The Real Threat To Campuses Isn’t ‘PC Culture.’ It’s Racism.
I’ll never forget the first time I received a panicked call from a fellow academic who was being harassed online by a “white identity” group. That was about six years ago, and it has happened many times since, becoming more coordinated and more frightening as the years go by. Now, not a month goes by that I do not receive such a call.
In recent years, public approval of colleges and universities has fallen dramatically, especially among conservatives: From 2015 to 2016, in just one year, Republicans who believe our institutions of higher education have a positive effect on the country dropped by 11 percentage points, according to Pew. But it’s no coincidence that I received that first terrified call long before, in 2011 or 2012.
I’ll never forget the first time I received a panicked call from a fellow academic who was being harassed online by a “white identity” group. That was about six years ago, and it has happened many times since, becoming more coordinated and more frightening as the years go by. Now, not a month goes by that I do not receive such a call. In recent years, public approval of colleges and universities has fallen dramatically, especially among conservatives: From 2015 to 2016, in just one year, Republicans who believe our institutions of higher education have a positive effect on the country dropped by 11 percentage points, according to Pew. But it’s no coincidence that I received that first terrified call long before, in 2011 or 2012. In recent years, public approval of colleges and universities has fallen dramatically, especially among conservatives: From 2015 to 2016, in just one year, Republicans who believe our institutions of higher education have a positive effect on the country dropped by 11 percentage points, according to Pew. But it’s no coincidence that I received that first terrified call long before, in 2011 or 2012.