The suspension of The Harvard Salient this winter has been widely treated as a morality play about extremism, nationalism, and the eternal vigilance required to keep fascism at bay.
For the moment it appears that the Left has been victorious in 'the long march through the institutions'. In the long run my bet is that reality will triumph but 'the long run' can be a l-o-n-g time.
This is yet another superb analysis of a society that has embedded racialist values into every interaction between humans. Racist language and racism is simply racist, regardless of who says or believes it. I'm in the Boomer generation. I've had blacks openly using racist language against me since I was a teenager. I had a black guy pull a gun on me because I was talking to a black woman. I've listened to so-called comedians using racist language my whole life (actually had Richard Pryor call me a "Honky motherf----r!" one day as he pulled out of a gas station into my oncoming lane, just missing my car with his Jaguar - the one he later shot because, "They shoot horses, don't they?" when it wouldn't start). Anyone using such ignorant language is offensive. My solution is to avoid them, whether to turn off Dave Chappelle, stop watching professional sports (and suddenly have a lot more time in my life), to stop buying their products (e.g., Nike), or to disassociate with individuals. We must hold everyone to the same standard. The ignorant and hateful do not get a pass because of their degree of melanin or wealth or political power. People are people and it is their character and values they live that determines their worth, not their group dynamics or stereotypes. It is time to excise, root and stem, this vile undermining of our shared humanity.
"Flawed premise"? "Category error"? Those are white supremacist terms, no? Applying the rules of logic to the situation at Harvard is the category error.
The only possibility for surprise in this situation was a different decision by the board.
"When racialized hostility is used by left-aligned speakers against whites, it is contextualized, excused, or celebrated. Students notice this asymmetry."
We have taken a generation or two of kids and taught them that they are evil incarnate, that they are so innately powerful that society must disadvantage them for others to have a fair chance to compete, that they must repent for the sins of their ancestors till the end of time. KKK could not have designed a better system to promote their racial ideology. And we act surprised by the result?
Although not yet labeled DEI, political correctness was well-established when Gen X would have attended college. Dinesh D’Souza wrote Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus in 1991. He clearly documented then what now goes by the label of DEI.
For the moment it appears that the Left has been victorious in 'the long march through the institutions'. In the long run my bet is that reality will triumph but 'the long run' can be a l-o-n-g time.
This is yet another superb analysis of a society that has embedded racialist values into every interaction between humans. Racist language and racism is simply racist, regardless of who says or believes it. I'm in the Boomer generation. I've had blacks openly using racist language against me since I was a teenager. I had a black guy pull a gun on me because I was talking to a black woman. I've listened to so-called comedians using racist language my whole life (actually had Richard Pryor call me a "Honky motherf----r!" one day as he pulled out of a gas station into my oncoming lane, just missing my car with his Jaguar - the one he later shot because, "They shoot horses, don't they?" when it wouldn't start). Anyone using such ignorant language is offensive. My solution is to avoid them, whether to turn off Dave Chappelle, stop watching professional sports (and suddenly have a lot more time in my life), to stop buying their products (e.g., Nike), or to disassociate with individuals. We must hold everyone to the same standard. The ignorant and hateful do not get a pass because of their degree of melanin or wealth or political power. People are people and it is their character and values they live that determines their worth, not their group dynamics or stereotypes. It is time to excise, root and stem, this vile undermining of our shared humanity.
"Flawed premise"? "Category error"? Those are white supremacist terms, no? Applying the rules of logic to the situation at Harvard is the category error.
The only possibility for surprise in this situation was a different decision by the board.
"When racialized hostility is used by left-aligned speakers against whites, it is contextualized, excused, or celebrated. Students notice this asymmetry."
Dare we add, monetized?
We have taken a generation or two of kids and taught them that they are evil incarnate, that they are so innately powerful that society must disadvantage them for others to have a fair chance to compete, that they must repent for the sins of their ancestors till the end of time. KKK could not have designed a better system to promote their racial ideology. And we act surprised by the result?
Although not yet labeled DEI, political correctness was well-established when Gen X would have attended college. Dinesh D’Souza wrote Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus in 1991. He clearly documented then what now goes by the label of DEI.
As soon as "affirmative action" was implemented in the 60s and 70s, our current situation was inevitable.,
Great writing uncovering a truth lost in the milieu.