> On Feb 25, 2021, at 12:52 PM, Jim Miller <jmiller...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Re: Bari Weiss. She deserves the same respect as any other person who tries > to carve out a space in the online debating space. Her letter of resignation > from the NYT is worth reading: https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter > > As for the New York Times, it now seems it might be pulling in its "woke" > claws a bit. See the Bret Stephens column: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/opinion/bon-appetit-cancel-culture.html > > This column starts off talking about ethnic cuisine, but later gets to the > woke point: > What comes next? In January, Jason Kilborn, a law professor at the University > of Illinois at Chicago, was placed on indefinite administrative leave, barred > from campus and kicked off his committee assignments after students protested > that he had included “n____” and “b_____” as part of his semester exam on > civil procedure. > > For more on Jason Kilborn, see: > > https://www.thefire.org/fire-warns-university-of-illinois-at-chicago-over-investigation-into-law-professors-exam-question/ > > Another example of the New York Times beginning to shift perspective, there's > an article by Michael Powell on the Smith College racist harassment case: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/smith-college-race.html > > While the Times sponsored the 1619 Project, which conforms to the elitist > "social justice" agenda, it is undoubtedly aware that there is a growing wave > of opposition to the injustices meted out by the woke warriors who occupy > positions of administrative authority. One of the significant personalities > who has come out strongly against the cultural identity movement is John > McWhorter, a linguistics professor at Columbia University. He calls the woke > agenda a "religion." See: > > https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/the-elect-neoracists-posing-as-antiracists > > The shift at NYT doesn't mean that we are approaching the demise of the > tyranny of cultural identity any time soon. But, admittedly, there have been > many disciplinary wrongs committed, too many cancellations of online accounts > and denial of free speech rights for those who wish to enjoy the same right > as anyone else to make their voices heard. Freedom of speech is more deeply > rooted in U.S. political culture than is the authority of the woke elite. > >
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