From his words it appears that he was equally conscious of not getting the proper respect due to a distinguished Harvard professor and media celebrity. As he put it to his daughter in an interview published online: “[Crowley] should have gotten out of there and said, ‘I’m sorry, sir, good luck.
Gates, der sich dieses Problems überaus bewusst, ja sogar ein Spezialist auf dem Gebiet der Rassenproblematik und ihrer Geschichte in seinem Land ist, vermutete instinktiv, zum Opfer von Vorurteilen geworden zu sein.