But as Mr. Michaels notes in his sharply argued polemic The Trouble with Diversity, that tends to be the very point of the jargon of diversity: It allows us not to talk about the increasingly rigid partition of our society along class lines. For as we enthusiastically fine-tune our sensibilities about how cultural or racial […]
The group’s official statement says: “In today’s political climate, it is harder than ever for academics to defend open debate. Restrictive legislation and the bureaucratic rules and regulations of quangos and of universities themselves have undermined academic freedom.
“Many academics are fearful of upsetting managers and politicians by expressing controversial opinions. Afraid to challenge mainstream […]