I don't dispute your point about that: they are trying to get her fired for First Amendment-protected speech in class. And I agree with you: that's more important. But: I don't think it's right to say that they don't have an institutional critique: they do.
Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:33 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Robert Naiman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> But the graduate students who wrote this letter _are_ raising >> institutional questions. You might not agree with their critique, but that >> is different from saying that they are not talking about institutions. They >> are, indisputably, talking about institutions. >> >> >> https://medium.com/@schumaal/what-follows-is-a-letter-collectively-written-by-the-students-currently-enrolled-in-coms-930-at-the-8f4914d4bbd5#.ou1d31sq2 >> >> > > Please don't lose sight of the main objective of these students' actions: > they are trying to get this instructor fired because she is insufficiently > sensitive to their feelings on some subjects. Read this for all the ugly > details: > > http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/nov/20/ku-communications-prof-who-used-n-word-class-discu/ > > And oh yeah, the students' open letter cites the notorious *Garcetti v. > Ceballos *decision in support of their petition. > > This is a witch-hunt, with what should be disturbing similarities to what > a very different interest group did to Steven Salaita. Phyllis Wise says > "civility", these grad students says "hostile learning environment". The > effect is the same. > > > -------------------------snip > Graduate students gathered with other communications faculty and > administrators for a town hall of their own on Monday, to which Quenette > was asked not to come. > > At the next class meeting, on Tuesday, the graduate students demanded that > Quenette read aloud their letter, “An Open Letter Calling for the > Termination of Dr. Andrea Quenette for Racial Discrimination.” > > Quenette said she began reading the letter but stopped partway through, > stating that there were legal implications and that she would not read any > more. > > She then listened as some students read personal statements aloud. > > “I feel terrible, upset and sad that I had hurt their feelings and made > them feel uncomfortable, because I do care about them as people,” Quenette > said. “I felt frustrated by some of the things written in the letter that I > don’t remember happening like they described.” > > Quenette had prepared a statement of her own to clarify her comments and > apologize. > > But she said several students said they didn’t want to hear her apology. > > “Someone said, ‘No, this is over,’ and they all got up and left,” Quenette > said. > > Schumacher said students insisted Quenette read their letter aloud “to > make sure that she got it.” > > She described Quenette as calloused, dismissive and scoffing despite > “pain” visible on students’ faces. Schumacher said it became clear that > Quenette still was not respecting the students, so they told her they did > not want to hear her statement and left. > > > > > > -raghu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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