In this article, the author discusses the issue of collegiality that is used as a code for hating ethnic, racial, and female faculty at tenure time and cites some real stories of professors from U.S. colleges and universities who were denied tenure because of their national origin and background. Academics may strongly feel that collegiality has been inappropriately and discriminatorily applied in their reviews, and because of it they will have an extremely tough time proving in court that it equals discrimination. In this context, she remarks that to avoid accusations of discrimination, collegiality should not mean "fitting in," "likability" or "cordiality," nor should the tenure review process look like a charm school final exam.