MJ Walker wrote:
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/dgraeber/
> I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
> agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
> signing yourself. In brief, the "lack of collegiality" given as a
> reason for not extending his contract refers to his support of
> graduate union organizers and his anarchist opinions (which he did
> not, as an anthropologist, actually attempt to teach or instil on
> campus). He was judged by a sort of in camera process redolent of
> authoritarian governments.
> Best wishes,
> M.J.Walker
Unless the link behaved oddly, I couldn't figure out why Graeber was
fired. The petition presents no background and I never heard of this
guy. Thank goodness for search engines: I learned quite enough about
Graeber in a very few minutes to determine he's my kind of person and
Yale isn't.
Ken
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