Broken Press

793 examples of press incompetence

Posted by @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social •

OMG: students discussing critical race theory and engaging in activism in college. I'm feeling faint. The reactionary hides behind a "charged debate." It's not Peters who calls college a "feckless workshop for leftist political ideology." It's "critics."

Mr. Mamdani graduated in 2014 from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, with a bachelor’s degree in Africana studies. And his experience there — readings of critical race theorists in the classroom and activism for left-wing causes on campus — is emblematic of the highly charged debate over what is taught in American universities. Critics say the growth of these programs, which aim to teach about historical events from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups, has turned colleges into feckless workshops for leftist political orthodoxy.
Mr. Mamdani graduated in 2014 from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, with a bachelor’s degree in Africana studies. And his experience there — readings of critical race theorists in the classroom and activism for left-wing causes on campus — is emblematic of the highly charged debate over what is taught in American universities. Critics say the growth of these programs, which aim to teach about historical events from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups, has turned colleges into feckless workshops for leftist political orthodoxy.
Posted by Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis)@mastodon.social •

The is engaging in outright red-baiting and joining the right-wing vendetta against both Mamdani and university education in this Jeremy Peters special exposing "leftist dogma" at Bowdoin. 1/

What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.
What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.