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MIT cancels speech by University of Chicago professor following backlash
- not_for_keeps 5y agoThis truly sounds like something from a dystopian sci-fi novel.
- sebmellen 5y agoIs debating the morality of weighting college entrance exams by ethnicity really that controversial? This is almost unbelievable to me.
- dekhn 5y agoit is to a very small group of people who somehow have the attention of the national media. it's unclear why their viewpoint is being amplified.
- detaro 5y agoduplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28757882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28757882 (and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28834588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28834588)
- Erlangen 5y agoThis is the professor's response to the incident, https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-an.... It was posted here previously, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28757882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28757882, but was flagged afterwards.