University of Chicago strikes back against political correctness

[britrawick]

A letter to incoming University of Chicago freshmen professed no support for “trigger warnings” or “safe spaces” https://t.co/d2fpqCZ6ZQ
- The New York Times (@nytimes) August 27, 2016
The anodyne welcome letter to incoming freshmen is a college staple, but this week the University of Chicago took a different approach: It sent new students a blunt

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This was a good tweet thread concerning this issue (click on first tweet to see full convo):

Hi there! I served 2 yrs as @UChicago student body president and was threatened with expulsion for helping to facilitate a sit-in on campus.
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

I spent four years at the U of C, and consistently it was administrators who were the most coddled and safe-space-seeking people at UChicago
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

Administrators (who for make decisions that have material implications on people's lives) regularly refuse to engage with challenging ideas.
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

So, to get to the point: on so many of these issues, @UChicago is primarily interested in public perception & its bottom line
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

Decision makers (Pres/Provost/BoT) rarely if ever directly interact with students & are kept insulated from any sort of "critical discourse"
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

If you're interested, more on that here: https://t.co/UouKfVY1OK
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

To close, safe spaces certainly exist at UChicago. But they exist for & are maintained by administrators, not students or community members.
- Tyler Kissinger (@tylerbkissinger) August 25, 2016

[britrawick]

I have an issue with admins as well. They have their own reasons for bending over and i also feel like a lot of colleges are ideologically one sided, read an article on it ages ago i can't find.

I agree that there is an element of publicity as the article states as well.

All that being said, i feel like more universities need to take this stance with students There is definitely a move to shut down people who aren't in agreement with the the majority and that is what needs to be addressed.