How many colleges are there in the US - that’s how many lawsuits are going to need to be filed, pretty much. These toxic attitudes have had 60 years to spread throughout academia. Removing them will not happen overnight.
And after the first round of lawsuits, there will undoubtedly be more needing to be filed, since some of these academics are seriously hard-core and will give the finger to any attempts to protect students from their discrimination and harassment, and some of the deans are more than happy to run interference for them.
FAIR is terrific, but we need 100 times the number of lawyers that they have available to work on this issue.
Somebody please write a grant proposal to an anti-woke billionaire and get this process turbocharged!
So glad you are taking on this court case. As someone who taught for 7 years and as someone who has shame issues herself, it appalls me that any teacher would deliberately induce shame in a student (or anybody). Especially in the context of research and when the students do not have a say in participating in them. Talk about being in a privileged position!
Thank you, FAIR, for filing this complaint. I am an alumnus of Colorado State University, and this story shocks and disgusts me. I expect far better out of my alma mater. I have written to the University's President and the Department Head and told them as much. Not that they will care, but at least they will know that alumni are aware and talking about this. I'm glad to be a supporter of FAIR and you can count on my continued support.
"When instructors proudly document their deliberate targeting of specific racial and gender groups, and an institution fails to address such concerning practices, regulatory intervention becomes necessary."
I think you don't need the first part, although it helps establish the problem. How about?
"When instructors [have] deliberate targeting of specific racial and gender groups, and an institution fails to address such concerning practices, regulatory intervention becomes necessary."
Two of my college friends became social workers and they were so brainwashed by the time they were done, it’s like they weren’t even the same people. They hated everyone for their “privilege.” And this was 20 years ago. Now I understand more.
she would not have built the case “emotional discomfort” and “distress,” which frames the harm as subjective and trivial. the instructors confessed in print to intentionally targeting students for humiliation on the basis of their race and sex, laughing at their distress, shutting down their ability to participate, and refusing to provide a neutral learning environment. These are against Title VI and Title IX, that is direct evidence of unlawful discrimination
A competent advocate would have hammered this as the centerpiece not the 'feelings' anyway, good luck, glad to see. that equal human rights based and common humanity is about to have the support that it needs
In 2005, I attended a regional meeting of college counselors. The meeting was conducted by a good friend of mine who, at the time, was the director of admissions for the major research university in the state. He made a point in one of his presentations how the fastest declining admits in college admissions was the white, male applicant. He also made the point that this was, statistically, an anomaly which pointed to intentionality. He was giving his objective observation – – and a warning.
Awesome.
How many colleges are there in the US - that’s how many lawsuits are going to need to be filed, pretty much. These toxic attitudes have had 60 years to spread throughout academia. Removing them will not happen overnight.
And after the first round of lawsuits, there will undoubtedly be more needing to be filed, since some of these academics are seriously hard-core and will give the finger to any attempts to protect students from their discrimination and harassment, and some of the deans are more than happy to run interference for them.
FAIR is terrific, but we need 100 times the number of lawyers that they have available to work on this issue.
Somebody please write a grant proposal to an anti-woke billionaire and get this process turbocharged!
So glad you are taking on this court case. As someone who taught for 7 years and as someone who has shame issues herself, it appalls me that any teacher would deliberately induce shame in a student (or anybody). Especially in the context of research and when the students do not have a say in participating in them. Talk about being in a privileged position!
Thank you, FAIR, for filing this complaint. I am an alumnus of Colorado State University, and this story shocks and disgusts me. I expect far better out of my alma mater. I have written to the University's President and the Department Head and told them as much. Not that they will care, but at least they will know that alumni are aware and talking about this. I'm glad to be a supporter of FAIR and you can count on my continued support.
Wow and thank you for taking on this unbelievable educational practice.
So grateful we have Trump for president so this can end.
minor point:
"When instructors proudly document their deliberate targeting of specific racial and gender groups, and an institution fails to address such concerning practices, regulatory intervention becomes necessary."
I think you don't need the first part, although it helps establish the problem. How about?
"When instructors [have] deliberate targeting of specific racial and gender groups, and an institution fails to address such concerning practices, regulatory intervention becomes necessary."
I know what you mean. Been there, too:
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-institutional-suppression-of
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/heresy
Beware the man behind the curtain…
Congratulations!
The warrior strideth forth...
Two of my college friends became social workers and they were so brainwashed by the time they were done, it’s like they weren’t even the same people. They hated everyone for their “privilege.” And this was 20 years ago. Now I understand more.
she would not have built the case “emotional discomfort” and “distress,” which frames the harm as subjective and trivial. the instructors confessed in print to intentionally targeting students for humiliation on the basis of their race and sex, laughing at their distress, shutting down their ability to participate, and refusing to provide a neutral learning environment. These are against Title VI and Title IX, that is direct evidence of unlawful discrimination
A competent advocate would have hammered this as the centerpiece not the 'feelings' anyway, good luck, glad to see. that equal human rights based and common humanity is about to have the support that it needs
In 2005, I attended a regional meeting of college counselors. The meeting was conducted by a good friend of mine who, at the time, was the director of admissions for the major research university in the state. He made a point in one of his presentations how the fastest declining admits in college admissions was the white, male applicant. He also made the point that this was, statistically, an anomaly which pointed to intentionality. He was giving his objective observation – – and a warning.