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The question that the article raises is, should the Amy Wax face professional repercussions for making a racist argument? I think that as a law professor, the
by s17n 9y ago
The question that the article raises is, should the Amy Wax face professional repercussions for making a racist argument? I think that as a law professor, the answer is yes - she should be held accountable for incompetence in op-ed writing in the same way that a scientist should be held accountable for incompetence in conducting an experiment.
If she were a math professor or something, I would say that she had the right to her opinion.
- overgard 9y agoThe idea that she made a "racist argument" is a HUGE leap. She argued that marriage is important. You might agree or disagree, but ruining somones career because they have social views you disagree with is just gross.
- s17n 9y agoAs a specialist in, among other related fields, "social welfare law and policy" her social views are the substance of her career. If a mathematician believed that 1 + 1 was 3, I'd want her fired. This is similar.