By Alex Nester
Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation’s 4,000-plus institutions of “higher education.”
6. A Harry Potter-Themed Stanford Dorm Panics Over “Transphobic, Anti-Semitic, and Racist” J.K. Rowling |Â The Stanford Review
Resident assistants in a Harry Potter-themed dorm at Stanford put forth a statement to “acknowledge” author J.K. Rowlingâs “many transphobic, anti-Semitic, and racist statements.” The renowned childrenâs author has not been known to make any anti-Semitic or racist remarks but caught flack from leftists last summer for tweeting that differences between the sexes exist.
5. UVA: âOffensive Student Speech Does Not Enjoy First Amendment Protection’ |Â Young Americaâs Foundation
The University of Virginia argued that a lawsuit filed against the school should be dismissed because the First Amendment does not protect speech considered “offensive.” Kieran Bhattacharya, a former medical student, filed suit against the university after he was suspended and banned from campus in 2018 for questioning a panel on microaggressions.
4. Professor Investigated for Nine Months After Disagreeing with Anti-Racism Diversity Training |Â The College Fix
Lake Washington Institute of Technology spent nine months investigating English professor Elisa Parrett, who criticized the schoolâs mandatory and racially segregated diversity training. The community college placed Parrett on administrative leave after she criticized antiracism for sowing division. The investigation cost taxpayers more than $200,000.
3. UPenn Professor Condemns âWhite Evangelicalsâ As a âPublic Health Issueâ |Â Campus Reform
Anthea Butler, a professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, said that “white evangelical resistance” to getting the coronavirus vaccine is a “public health problem” on MSNBCâs The ReidOut with Joy Reid. Butler also served as a co-chair of Catholics for Biden.
2. UPenn Student Leaders Ditch Resolution to Define Anti-Semitism |Â Washington Free Beacon
The University of Pennsylvaniaâs Undergraduate Assembly refused to take up a bill that would have created a definition of anti-Semitism after pro-Palestinian student groups claimed it would stifle their criticism of the “apartheid” state of Israel.
1. Theology Prof: âDear God, Please Help Me to Hate White Peopleâ |Â Campus Reform
Mercer University seminary professor Chanequa Walker-Barnes opened a prayer by invoking Godâs assistance in helping to “harden [her] heart” and “hate white people.” Walker-Barnes asked God to spare her from white peopleâs “perennial gaslighting, whitemansplaining, and white woman tears.”
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