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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mona Charen

When a professor makes obnoxious remarks on race and culture, is it a matter of academic freedom?

University of Pennsylvania Law School. (Photo by Jeffrey Vinocur)

University of Pennsylvania professor Amy Wax has no patience for victimhood complaints. Asked whether she considers mid-20th century British politician Enoch Powell (whose writing she assigned and who gained fame for his “rivers of blood” anti-immigration speech) was a racist, Wax was indignant.    

“Can you define racism for me? Is so-and-so a racist? Where are we getting with that? Define racist. I have no idea what you mean. It is a bludgeon that is a promiscuous term. You define what a racist is, and I will spend two seconds addressing that question because it is sterile.”    

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