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A Discussion with the Authors of FIRE‘s ”Scholars Under Fire” Report

The Academic Freedom Podcast

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Is the N Word in the Reading?

In law and history, faculty are more likely to be targeted because they use the N word. Those are fields where people try to purposely make people uncomfortable or bring up difficult concepts. So you'll see scholars in these fields administering exams that not only will maybe include the N word, but will include some very offensive, very provocative images.

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