I have long been a critic of Northwestern University and its president Morton Schapiro for policies undermining free speech and academic freedom. In the past, I have contrasted the vastly different approaches of my two alma maters, Northwestern and University of Chicago, the latter taking a courageous stand in favor of free speech rights. Chicago…
“I am James Speta and I am a racist.”
He was followed by Emily Mullin, executive director of major gifts, who announced, “I am a racist and a gatekeeper of white supremacy. I will work to be better.”
The public confessions reflect the view that all white people are racist due to their race and privilege a view contested by some as itself a form of racial intolerance or bias.
Now one of Brandeis’ Assistant Deans, Kate Slater, has triggered a similar controversy after declaring “all white people are racists.”
Slater is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.