From a very long article in the news section of the New York Times more or less demanding that the tenure of the distinguished U. of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax be stripped for crimespeech:
UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.
By Vimal Patel
March 13, 2023Amy Wax, a law professor, has said publicly that “on average, Blacks have lower cognitive ability than whites,”…
That’s the lead item in the NYT’s indictment of Professor Wax: her statement of a fact that is scientifically indisputable.
Way back in his controlling decision in the 1978 Bakke case, Justice Lewis Powell declared that we should have affirmative action so that colleges can have better classroom discussions. Of course, affirmative action made classroom (and post-college, as well) discussions vastly worse by ruling out of discussion the single biggest social facts, such as that blacks average lower IQ and higher homicide rates.
