"This current incident, and Marshall's response so far, seem disturbingly similar to prevalent behavior in China [during the Cultural Revolution]—spurious accusations against innocent people, which escalated into institutional insanity."
in a class discussion of filler words in conversation (which "neige" apparently is).
Greg Patton was describing the Chinese filler word "nega," which earned him a temporary suspension.
The professor, chair of the Central Michigan University journalism department, was teaching a media law class, and quoted a case that discussed the use of the word "nigger" at public universities.
From Prof. John McWhorter (Columbia) in The Atlantic.
A thought experiment that came to my mind; I'd love to hear what others think about it.
Plus a new draft law review article on the subject, by Prof. Randall Kennedy (Harvard Law School), a leading scholar of race and the law, and me.
threatens to kick students out of class for "othering." Fortunately, the university has stepped in and rejected this position.
An excellent piece by Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy, one of the nation's leading scholars of race, law, and society.
In Life of a Klansman, Edward Ball reckons with a white supremacist ancestor. Try explaining that to the students.
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This happened at University of Pittsburgh, a public university.
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"Academic staff...are no longer free to make controversial statements to the general public about politically or socially controversial matters," one of them writes.
Both outlawry and cancel culture grow out of the same human impulse toward ostracism, the desire to exclude offenders from “respectable” society.
The student has now sued Fordham
"The idea that wrongheaded, dangerous, heretical, and blasphemous ideas should be not only allowed but protected is preposterous," says Rauch. And yet, it's "the single most successful social principle ever invented."
The professor, the chair of the Central Michigan University journalism department, was teaching a media law class, and quoted a case that discussed the use of the word "nigger" at public universities.
This one focuses on student groups that get funding from public colleges, but it's an unconstitutional viewpoint-based restriction.
"To survive as a ... professor requires constant self-censorship and compromise, especially in the humanities .... Resistance comes at a cost .... [H]er colleague ..., a law professor, was interrogated and suspended from teaching after publishing a series of essays critical of ...."
Former professor John Cochrane: "I spent much of my last few years of teaching afraid that I would say something that could be misunderstood and thus be offensive to someone."
He remains a tenured faculty member.
"We understand that the context in which this phrase was used resulted in a very painful trigger for many of you."
Her crime? Spelling out what the rap group N.W.A. stands for, and quoting one of their lyrics.
"For me, demands for silence, for avoidance, or for bowdlerization will be offered no deference."
UCLA says complaints -- about the fact that both the excerpt read from King's letter and the video included the word "nigger" -- have "been shared with UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for review."
From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
"Nothing Betsy DeVos has done since she took office will have a more lasting effect on people's lives than this."
I, however, do not apologize.
They call it a "hate crime against Asian students and scholars."
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