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> That's an ideal that was never really true. Sure it was. In the 1960s and 70s, for example, when Universities were a hotbed of free speech and civil liberty
by teacup50 10y ago
> That's an ideal that was never really true.
Sure it was. In the 1960s and 70s, for example, when Universities were a hotbed of free speech and civil liberty activism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement
- nl 10y agoThe interesting thing about the FSM speicifically is that was exclusively at Berkeley. It is true that there were significant student protest movements at many universities in the 60's and 70's. I don't think that this invalidates the OP's point that "historically, a major function of universities has been being places where white male elites could congregate and maintain their power by excluding others". Look over the last 200 years or so of universities in the US. It's only since the 1950's that non-whites and females started attending in significant numbers. Even if we take 1970 as a cut-off where that is no-longer the majority case, the OP's point is still valid.