This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 27 Screenshot from Twitter Chrissy Clark • January 16, 2021 4:59 am
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Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation s 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.
6. University of Louisville Professor: ‘All Republicans are ‘Guilty of Capitol Attack, Should be ‘Forced to Shut the Hell Up | Campus Reform
A University of Louisville professor wrote in an op-ed that Republicans should be forced to shut the hell up about the Capitol Hill riot unless they denounced their former support for Donald Trump.
5. University of Chicago Takes Steps Toward Launch of ‘Critical Race Studies Department | The College Fix
Came after June letter demanded it
The University of Chicago will consider funding to explore the creation of a Department of Critical Race Studies.
Critical race is the idea that “the law and legal institutions are inherently racist” and that race is a “socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic and political interests,” according to the encyclopedia
“Should this proposal be approved through University processes, Provost [Ka Yee] Lee will work with the relevant division to ensure that resources are provided for its support,” Gerald McSwiggan, a spokesperson for the university, said in a December email to