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Hate and Fear Are Now Major Motivators on Campus

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Hate and Fear Are Now Major Motivators on Campus
Cancel Culture: Reformatted image of a Chinese poster in late 1966 showing how to deal with so-called "enemy of the people" during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Jean Vincent/AFP/Getty Images
Philip Carl Salzman
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Almost every university in North America has committed to what is called “social justice,” which is the implementation of identity politics through the mechanisms of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Identity politics divides everyone into one of two categories: evil oppressor or innocent victim.
Philip Carl Salzman
Philip Carl Salzman
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Philip Carl Salzman is professor emeritus of anthropology at McGill University, senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, fellow at the Middle East Forum, and Past President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
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