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No, it’s different in that now the shutdowns are not over issues such as the Vietnam War but rather a professor objecting to to a ‘day without white people’[0],
by anon7725 5y ago
No, it’s different in that now the shutdowns are not over issues such as the Vietnam War but rather a professor objecting to to a ‘day without white people’[0], an instructor using a word in Chinese that merely sounds like an unmentionable word in English [1] or a progressive dean using the word ‘slaveholder’ in a self-deprecating context [2]
[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-in-campus-consequences-11579134145 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-in-campus-consequences...
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54107329 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54107329
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/nyregion/CUNY-law-school-mary-lu-bilek-racism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/nyregion/CUNY-law-school-...
- lucian1900 5y agoYou’re comparing large movements involving most of society with a few anecdotes during the current period of relatively little societal unrest.