Yeah, that's a weakness on the site's part - I was sent a longish
commentary by my contact which I tried to condense into the few
explanatory words below, because it was too long to append. As my
contact said, "he's great", the sort of person education anywhere
desperately needs.
mj
Ken Wolman wrote:
> 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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