Treatment of Stanford's "Imposter-Squatters" Points Up Double-Standards

Seems Stanford has been in the news lately not for just one case of "imposter-squatting", but two. The kick here is that in the second case, the administration knew about it and refused to do anything. Stories here:

Imposter 1

Imposter 2

Both are young, small Asian women. Both are being treated as either needing help, victims, or both. Guys, go ahead, try this yourselves and see what happens (just be sure to have a lawyer and medical insurance lined up ahead of time). Excerpts from the stories... (click 'read more')

#1:
'Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free time with friends.

The only problem is that Azia Kim was never a Stanford student.
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Police are currently investigating the situation....

But after filing a report with the Department of Public Safety, Zhou doesn’t think much will be done.

“The police just said, ‘If we see her on campus, we’ll evict her,’ and say, ‘Don’t do anything anymore,’” Zhou said. “Even after hacking into my email account, they said there’s nothing they can do unless she was using it to fraud anyone. I don’t think they’re going to do anything.”'

#2:
'For the last four years, Elizabeth Okazaki has attended graduate physics seminars, used the offices reserved for doctoral and post-doctoral physics students and — for all intents and purposes made the Varian Physics Lab her home.

The only problem is that Okazaki appears to have no affiliation with Stanford and, according to physics professors and students, no real reason to be there.
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“I feel really bad for her,” said Alessandro Tomasiello, a post-doctoral scholar in theoretical particle physics. “I don’t want to have a conversation with her that will actually hurt her.”

Green partially attributed the lack of protest regarding Okazaki’s four-year-long stay in the department to the fact that Okazaki is an Asian woman.

“If she were a large, intimidating man, there’s no doubt that something would be done,” he said. “There’s a huge bias against appearances and it’s prevented people from taking action. I can’t see any reason why our department is special. This could really happen all over the place.”'

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Men get sentenced women get diagnosed.

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Let's see a man try to get away with a scam like this. At least getting off so easy. Frank Abingale (the Catch Me if You Can forger) was probably the last.

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