I am going to say a few quick things about the implications of the UNC situation. 1. The evaluation of Jones peers and the faculty was that she should be appointed as a full professor. Overriding that assessment is a clear obstruction of the principle of academic freedom.
2. UNC is a state institution. And thus already subject in some distinct ways to political whims. Overriding the judgment of scholars and faculty in the institution is a red flag.
3. This ought not be collapsed into the general right wing backlash, although it's part of it. The destruction of process makes thinkers more vulnerable.
And I wanted to say this because there are some people making inane arguments about Jones qualifications. The people who know the field, said that she ought to receive an endowed chair in the field. That's not a public evaluation, that's a formal assessment.
We actually have to disaggregate the moves to understand the larger strategy of suppressing ideas of cutting off deliberation AND of retaliating against Black social and political organizing.
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