I gathered that there's more to the story than what he wrote and that he must have been trying to push his views for a while. Canadian institutions don't readily let go of a person, even in private enterprises, let alone the universities.
This was obvious from his stance on the Western centric science and the surprise he got from a Muslim girl of color.
But nonetheless, we all get stronger through mild adversity, not by being sheltered. I see the unacceptable political correctness pushed in the schools in my own kids.
When I was a kid, it was normal for the boys to settle a dispute "man to man" and neither would rat out the other in the principle's office. I get it that "the world" has changed (not really, but whatever). What I disagree with is the degree of the change.
The same goes for the professor. He is likely wrong on many of his views. For example, science here is too western centric. How do I know? Because if something or some law is named after a person (Newton's law, Kepler's law, Maxwell constant, etc) then it's a western name. But if the name is descriptive, then likely when you dig you realize that it was created/discovered by a non-westerner.
The same goes for a lot of other things that white upper middle class person is blind to. For example, I almost never take my receipts unless I have a reason, but a black person will likely always take the receipt. Why? Because by default he is taught by his parents that he could be accused of shoplifting and should keep the proof of payment.
Anyways, back to professor. Yes, he may be wrong and pushy about his worldview. But no, he should not have been suspended by a university of all places. By that age, all students should be able to separate the wheat from the chaff and stand their ground.
May be we don't live in a world where we settle the issue in a bar fight. But nor should we be overprotective or over-accepting. |
