A good read. It's painful to hear that writers of fiction are getting harrowed by well-meaning but obviously misguided activists who believe cultural appropriation is seriously a thing.
I'm not surprised — although fascinated — about the way social media has granted these young idealists a platform for their irrational concepts of political correctness taken to the extremes, but I am taken aback about how notions such as safe spaces and trigger warnings have taken hold in academics via the student communities.
Is it the fear of being labelled a racist and having your good name tainted on-line by these very vocal activists with a receptive platform of like-minded individuals available at their fingertips that stops people (fellow students and faculty) from simply brushing it off as nonsense?
The full text of the speech held by Lionel Shriver is available here:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/lionel...
A good read. It's painful to hear that writers of fiction are getting harrowed by well-meaning but obviously misguided activists who believe cultural appropriation is seriously a thing.
I'm not surprised — although fascinated — about the way social media has granted these young idealists a platform for their irrational concepts of political correctness taken to the extremes, but I am taken aback about how notions such as safe spaces and trigger warnings have taken hold in academics via the student communities.
Is it the fear of being labelled a racist and having your good name tainted on-line by these very vocal activists with a receptive platform of like-minded individuals available at their fingertips that stops people (fellow students and faculty) from simply brushing it off as nonsense?