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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bruce Golding

NYU students want to cancel commencement speaker who ripped cancel culture: ‘Parting gift of disrespect’

A prominent New York University professor who's been an outspoken critic of cancel culture now has another reason to oppose it — the group of students that wants to cancel his scheduled commencement speech.

Jonathan Haidt, who teaches social psychology at the Stern School of Business, came under fire from members of the NYU student government in a May 5 open letter that called his selection "deeply unsettling" and accused him of “making homophobic remarks in a class and public misconceptions about transgender identity."

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