This case is mind boggling. “UVA argued [in court!] that a public university student mildly objecting to microaggression theory was offensive speech and thus not covered by First Amendment.”
The petty totalitarians who consider themselves faculty at UVA should be deeply ashamed.
The petty totalitarians who consider themselves faculty at UVA should be deeply ashamed.
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1380160655987200022
In many of these cases, one finds oneself asking if faculty and administrators are dead set on life imitating art. theonion.com/college-encour…
The standards applied in this UVA case are so at odds with so much student protest (eg tabletmag.com/sections/news/…).
A committee ‘voted to send Bhattacharya a written reminder to "show mutual respect" to faculty and "express yourself appropriately,”’ and suggested he get counseling.
A committee ‘voted to send Bhattacharya a written reminder to "show mutual respect" to faculty and "express yourself appropriately,”’ and suggested he get counseling.
Furthermore, the scientific evidence for micro-aggressions and applied training is itself weak. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… (MRP = microaggression research program)
Extirpating bigotry from public life and health care is a deeply serious and worthy cause. This isn’t helping.
Extirpating bigotry from public life and health care is a deeply serious and worthy cause. This isn’t helping.
More analysis from the ever-sensible @ScottGreenfield
blog.simplejustice.us/2021/04/08/kie…
“Kern’s promiscuous use of adjectives to color Bhattacharya’s otherwise fairly moderate questions as a potential psychological threat to patients borders on the absurd.”
blog.simplejustice.us/2021/04/08/kie…
“Kern’s promiscuous use of adjectives to color Bhattacharya’s otherwise fairly moderate questions as a potential psychological threat to patients borders on the absurd.”
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