Political Correctness – The College Fix

ChatGPT tells jokes about Jews, won’t produce jokes about Muslims

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:11:37 +0000

Chicago professor: AI program ‘woke, hypocritical’ The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT won’t generate jokes about Muslims – but Jews, Christians, and atheists are all fair game, a University of Chicago professor found. Emeritus ecology Professor Jerry Coyne’s discovery is just one of many examples of bias in the artificial intelligence program. A study by British researchers…

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Bates College faculty fearful of challenging students due to far-left DEI office

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:22:01 +0000

Faculty who do not espouse a ‘specific form of ideology’ are ‘met with hostility’ A recent report from The Federalist details how professors at Maine’s Bates College are hesitant to challenge students for fear of being reported to the school’s DEI — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — office. Recent Bates graduate Roy Matthews corresponded with several professors from the institution and found…

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Professors: U.S. a genocidal ‘settler colonial state’ that needs to be ‘dismantled’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:52:43 +0000

‘The goal is to dismantle the settler project that is the United States’ A recent far-left panel discussion titled “From Minnesota to Palestine” featured a pair of University of Minnesota professors, one of whom called for the destruction of the United States as we know it. The Red Nation, which is “dedicated to the liberation of Native peoples from capitalism and colonialism” according to its…

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School district to bus drivers: Remove any and all Christmas decorations from vehicles

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:15:10 +0000

A southeastern Pennsylvania school district is backtracking after word got out it had warned its bus drivers against “displaying” or wearing anything Christmas-related. A December 15 Wallingford-Swarthmore School District memo from “Patti” (presumably Transportation Supervisor Patti Diaferio) to “all Drivers and Aides” notes Superintendent Wagner Marseille had been receiving parental complaints…

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Campus chaplain’s email for Christmas service avoids word ‘Christmas’

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:00:23 +0000

Wake Forest University also hosts ‘Winter Celebration’ A recent email sent to the Wake Forest University campus community announcing its annual Lovefeast, a service to mark Christmas, did not include the actual word “Christmas.” The 275-word email sent Dec. 1 to students and staff from university Chaplain Tim Auman only referenced the “holiday season.” Wake Forest University — originally…

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Israel is ‘occupying’ Gaza, so Ohio State hosts event on … architecture?

College Fix Staff — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:13:17 +0000

Recent occurrences in the Middle East resulted a “divisive” architecture event this past Thursday at Ohio State University. According to the OSU National Association of Minority Landscape Architects’ Abdul-Azeez Ahmad, the December 7 “Justice Centered Design” confab came about due to “the illegal Israeli occupation and everything happening in Palestine.” The event featured a screening of…

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Univ. removes dolphin from logo because it belonged to slave trader 300+ years ago

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:35:07 +0000

A university in the UK is excising a dolphin emblem from its school logo because it belonged to a slave trader who died two centuries before the university was even founded. The University of Bristol dolphin emblem belonged to Edward Colston, whose wealth derived from the slave trade but eventually was bequeathed to “schools, almshouses, churches and hospitals” in the town of Bristol.

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School board debates suppression of materials depicting ‘undesirable’ cultural traits

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:01:30 +0000

There’s been a lot of mainstream media coverage of parents groups such as Moms for Liberty who fight against the use of sexually explicit materials in school classrooms. As these individuals often are right-of-center politically, they’re called “hateful,” “tyrannical,” etc. and are accused of wanting to “ban” books. It’s even politically correct to wish violence upon these folks…

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American U. protest: Faculty should ‘connect’ Palestinians’ plight to their coursework

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:18:12 +0000

Because students already ‘learn about resisting colonialism, racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and many other -isms’ Students at American University held a walkout on Monday in support of Palestinians in Gaza and called for the school to divest from Israel. The Eagle reports the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine organized the event, and cited “the reported” 8,000…

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Harvard student paper editorial rips Riley Gaines, remains silent on slaughter of Israelis

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:00:20 +0000

The Harvard student paper The Crimson late Monday issued an editorial ripping “outspoken critic of transgender female athletes in women’s sports” Riley Gaines. Gaines made an appearance on campus late last month during which she “misgendered and mocked trans athletes” for the crowd’s “entertainment,” the editors say, and “belittled” those who say she is “transphobic.” And cue the ominous music…

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