Over the past 12 months, situations averaged a little over two times per month.
There’s been a lot of modifications in 2024 — but one thing that’s stayed the same is political correctness on university campuses. Over the past 12 months, college cancel culture has been dominant, with 120 incidents involving colleges and universities that covered a wide range.
For instance, San Diego State University investigated two bright students who donned Diddy’s outfit and used baby oil.
Other instances include a detransitioner’s” Born in Best Body” concert at Berklee College of Music after a student number was threatened and bullied, Indiana State University canceled Rich Lowry’s talk citing safety issues, and pro-Hamas protesters completely painted a Ben Franklin memorial at the University of Pennsylvania.
Almost 30 incidents on the list this year can be attributed to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the majority of which were caused by protests from pro-Hamas, anti-Israel activists who frequently properly halted meetings and other events they opposed.
One of the examples is a Hebrew professor’s guest lecture at San Jose State University that became physical, forcing police to contain the agitated crowd of protesters as he left, and forcing the president of Rutgers University and some Jewish students to escape a meeting as a result of anti-Israel protesters.
Officers at the University of Nevada Las Vegas even shut down an Israeli writer’s presentation rather than replace anti-Israel activists, and pro-Palestinian activists shut down Pomona College’s commencement.
This year, displays of pro- and anti-gay protests were frequently attacked and vandalized, including red crosses representing abandoned babies stolen from a North Carolina State University grass and displays criticizing female switching that were thrashed by an “unhinged” advocate at UC Berkeley.
The unique Campus Cancel Culture Database, which tracks and chronicles higher education destruction efforts, tracks and records the occurrences.
The definition of” cancel society” in the database is any attempt by individuals or organizations to demonize or demonize someone or something and attempt to judge or punish the person or thing. It tracks both powerful cancellations and attempted attempts, which can still have a cold impact on intellectual diversity and freedom of speech.
Of the 120 school cancel culture situations from Jan. 1 through immediately, 67 were powerful and the rest, 53, were attempted cancelations.
With 52 weeks in a year and 120 situations in 2024, that’s an average of 2.31 occurrences per month over the last 12 months.
The College Fix does greatest with this databases, according to Jennifer Kabbany, director of The College Fix.” Stay the records on all these occurrences. Headlines change, so keeping track of these instances helps to disprove any notion that campus-based cancel culture is useless.
Launched in September 2021 with more than 1, 400 comments, the database now sits at 1, 871 comments.
According to Kabbany,” The repository quantifies the extent, breadth, and scope of the problem” and” truly provides people with a clear picture of the problem’s length, depth and opportunity.”
Another notable school cancellations this year include:
Vanderbilt to close its “inherently exclusive” honors system
Johns Hopkins to wipe President Woodrow Wilson’s title from programme
Cambridge Press drops name’ Anglo-Saxon’ from book
A Catholic school rejects Paula Scanlan’s ask to host the sport’s activist.
West Point ponds ‘ Duty, Honor, Country’ from vision statement
UT Dallas removes free speech stone show, raising censorship problems
Threatening teacher receives after contributing to Project 2025
Crucifix, Mary memorial vandalized at Georgetown
Petition demands Harrison Butker be fired by the Kansas City Chiefs for “discriminatory” graduate statement.
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Further: Ben Franklin memorial at U. Pennsylvania defaced by pro-Hamas protesters
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