, you have been afforded a transformative opportunity to be a leader on national and international stages and to make the Wharton community even prouder of our school and values.

However, we have been deeply disappointed in your candidacy.

We, proud students, alumni, and faculty of Wharton, are outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance. Although we do not aim to make any political endorsements with this letter, we do express our unequivocal stance against the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry that you have actively and implicitly endorsed in your campaign.

The Wharton community is a diverse community. We are immigrants and children of immigrants, people of color, Muslims, Jews, women, people living with or caring for those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community. In other words, we represent the groups that you have repeatedly denigrated, as well as their steadfast friends, family, and allies.

We recognize that we are fortunate to be educated at Wharton, and we are committed to using our opportunity to make America and the world a better place — for everyone. We are dedicated to promoting inclusion not only because diversity and tolerance have been repeatedly proven to be valuable assets to any organization’s performance, but also because we believe in mutual respect and human dignity as deeply held values. Your insistence on exclusion and scapegoating would be bad for business and bad for the American economy. An intolerant America is a less productive, less innovative, and less competitive America.

We, the undersigned Wharton students, alumni, and faculty, unequivocally reject the use of your education at Wharton as a platform for promoting prejudice and intolerance. Your discriminatory statements are incompatible with the values that we are taught and we teach at Wharton, and we express our unwavering commitment to an open
commitment to an open and inclusive American society.

More:
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/07/10/donald-trumps-alma-malter-pens-scathing-letter-letting-the-world-know-he-is-a-monster-details/
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Donald Trump’s Alma Malter Pens SCATHING Letter Letting The World Know He Is A… (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP
Ouch. I feel an angry tweet coming on. SummerSnow Jul 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author patricia92243 Jul 2016 #2
That was my fault kpete Jul 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #4
This is clickbait garbage for the ad-filled "Bipartisan Report" website oberliner Jul 2016 #5
who's Alma Malter? is she related to Marla? Where does he keep her....with Jane Doe? Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #6

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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. This is clickbait garbage for the ad-filled "Bipartisan Report" website
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 10:53 AM
Jul 2016

It's also not a letter from Trump's alma mater.

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