George Floyd’s murder drove surge in academic censorship, free speech group says in report
The 2020 killing of George Floyd sparked a dramatic increase in efforts to punish college professors, scholars and speakers for “controversial speech” with petitions, sanctions and firings,A total of 509 professors were punished from 2020 through 2022 at universities such as Harvard and Stanford, thereported Thursday. In the 20 years before Floyd’s 2020 death in Minneapolis police custody and the protests nationwide, 571 had been sanctioned.
“The report suggests a major reason for the spike is the murder of George Floyd in 2020, which led to a huge jump in scholars targeted for racial speech,”The other topics drawing censure in recent years include transgender identity, the presidency of Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement, the group said.
Almost two-thirds of 2022 censorship efforts resulted in universities sanctioning the professors, and 1 in 5 resulted in their firings. “Cancel culture is particularly pernicious when it targets people charged with discovering and disseminating knowledge,” said Komi Frey,On racial issues, liberals have tried to censor scholars who speak out against affirmative action for enrollment and hiring. Conservatives have sought to stop professors from portraying American history as a narrative of systemic racism against Blacks.
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