Reference: The Boston Globe, 5.4.21 edition, P. A5:
A white law student during Zoom office hours of a law school professor’s class at Rutgers quoted part of a court decision which included the word “nigger.” She said the word “nigger” rather than this “n-word” baloney. Naturally the outrage machine kicked in and “[w]hat followed has jolted” the school. And of course all the black students, with their white etc. woke allies, have a petition going looking for formal apologies and the creation of a policy on “racial slurs,” completely ignoring that no one was insulted or called anything, they just had to hear the word “nigger,” which of course is OK for blacks to use but not whites.
The student, presumably concerned about getting kicked out of a public school, now has a lawyer. Surprisingly, however, several Rutgers professors have actually supported the student and the professor on free speech grounds. We’ll see where this goes, but certainly the cancel culture knives are being sharpened as we write this. Stay tuned…but it doesn’t appear that this insanity is going to end anytime soon.