The University of Chicago is recognized for many great achievements. It boasts the renowned Chicago School of Economics and has maintained a principled commitment to free speech by eschewing safe spaces amid an ocean of trigger-happy activist universities. But the latest stunt from fringe proponents of radical pedagogy in the English department threatens the university’s 130-year-old legacy.
The department recently announced that it will only admit students into its 2020-2021 graduate program who are interested in “Black Studies.” Its rationale is the alleged presence of pervasive “anti-Black racism” in America, “police violence,” and its support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The faculty statement reads:
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