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The role of universities in balanced national conversations about racism

The role of universities in balanced national conversations about racism

We continue to see the fallout from the Carumba Institute’s National Symposium on Racism  held last month, with attacks on organisers, delegates, and academic freedom. What followed was a confected pile-on by predictable conservative commentators. They claimed the conference was ‘anti-semitic’, ‘violent’ and had ‘no place on campus’, conveniently feeding

The role of universities in balanced national conversations about racism

The role of universities in balanced national conversations about racism
We continue to see the fallout from the Carumba Institute’s National Symposium on Racism  held last month, with attacks on organisers, delegates, and academic freedom. What followed was a confected pile-on by predictable conservative commentators. They claimed the conference was ‘anti-semitic’, ‘violent’ and had ‘no place on campus’, conveniently feeding