Some pushback to the toxic wokeness at Smith College By Jerry Coyne, March 24, 2021 In my darker hours I tend to think that Wokeness is a one-way ratchet, as I see nothing that would reverse the trend. Woke teachers in colleges turn students into woke young people, who then go into their jobs and …
Columnist Carrie N. Baker and Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley: A response to attacks on diversity initiatives at Smith College By Carrie N. Baker and Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley, March 24, 2021 “Diversity, the most aggressively inculcated of all university lies, is not a strength of any nation but actually a weakness, and in America it merely translates into white …
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Letter castigates Smith over handling of 2018 incident where no bias was found By Greta Jochem, March 24, 2021 NORTHAMPTON — A group of more than three dozen Black academic, religious leaders and others from around the country, many of them conservative, sent an open letter to Smith College President Kathleen McCartney this week urging …
Black Intellectuals Demand Smith College Apologize to Smeared Workers, End ‘Anti-Bias’ Training By Tobias Hoonhout, March 22, 2021 More than 40 African American intellectuals are asking Smith College to end the “forced, accusatory ‘anti-bias’ training” that was mandated for campus service workers after a student falsely accused some workers of racially-profiling her. The letter, obtained by National Review, was sent …
African-American intellectuals decry Smith College’s false cries of racism By Robert L. Woodson, Jr., March 22, 2021 After a black student at Smith College claimed she was racially profiled, the university punished employees and forced them to apologize, while everyone underwent mandatory “antibias” training. But a later investigation revealed that not only was the student …
Anthony Fyden: Paper shows little interest in important story about Smith College By Anthony Fyden, March 18, 2021 The Gazette often exhorts readers to support community journalism. But it’s fair to wonder if the paper itself is truly committed. A former Smith College employee named Jodi Shaw has accused Smith of fostering a racially hostile workplace. …
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Activism faces off against academia at Smith College By Nicole Neily, March 8, 2021 “Comfort or freedom?” former Smith College employee Jodi Shaw asked her growing YouTube audience after announcing her resignation from the notoriously progressive school in Northampton. “More and more of us will have to make (this) choice.” Sadly, she’s right. American higher …
Smith College Staff Member Resigns, Alleging ‘Racism’ Against White People By Katie Goss ’23, March 7, 2021 Jodi Shaw, the former student support coordinator in the Department of Residence Life at Smith College, publicly resigned from the college at the end of February due to what she called a “racially hostile environment.” She outlined that …