It is common to read news of someone getting fired for speaking or acting in ways that harmed members of another race.
Our current call-out culture often advocates publicly shaming and humiliating wrongdoers, destroying their reputations and making them lose their jobs. Further, this culture prioritizes the impact of people’s words or actions over their intent.
In higher education alone, there have been many cases of such call-outs. Greg Patton, a professor at University of Southern California, had to step away from teaching in the MBA program for using a Chinese word that sounded like a racial slur during a Zoom lecture.
Faculty falls prey to campus cancel culture
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Universities need to stop contributing to political tribalism
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Students at Princeton University in New Jersey. The alliance arose out of discussions among some Princeton faculty over how to counter what they see as growing intolerance of differing viewpoints.
Cornel West and Laura Kipnis join alliance designed to help educators speak and publish without fear of sanction .
Cornel West, Laura Kipnis and Stephen Pinker are among about 200 scholars from across the US who on Monday launched the Academic Freedom Alliance, a group with a mission to help college educators speak, instruct and publish without fear of sanction, bullying, punishment, or persecution .
The non-profit organization arose out of discussions among some Princeton University faculty members over how to counter what they see as growing intolerance of differing viewpoints.