A white male academic, known for researching the far right, expresses frustration over his inability to secure a tenure-track job in academia. He attributes this to his race and gender, claiming discrimination against white men in leftist identity studies departments. The academic's complaints lead to ridicule from a woman at Yale, sparking a debate on race, gender, and employment in academia.
White male academic who researches the far right realizes he can't get a job because he's a white male. Complains about it, gets laughed at by a POC woman at Yale. He accuses her of "punching down," thinking no job makes up for his race and sex. Talk about a teachable moment. https://t.co/dTUjPxEkN1
Academic who researches the right realizes he can’t get a job because he’s a white male. He complains, gets laughed at by a woman at Yale. He accuses her of “punching down” at him, thinking lack of employment makes up for his race and sex. Talk about a teachable moment. https://t.co/3t0gdeXMtJ
"Sorry I lashed out against academia for not handing me a TT job on account my absurdly inflated impression of my 'field-defining' book... ...but it was the suppression of anti-semitic protesters, corporatization, & the right wing assault on higher ed that made me do it!" https://t.co/tsY4tjABJ3
leftist historian who writes about hard righties complains on Twitter of his inability to land tenure-track history job as a white dude result: what you’d expect https://t.co/KEBXFTesHB https://t.co/mTNpyxmm5d
The reason he can’t get a job in academia is that he is a leftist white man whose work attacks the right on the basis that it is antisemitic. But leftist identity studies departments do not want white men, and are very unprepared to discuss who is an antisemite right now. https://t.co/W8JadTqMjB