“This motion is factually, legally and intellectually dishonest,” said Brooke Harris, executive director of the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and a member of the Probation Oversight Commission.

No one knows why this happened, but the new evidence steers us away from theories that our species hunted them out of existence, or that we were somehow physically or intellectually superior.

Having worked at the EPA for almost 10 years as wetlands enforcement coordinator in New England, Bennett understands EPA workers’ plight viscerally as well as intellectually.

She said that although stereotypes and barriers still exist in electing women of color, it would be “intellectually dishonest” to blame Harris’ loss solely on racism or misogyny.

They found him intellectually engaging, admired his provocative curiosity and became his friends.