Even tenured professors are afraid of social justice mobs

Published October 5, 2016 8:42pm ET



Even tenured professors should fear backlash from social justice warriors for holding the “wrong” opinions.

Rajshree Agarwal wrote in the Washington Post about how, when she was an assistant professor, she would challenge anyone if she thought they were wrong. But now, even though she has tenure, the climate on college campuses is so volatile that she is afraid to speak up, lest she find herself on the wrong end of a social justice mob.

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