I feel like all of these critiques that the Academy has gone too left are really nothing more than white men complaining about their loss of status and other benefits. They dress it up somewhat benignly as a need for a more balanced discussion or somewhat malignantly as a response to “cancel culture,” but it’s all the same thing, white m…
I feel like all of these critiques that the Academy has gone too left are really nothing more than white men complaining about their loss of status and other benefits. They dress it up somewhat benignly as a need for a more balanced discussion or somewhat malignantly as a response to “cancel culture,” but it’s all the same thing, white male grievance. Power corrupts and it is quite possible that as the left of the Academy has gained power it has applied it in unfair, self serving, and intolerant ways. But I find it hard to locate legitimate thoughtful criticisms of this corruption and really can’t swing a cat without hitting another whingeing conservative white guy.
I feel like all of these critiques that the Academy has gone too left are really nothing more than white men complaining about their loss of status and other benefits. They dress it up somewhat benignly as a need for a more balanced discussion or somewhat malignantly as a response to “cancel culture,” but it’s all the same thing, white male grievance. Power corrupts and it is quite possible that as the left of the Academy has gained power it has applied it in unfair, self serving, and intolerant ways. But I find it hard to locate legitimate thoughtful criticisms of this corruption and really can’t swing a cat without hitting another whingeing conservative white guy.