Sarah Braasch
Sarah Braasch
Sarah Braasch is a graduate student of philosophy at Yale University. [1]
Education
Sarah Braasch graduated summa cum laude in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota. She holds a JD from Fordham Law School. [1]
Sarah is interested in applying game theory and cognitive science to the philosophical foundations of law, including international law.
This endeavor encompasses her interests in practical reasoning and social ontology, as well as perceptual and social cognition, including language acquisition.
In the Media
Racism Controversy
In May 2018, Braasch called the police upon finding black graduate student Lolade Siyonbola asleep in the Hall of Graduate Studies common room. Siyonbola recorded the incident, which went viral on social media.
Personal Life
Braasch is an individual with secular ideals and a proponent of Women's rights, which include activities with Ni Putes Ni Soumises in Paris, France. This type of advocacy and outlook has led her to obtain an MA in Philosophy, which has helped her address the sub-human legal status of the world’s women at the source, and the philosophical foundations of law. [1]
Blogging
Braasch has written posts for two blog sites called Daylight Atheist and the Humanist throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Due to the video that has since gone viral of Braasch calling the cops on Siyonbola, a black woman, the two sites have decided to denounce her writing by taking them off their site. Yet, other sites got a hold of her posts and have since shared some passages.
In 2011 she wrote the following in a post for Daylight Atheist :
"We can no more tolerate gender segregation in the public space, above and beyond the simple fact that we can neither protect nor prosecute those whom we cannot identify."
When other internet users decided to respond and argue with her opinions, she responded with the following:
"Since I hate to mince words, let me just say: Hate crimes legislation is stupid.
Seriously stupid.
Abominably stupid.
I hate hate crimes legislation.
But, I love hate speech...
Hate crimes legislation has a chilling effect on free speech and freedom of association.
This is why hate crimes legislation is in direct contravention of the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
Under hate crimes legislation, anyone who has ever said anything, which might be deemed hateful, directed at one of the groups protected under the legislation opens themselves up to hate crime prosecution in perpetuity."
In one of the two written blog posts that were released by the Humanist in 2011, which has since been deleted, she says the following:
"The thing I like the most about genealogy is that once you go back a handful of generations you realize that social constructs like racism and tribalism seem downright silly."
The Humanist has since deleted her posts and official stated that she was never hired to be a part of the publication and they accepted her contributions at the time.