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It’s not a turning point until the university administration signs off. Faculty have generally not supported limiting academic freedom, instead it has come from
by simple-thoughts 4y ago
It’s not a turning point until the university administration signs off. Faculty have generally not supported limiting academic freedom, instead it has come from administration and certain student activists.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoA turning point requires a real fight that ends in the defeat of the administrators/managers/"woke" class, such as an agreement to limit powers of the University administration or the ousting of an unusually vocal supporter of these new "safety"-oriented policies.
- jchook 4y agoWhat does "woke" mean?
- pbronez 4y ago> Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination".[1][2] Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
- detaro 4y agoRon DeSantis lawyers (so not people likely to give it a positive spin) define it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."
- simple-thoughts 4y agoWoke is a term used by white people that was culturally appropriated from AAVE.