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America also has its past.
Far from being an obstacle, academic honesty in historical research is necessary when confronting the past.
Knowing what happened, and who was responsible for what, is critically important to making sure it doesn't happen again.

mndaily.com/article/2019/0…
Results oriented research -- for example research that downplays the role of politicians and political appointees such as University Regents -- in implementing discriminatory policies, makes it much harder to hold persons with political power accountable today.
Minnesota in the 1930's may have been better than Alabama in the 1960's but powerful politicians and University Regents appointed by the Governor and legislature pushed for segregated student housing. Their role needs to be researched and documented in any report on the subject.
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In academia we’ve always had wing nuts who claim there is no objective truth, that one person’s facts are as good as another person’s facts.
Now we see that perverted ideology surface where it really matters: the senate impeachment trial of the President of the United States.
People who do not believe in objective truth- who believe there are alternative facts - don’t prove that there is no objective truth.
The only thing they prove is that some people are stupid.
The United States has only had one postmodern President— @realDonaldTrump.
If we don’t fix this problem soon, he could be our last president.
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Anti-Semitism and political extremism usually are aligned.
Calling them out is one's duty.
Retaliation is sometimes the price one pays.
But the price of silence is much more.

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In the 1930's Jews who called out anti-Semites were told to stop spreading "lies" that they should show some "humility" and that they should admit they were "wrong."
Never again.
If we don't fight bigotry, hatred and retaliation now, we will pay a much higher price later.
So, the Jews complain about anti-Semitism.
First, we'll accuse them of being political and spreading lies.
Next, we'll kick them off the town councils and the University tenure committees.
Next, we'll take away their professorships and remove the Jewish judges.
Next ....
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Richard W. Painter
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University of Minnesota Regent Michael Hsu sums it up:
"We know what happens. Students end up paying more money.”
That's what universities are doing to students across America.
In the 1950's and 60's public college was almost free. No more.

mndaily.com/article/2020/0…
Irresponsible legislatures either are cutting higher education budgets or are handing universities money for big construction projects and other initiatives without a sensible commitment to control tuition.
Look at this map. Where is the low cost student housing?
Or is it only rich students who are allowed to live near campus?
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