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Oppression does indeed exist. But, oppression is complicated, far more complicated than can be distilled in an undergraduate academic setting.
Let’s face it: there is no logical, consistent way to approach renaming of buildings — especially when the protestors, themselves, are opposed to logical discourse.
There was no reason anything should go wrong; she had her notes, and they had been screened by the department chair to ensure that they contained nothing offensive.
There are many who go hungry or homeless. How can students prosper without food? Or without a safe place to sleep?
In this environment, it’s almost impossible to find anyone — students or professors — who admit they hold conservative views.
Moral cultures reflect their social structures, and victimhood culture is no different: It occurs in a context where there is cultural diversity, social equality, and stable authority.
Are women so smothered by the blanket of victimhood that we can’t concede that men face issues too? Isn’t the hallmark of intersectionality finding victimhood everywhere?
A couple of years ago, the London Science Museum produced its own travelling act for children called “The Energy Show”.
Students at residential colleges live in an oppressively tight bubble of conformity.
Humans, like all organisms, are the product of evolution. And what evolution ‘cares’ about is genetic propagation: how many genes are passed from one generation to the next.
In education, where my own experience lies, a depressingly corporate tone is now the norm.