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> Bret Weinstein was fired from Evergreen for not participating in a no-white-people-on-campus day Interpretation 1: There was a "no-white-people-on-campus da

> Bret Weinstein was fired from Evergreen for not participating in a no-white-people-on-campus day Interpretation 1: There was a "no-white-people-on-campus day" at a university, a professor named Bret Weinstein-- a white person-- was on the campus that day (either in defiance or without foreknowledge of the event), and was consequently fired for being white while on campus. Interpretation 2: There was a "no-white-people-on-campus day" at a university where white people were singled out to attend some off-campus event (whether mandatory or optional), Bret Weinstein-- a white professor-- did not attend this off-campus event (whether in defiance or accidentally, whether going on campus, or not), and consequently the university fired Bret Weinstein for his action of not attending an event targeted exclusively at white people. Interpretation 3: You are leaving some crucial detail that explains what actually happened. If #3 isn't the case I'll eat my hat. If it is, you should consider the possibility that some kind of anti-academic axe-grinding is keeping you from writing as clearly as you could about historical events. Edit: clarification

da_big_ghey 6y ago
Interpretation 2 is closest to correct. There was a "day of absence", and in 2017, whites were "invited" to leave the campus for the day's activities. Weinstein protested this in a letter, which led to protests of a violent nature to the point that he had to hold classes off-campus. Weinstein sued over the fact that he had to hold the event off-campus rather than the University maintaining an academic setting in which he could teach. He also needed a police escort on campus. He contended that this represented a hostile work environment. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-tur... http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-changes-form/ http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-...

da_big_ghey 6y ago

Interpretation 2 is closest to correct. There was a "day of absence", and in 2017, whites were "invited" to leave the campus for the day's activities. Weinstein protested this in a letter, which led to protests of a violent nature to the point that he had to hold classes off-campus. Weinstein sued over the fact that he had to hold the event off-campus rather than the University maintaining an academic setting in which he could teach. He also needed a police escort on campus. He contended that this represented a hostile work environment. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-tur... http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-changes-form/ http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-...