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There’s a lovely and thoughtful op-ed about “Sex at Wesleyan” written by an alumna with whom I must be roughly contemporary (I graduated in ’95). She articulates this: As much as you may read about the angry cries of “social justice warriors” in current news, today’s students discuss sexual assault in a completely new way. …
The American right-wing has a cultural theory, or at least a cudgel: America is being destroyed by political correctness. College professors and liberal students, especially those of color, are to blame. It’s not a new theory, but in this age of multi-million (billion, for Fox?) dollar media companies and the magnifying effect of social media, …
Four stories. 1) ALEC is meeting with legislators and talking about pulling funding from public colleges and universities if they don’t include more conservative views. But meanwhile, ALEC is meeting and saying: “pull funding from schools perceived to be limiting discourse.” https://t.co/zNI9e2OGYE@conor64 pic.twitter.com/OtlnTarNgL — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 8, 2017 The academic freedom PC …
1) Don’t taunt students. 2) Everyone is due a clear process. 3) Being an asshole is not challenging orthodoxy.https://t.co/KZUrMnFKG3 — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) December 14, 2016 I’m beginning to collect pieces on campus speech issues for a future essay. Johns Hopkins suspends an adjunct for racist jokes. Does so using a process that does …
Ever since “political correctness” jumped into mainstream public discourse as first a threat against higher education, then against free speech everywhere, and – with Trump’s campaign – a threat against the very security of our nation, I’ve been making one argument: Power matters. Mostly, it’s not a problem when marginalized people ask for others to …
Last year was the year in which white liberal pundits ranted about PC Run Amok. Hua Hsu covered it very well in his piece for The New Yorker, “The Year of the Imaginary Student.” It’s a piece worth reading in its entirety. (Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan, has also written two good essays critiquing this …