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		anon7725 on May 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run awa... No, it’s different in that now the shutdowns are not over issues such as the Vietnam War but rather a professor objecting to to a ‘day without white people’[0], an instructor using a word in Chinese that merely sounds like an unmentionable word in English [1] or a progressive dean using the word ‘slaveholder’ in a self-deprecating context [2] [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-in-campus-consequences... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54107329 [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/nyregion/CUNY-law-school-...

lucian1900 on May 22, 2021 [–]

You’re comparing large movements involving most of society with a few anecdotes during the current period of relatively little societal unrest.

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