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Students Want Africana Studies Prof Fired for ‘Traumatizing Black Students’ With Tupac Song Title

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 25, 2021 2 Comments

"The controversy began when students in Hargrove’s African Diaspora class complained after seeing the acronym written out."...

Faculty and Students Protest U. Richmond Decision Not to Change Names on Campus Buildings

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2021 4 Comments

"President Ronald Crutcher, who is Black, and the board of trustees said last week that the names won’t be changed because doing so would be inconsistent with their educational mission."...

Harry’s Razors Stops Advertising On Michael Knowles Show After Twitter “Influencer” Complains

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 23, 2021 39 Comments

While there are still some on the left (those who have not yet been canceled, that is) who claim there is no such thing as cancel culture, it is a very real phenomenon. Its goal is to banish wrongthink from every aspect of society and punish with loss of livelihood, career, and reputation all wrongthinkers. Personal and professional destruction is only the near-term goal, of course. Silencing wrongthink completely is the end goal.

San Diego Law School “Must Immediately Cease Its Investigation” Into Prof. Thomas Smith Over China Criticism, Demands Free Speech Group

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2021 8 Comments

In letter to Dean Robert Schapiro, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education writes: "Smith’s post on his personal blog is an exercise of extramural expression, a right USD Law expressly provides to its faculty...

Law School Dean Cancels Herself Over ‘Slaveholder’ Comment

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2021 4 Comments

"said her retirement stemmed from a cringe-worthy remark she made at a personnel committee meeting in November"...

U. San Diego Law Prof. Thomas Smith Harshly Criticized Chinese Gov’t, Now Faces False Claims Of Ethnic Bias (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2021 39 Comments

Thomas Smith, a corporate law professor at University of San Diego Law School since 1992, is the target of a malicious and dishonest smear campaign by students falsely claiming that in a blog post Prof. Smith disparaged the Chinese ethnic group.

Student Group at American U. Tries to Cancel New Board of Trustees Member

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2021 3 Comments

"has built a career off of making money from war"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9Q6usFUeQ

Dr. Seuss Too Radical For Today’s Leftists Intent on Teaching Conformity and Submission to Authority

Posted by Katya Rapoport Sedgwick on March 14, 2021 15 Comments

It’s a special kind of honor for a madcap kind of writer to get canceled on his own birthday. Over the last two decades school children have been marking March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, with Read Across America Day.

MA-based Brigham’s Ice Cream Drops Term ‘Jimmies’ As Possibly Racially Insensitive, Now Using ‘Sprinkles’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 13, 2021 19 Comments

Cancel culture has come for a New England favorite. Brigham's brand ice cream is dropping the word "jimmies" and substituting "sprinkles" because someone, somewhere has claimed that jimmies has its roots in racism. "Jimmies" is what sprinkles are commonly called in New England, particularly Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Nothing is safe anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVMSzfjQ_78&rel=0&modestbranding=1&controls=0

Amazon Won’t ‘Sell Books That Frame LGBTQ+ Identity as a Mental Illness’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 12, 2021 31 Comments

Amazon explained to Republican senators it won't sell any books framing transgender and sexual identities as mental illnesses because of company policy.

Skidmore College Student Says Cancel Culture Prevented Formation of Conservative Club

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 12, 2021 4 Comments

"I started emailing students and almost immediately, I got pushback"...

Stanford Student Newspaper Calls for Removal of College Republicans From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 05, 2021 3 Comments

"The greater implication here is that the Stanford Daily is the ideological reflection of the most radical elements of the campus left."...

eBay Pulling Listings of Canceled Dr. Seuss Books Because They Violate the ‘Offensive Material Policy’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 04, 2021 40 Comments

People have taken to social media to vent over eBay, the auction site, removing their listings of the now-canceled Dr. Seuss books.

Survey Shows Political Discrimination and Cancel Culture Are Hurting Academic Freedom

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2021 5 Comments

Cancel Culture and political bias against conservatives in higher education are frequently dismissed by the left as overblown or even non-existent. New findings show that is simply not true and academic freedom is suffering as a result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_v0yaPGyU&t=3s

Former NY Times Reporter Donald McNeil Jr. Gives His Side of Story on What Led to Forced Resignation

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 02, 2021 17 Comments

We reported last month that veteran New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil Jr. "resigned" over resurfaced allegations he used racially offensive and sexist language during a 2019 NYT-sponsored student trip to Peru.

Six Dr. Seuss Books Won’t be Published Again Due to ‘Racist and Insensitive Imagery’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 77 Comments

Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press that publishers will no longer produce six problematic books by the beloved author due to "racist and insensitive imagery."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qg03sYuZhY&feature=emb_title

The Targeting of Princeton Prof. Joshua Katz Continues

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2021 16 Comments

Princeton University Professor of Classics Joshua Katz was one of our panelists at our "Saving Higher Ed From Cancel Culture" event in August:

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