Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Following Weinstein debacle, Evergreen State College president kowtows to student demands - The College Fix

Following Weinstein debacle, Evergreen State College president kowtows to student demands - The College Fix:
"It’s been a rather raucous week at Evergreen State College.
After it was revealed that Professor Bret Weinstein had objected to a college once-per-year racial apartheid event, students went berserk, screaming at him “This is not about you! We are not speaking on terms—on terms of white privilege!” … and that he should resign.
Image result for Kowtow BowWeinstein ended up having to hold class off-campus because police said they couldn’t guarantee his safety.
The professor appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show Friday evening, with the host describing what had happened to Weinstein as something seen in “Phnom Penh in 1975.”
The prof’s situation seems to be the head on the campus pimple, so to speak, as “months of protest and community dissatisfaction” culminated this week in a set of student demands.
It should come as little surprise that Evergreen President George Bridges — whom Weinstein told Carlson had effectively allowed “the mob to control the campus” — cowered before them.
The introduction of Bridge’s address, made at the campus Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, sets the tone: “I’m George Bridges, I use he/him pronouns.”...
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