Kara Cooney is a professor at UCLA and an Egyptologist and author of “The Good Kings.” We confess we haven’t read the book, so we’re not sure how the Kyle Rittenhouse case figures into it, but Cooney says she’s been subjected to “a hateful stew of ridicule” for the mistake, and worse yet, denial that America has a race problem.
On p. 341 of THE GOOD KINGS I state that Kyle Rittenhouse shot two Black men when instead he shot two white men. That was my mistake, and I apologize. The response has been a hateful stew of ridicule and denial that America has a race problem at all.
— Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) January 5, 2022
If one mistake in a little known book about ancient Egypt elicits this much howling, it is to avoid discussing our larger problem, to avoid seeing our deep-seeded obsession with patriarchal power.
— Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) January 5, 2022
Why is Kyle Rittenhouse in a little-known book about ancient Egypt? No wonder it’s little-known.
So yeah, tiny detail of the book with a big mistake about a massive American issue. And that’s on me. But the white supremacy is still a problem. And the misogyny is still a problem.
— Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) January 5, 2022
She had some characters left in her tweet and decided to throw in misogyny.
I have no idea why a deliberate contusion of a major court case would be relevant in a book about Egyptian history, but you clearly thought it was A. both relevant enough to include yet B. not important enough to get any detail correct (either there or in your subsequent tweets).
— Charles R. Mousseau🇫🇷🇨🇦 (@AlphaLackey) January 5, 2022
"I completely made up facts to support my fragile and fictitious worldview BUT YOUR REACTION TO THAT LIE IS THE REAL PROBLEM HERE!!!!"
— Joey S (@JoeySFromCO) January 5, 2022
Someone who writes a book, doesn’t watch the trial, doesn’t do an investigation then claims “whoops, just a mistake” hopefully will hear from Kyle’s lawyer soon!
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) January 5, 2022
I was held to a higher standard than this for papers I wrote in high school. You aren't a victim here
— 🅓🅞🅒🏴 (@HocDolliday) January 5, 2022
If you and your publishers put out a book "mistaking" an easily verifiable detail of a major case from this past year how can you or your publishers be trusted to put out information about ancient history
— Brian Peterson (@Always_Hungry84) January 5, 2022
Amen
— Iron Crow (@IronCrow63) January 5, 2022
People noticed I didn’t know what I was talking about and that’s the real issue
— CanadianGuineaPig (@CanadianGuinea) January 5, 2022
Don’t try to smooth over the fact that you literally didn’t get the basic facts of his case right and tried to use it as a sign of anything except the self defense that it was found to be. On top of that it wasn’t “one” mistake. You even screwed up the details behind Rosa’s story
— Joshua Joslin (@joshjos7467) January 5, 2022
Who are you apologizing to, the reader or Kyle Rittenhouse?
— jack (@axre91a) January 5, 2022
Nothing says arrogance like non-apologies.
— Guiana Ifion Lox || 🇨🇷 (@GuianaIfionLox) January 5, 2022
It’s such a large problem, I had to create a totally fabricated example to prove how large of an issue this is! And this is the thanks I get for highlighting what little examples there are to pull from!
— Trumpwon (@TrumpOne2020) January 6, 2022
Bruh moment pic.twitter.com/vMOpnQ36wi
— Yayaissa Takes Over🔞 (@FutaOnMale_Ver3) January 6, 2022
Because it matters. Take the books off the shelves and rerelease.
— Jana Banana (@JanaDuck) January 5, 2022
It's not just that you got one little detail wrong, it's that the entire assertion is wrong. Instead of owning that, you hedged and then doubled down on being wrong. But you do you. 🙄
— DirtySaiyanYT (COMMS OPEN) (@dirty_saiyan) January 5, 2022
So if I wrote a book and on p. 341 wrote something horribly false about UCLA professor Kara Cooney, you’d be okay with that? Who would you suggest I blame for my information?
— Darlene (@Stoppostingmom) January 5, 2022
How many edits did the book go through? I personally know it’s not the first draft that’s published.
— Hot Fresh California Hell (@StuckinPAsarah) January 6, 2022
Oh so, even when you were wrong you were right.
— Muh State Lines (@ElderZForce) January 5, 2022
Please just take the L and move on
— Nicholas (@Nickster2121) January 6, 2022
Fact checking before publication is better. The “mistake” will remain part of the public domain unless you plan on recalling all copies.
— Minapo (@mipoelsu17) January 5, 2022
So how are you going to fix it?
— Munchy🍇 (@munchy_kin) January 5, 2022
I'm wondering exactly how this got through the editing process? How did nobody catch this basic error and how many more basic errors were not caught?
— Jay (@Greywind1988) January 5, 2022
This falls under “echo chamber”…know your audience…and give them what they want.
— Jeff Cassidy (@JeffCassidy) January 5, 2022
But why was it even there?
— Stephen (@WitchKing03) January 5, 2022
Don’t worry. You can still make your students buy your book.
— CleaverGreene (@CleaverGreene3) January 5, 2022
Did you get a blurb by Jussie Smolet for the back cover?
— Sheriff Buford T. Social Justice (@freeideas4all) January 5, 2022
Any reflection on how you could be SO misinformed on such an easily verifiable fact? Maybe, instead of lashing out, you should examine your sources & social bubble? Perhaps you've been misled on other topics? Obviously, they've lied to you already. What other lies have they told?
— It's just me 🙂 (@BagLadyLisa) January 5, 2022
What sort of book about ancient Egypt involves the Rittenhouse trial at all? That’s what we can’t figure out.
Related:
Watch: ASU students protest ‘racist murderer’ Kyle Rittenhouse, who isn’t enrolled there but whose ancestors killed black and brown people https://t.co/n4GXVlSx47
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 2, 2021
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