I for one don't like how lots of places are trying to roll back tenure. Places like Texas and Florida, for example. I think tenure is important, and I think that by and large, lots of people deserve academic freedom.
And I would be with Mona on this, were the views being expressed in any way associated with any kind of academic arguement. But they're not. She's not saying anything that's at all relevant to any kind of legal question. This isn't like having a radical opinion on abortion or something, where even if you have a strong belief there's legal questions that can be argued. She's just spewing bigotry!
Furthermore, said bigotry goes against her ability to do her job correctly. A professor should be expected to teach every student equally; they should be expected to teach many different races and nationalities. The very hope of academic study is that regardless of one's origins, that if you can do the work you can be heard.
But her views are not academic in nature, she's not expressing any opinion about the law. She's just saying that black people aren't equal to white people. And that goes against her very ability to teach people fairly. Why should any person of color believe that they will be treated fairly as a student of hers?
I for one don't like how lots of places are trying to roll back tenure. Places like Texas and Florida, for example. I think tenure is important, and I think that by and large, lots of people deserve academic freedom.
And I would be with Mona on this, were the views being expressed in any way associated with any kind of academic arguement. But they're not. She's not saying anything that's at all relevant to any kind of legal question. This isn't like having a radical opinion on abortion or something, where even if you have a strong belief there's legal questions that can be argued. She's just spewing bigotry!
Furthermore, said bigotry goes against her ability to do her job correctly. A professor should be expected to teach every student equally; they should be expected to teach many different races and nationalities. The very hope of academic study is that regardless of one's origins, that if you can do the work you can be heard.
But her views are not academic in nature, she's not expressing any opinion about the law. She's just saying that black people aren't equal to white people. And that goes against her very ability to teach people fairly. Why should any person of color believe that they will be treated fairly as a student of hers?