A Utah education activist named Natalie Cline posted a concerning document, sent to her from an anonymous source, which detailed how a Brigham Young University sociology professor had her students conduct a “Revealing Whiteness Activity.”…
Topic: sociology
AAUP Heralds California Conservative’s Free Speech Victory
When the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) heralds a free speech victory by one of the rare conservatives in academia, that announcement is as worthy of heralding as the victory itself.
Sociology Conference Goes All-In on Analyzing Trump Presidency in America
The Southern Sociological Society is having their annual conference this year, but the topic is analyzing the Trump presidency from an anti-Trump perspective.
Penn State Sociologist Bashes Beef
If this doesn’t make a double quarter pounder with cheese look more attractive I don’t know what will.
Kutztown Prof Gives Extra Credit For DNC “Volunteers”
As if the line between political organizing and academic pursuits weren’t blurred enough.
Students to Pomona College: Don’t Hire a White Professor due to Her Race
Some Pomona College students demand that the college rescind their hiring offer to a white female professor because her research is perceived (by them) as “perpetuat[ing] anti-Blackness.”
Sociology Textbook Claims American Exceptionalism has ‘Racist Overtones’
From Campus Reform: The textbook, titled In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, is required reading for a Principles of Sociology class (S161) at IPFW taught by Robert Pettit, which qualifies as a 3-credit general education…
Academia’s Binder Full of Women
In the last presidential election, the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, received much derision when he announced in a debate that as governor of Massachusetts, his team assembled “a binderful of women” as the top applicants…
Boston University Professor Offers Non-Apology for Racist Tweets
Sociology professor Saida Grundy disparaged whites via Twitter, and they’re not appropriate at all for a professor who teaches young Americans. She said she’s sorry, but not really sorry after the university condemned her tweets. Not good…