Wrestling with America
“The foment and uncertainty that the United States grapples with today are not new. Rather they are the fruition of a tumultuous past.”
Jack Mearns
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In the spirit of the Large Hadron Collider our aim is to create a “collision space” (as opposed to a “safe space’) for critical thought and artistic expression. We welcome fellow travelers on our ever evolving journey towards “a more perfect Union.”
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Hostis Publicus
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November, 2020
Claim: Hotbed of Racism
Consequence: Public Penance -
Sept. 2020
Claim: Sexism (dress code was aimed at curtailing women's realities)
Consequence: undetermined -
September, 2020
Claim: Racism, White Savior Complex
Consequence: undetermined -
September, 2020
Claim: Racism.
Consequence: Undetermined -
August, 2020
Claim: Racism. For describing how Chinese professors use a filler word "nega, nega, nega," between sentences or thoughts, the same as English speakers might say "that that, that."
Consequence: suspended -
August, 2020
Claim: Racism (allegedly used the word "lynch" in front of a player)
Consequence: Suspended, investigation pending -
August, 2020
Claim: Sexual harassment
Consequence: Suspended pending results of investigation -
August 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: Fired for making a joke about "microaggressions". -
August 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: Fired for an email saying "All Lives Matter". -
August, 2020
Claim: Too many white people
Consequence: public penance, hired Black executive to Board of Directors -
August. 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: offensive commentary retracted, firing or resignation demanded -
August, 2020
Claim: sexual harassment for hooking up with students at UM-Amherst using Tinder and Grindr
Consequence: No apology from Morse, investigation by UM-Amherst underway -
August, 2020
Claim: sexism, sexual harassment
Consequence: fired -
Adolph Reed, Black Marixst Scholar
August, 2020
Claim: insufficiently focused on race, as opposed to poverty to explain Black plight
Consequence: cancelled talk -
August, 2020
Claim: Racism (for allowing in-class schooling to resume in Fall)
Consequence: Public shaming, denunciation, demand that "White Faculty" lead a strike -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racist tweets, etc
Consequence: public denunciation, humiliation. Firing pending. -
Date: June, 2020
Claim: Toxic Culture, sexism, racism: head writers wanted to add a card that included the phrase “the N-word” to the game.
Consequence: Unspecified -
Date: August, 2020
Claim: Racism, including not supportive enough of BLM
Consequence: Pausing all football related activities indefinitely -
Date: August, 2020
Claim: Microaggression+promulgating symbol of racism. Yearbook included photo of football players waving flag in honor of police killed in action
Consequence: Public penance by Principal. -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racism, insufficient diversity
Consequence: Cancelled Season, public penance -
June, 2020
Claim: Sexual harassment, seduction
Consequence: leave of absence -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Unspecified, but probably partying too hard with students
Consequence: Willful resignation and penance -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: Pending investigation -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Spoke highly of Jews
Consequence: Fired -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: Suicide -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: Resignation -
Date: July, 2020
Claim: Racism
Consequence: denunciation by club he founded -
July, 2020
Claim: Made editorial decision to publish ideologically incorrect op-ed
Consequence: Resignation -
July, 2020
Claim: Wrongthink
Consequence: Resignation