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>Universities and academics have shifted so far left that they are increasingly eating their own, the entire point of the book was to try and say that race and
by cmh89 3y ago
>Universities and academics have shifted so far left that they are increasingly eating their own, the entire point of the book was to try and say that race and Western culture wasn't a factor. It's a pretty obvious argument against most right wing talking points, but apparently that isn't enough anymore in academia
Is there any evidence that any actual 'eating' is happening here? I can't find any instances of it being banned or removed from curriculum. Jared Diamond continues to teach at UCLA.
Is the 'eating' the fact that people critiqued a pop anthropology? The author of the article is creating strawmen and then defeating them.
I was left with, who actually is the author of the article referencing and what is their actual argument.