The Wall Street Journal is publishing a series of articles critical of Facebook entitled “The Facebook Files.” In its eighth installment at the time of this writing, the series is based on internal documents from the company, including “research reports, online employee discussions and drafts of presentations to senior management.”
I can remember those first few years, always looking for blazers. I was a newly minted Ph.D., and I wanted to look professorial. I was a member of a category of people called “professors” or “academics.” I wasn’t trying to fake it. …
We see a lot of talk about critical race theory in our educational system these days. These conversations have been brewing for some time. Many online personalities such as Christopher Rufo and James Lindsay have done an excellent job building up a groundswell of concern. …
Introduction
Over the past several years, police in the United States have come under increased scrutiny. The Black Lives Matter movement and those sympathetic to its cause have charged police with bias against black and brown people. …
I am a professor at a university in the American South. I am in my sixth year there. In that time, I have served on numerous hiring committees. For readers outside of academia, hiring a new faculty member is an extensive vetting process that can take several months. You are…
"...but generally-speaking what is nefarious about cancel culture is not that people are called to account for their words, but that we seek to shut down the conversation without having it."
Yes this is true - folks may have already made up their minds about something and don't want what they consider immoral or damaging ideas to gain legitimacy.
But I think the act of cancelling is seperate from the act of saying someone should be cancelled. The firing does not come from people on social media or students protesting. It comes from the employers. It would be helpful if we focused our attention on the people who are actually in a position to fire someone. Then we can strengthen labor laws or contract laws.
Our most precious resource is our children. Their development is what ensures the health of our nation. Next to parents, K-12 teachers are the most instrumental in cultivating that resource. They are the primary means of transferring knowledge from old to young.
Last week I wrapped up my lectures in my cybercrime class on hacking. A major component of those lectures is the different types of hackers, ranging from the “bad hackers” who hack for criminal reasons to the “good hackers” who try and anticipate potential hacks and prevent them. …
Here is Nicholas Christakis, the sociologist and physician at Yale University, tweeting in solidarity with a political science lecturer at UCLA, Lt. Col. W. Ajax Peris, under fire for using the n-word in class:
There is no debate that children growing up in single-parent homes have poorer outcomes than those in two-parent homes. These outcomes include poorer health, more problems sleeping, participation in organized sports, involvement in crime, and educational attainment. …
Roderick Graham
Rod is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Old Dominion University. https://www.youtube.com/c/roderickgraham
