He has also been threatening legal action for libel. I’m not sure what exactly has been libellous against him, but he was very angry at the suggestion that certain high standing scholars were sexual predators and racists.
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Academia as it is now thrives on keeping quiet and maintaining status quo, which means keeping abusers in power.
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But if we want academia to be an inclusive, anti-racist, diverse space that doesn’t adhere to authoritarian, imperialist, and colonialist models that rewards the worst and punishes the marginalized then we gotta stand up against that.
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We have to stop allowing these people to say and do what they want. Idk how this can happen, but honestly it only works if people stand up and support their BIPOC colleagues.
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