Good on you Professor Klein. As an American who just happens to be Black, I am insulted by the letter written by one of your students. The worst kind of racism is the racism of low expectations. I'm still amazed at White liberals, who in general, think they need to come to the aid of Black people just based on their skin color. Nothing could be more insulting than believing the White hue of one's skin color somehow makes them superior to another race of people. What a false sense of superiority. White liberals are the most dangerous species to the success of Black as a whole.
It is my mission in life to expose every White liberal I come across. I will encourage you to continue to stand for what is right, and never back down to White liberals in particular.
Bari, thanks again for sharing these very important stories, it is so critical that the few objective journalists we have left call this shit out. Professor Klein, thanks for having the sack required to fight back and not just wimper away licking your wounds. We do still have a bit of reason and commitment to the law in our Federal Courts, so perhaps at least economic justice will be served upon UCLA in that venue.
It is just beyond imagination how gutless these University administrations are at this point. They have somehow forgotten that these bright yet still ignorant 18 year-olds show up at their University to “learn” - and that is their job and that of their professors to do the “teaching”. But no, they somehow seem to believe that these ignorant 18-22 year olds are there to do the “teaching” - and the University staff is there to do the “learning”.
So, we have now essentially allowed these ignorant, yet already radicalized 18 year-olds to bully the Universities into becoming mono-culture seminaries, indoctrinating both students and faculty into the religion of WOKENESS.
How in the world can anyone who wants to lay claim to being ideologically “liberal” look at this and believe it can end well. Have these brilliant yet gutless fools forgotten the writings of Orwell, or are they just willing to trash a society rather than stand up to a bunch of children?
Gotta love those who cry about their need for safe spaces yet are always ready to punish those who dare disagree with their views and who will use , threaten or condone violence to enforce their intolerance and hatred.
If the student’s email was indeed taken from a form, Prof. Klein might wish to find out through discovery how many of his colleagues received a similar email, how they responded and what, if anything, happened to them.
The student’s condescension in writing (or simply forwarding it on the assumption he read it first) the email itself is rather breathtaking. Another matter for the discovery process: was the student acting alone?
I can understand why you would limit the complaint to the University, but adding the student as a defendant would send a message that this is not a game and his actions have consequences for which he must be held accountable.
In the end, you could always release the student once he has provided in all relevant sworn testimony and documents (including against any University official he dealt with) and a written apology detailing his improper conduct. One might, but only if the circumstances bear it out, grant that the student was acting from a good motive but went about it the wrong way. In law, that type of person is known informally as “white heart, empty head.”
My daughter who has been working in finance for 10 years now, she’s 30, says it’s incredibly hard to hire people which she desperately needs to grow her team. Kids in their early to mid-20’s are entitled, not rigorous, undisciplined and complain a lot. She’s rather shocked at how juvenile this cohort is.
Professor Klein, would it be possible to sue the students who caused your income loss? I am so disappointed at the UC system in general. I had wonderful and rigorous professors that had their education there and as a CA Tax payer it is ridiculous to see where the UC system is heading.
But, for the rest of us, what most of us has feared is happening is now indeed happening. Western Civilization is crashing in on itself. The most debased, insane and self-defeating narratives have captured the minds of our young people in our lands.
In my view, this will unfortunately not end by rational debate or government edict. No, this will cruise at ever-faster speeds to its unfortunate conclusion: the chaotic social and political fracturing of our civilization into a million pieces.
Of course, in concert with Big Tech governments will use the vaccine passport platform to establish some semblance of control (why do you think they're pushing it SO hard?!). It will work for awhile. But, when our economic system finally meets the logical conclusion of the abuse heaped upon it during the last 40 years (offshoring, quantitative easing, demographic collapse, debasement of currency, rising inflation, and now vaccine mandates that are pushing 5-10% of the workforce into the shadows), the music will stop.
I wish I knew a way out of this mess. But, as the book of Judges foretells, a people whose sole impulses are pleasure, evil and greed is on the precipice of ruin. The 20-year war in Afghanistan is only the latest embodiment of these vices.
Only bondage can restore the yearning for liberty. I fear that's where this is all headed. Tell me I'm wrong and there's still hope?
Thank you for having the courage to stand up against this type of bullying. The ironic thing is that you successfully pushing back against the university is the best thing that could happen to the school, the faculty and the students - including the student that created this situation. And of course, for all of the rest of us.
To my eye, the saddest part of this whole tale - other than the persecution of the professor, of course - is that a student at this level was so poorly educated that he (she) could not see the degree to which he was embarrassing himself. I used to think that when people embarrassed themselves, they would be as aware as those surrounding them and self-muzzle. Turns out that is not always true - and never true when one lacks the most basic tools of clear thinking.
Ugh. I am a Bruin, in name only. This is the kind of stuff that stopped me from ever giving to my alma mater ever again and start giving to an institution that actually teaches kids to use their brains and draw their own conclusions. I'm sorry this happened to you Dr. Klein and I hope you are wildly successful. Please come back and let us know how it's going.
" “chilling” other professors into not voicing unorthodox opinions. " That your opinion is considered unorthodox is just wrong and sums up the current 'woke', politically correct, state of racial affairs.
Without a doubt, the most important battle of our time is that of "equity" vs. "equality." Equity, which is either expressly defined as equal outcomes or otherwise defined so as to imply equal outcomes, has no limiting principle. Carried to its logical extreme, it is capable of, and indeed requires, dissolving every single structure in our society. No legislation, court order, local ordinance, corporate policy, or cultural norm can possibly result in equal outcomes. This is particularly true when the concept of equity is combined with "intersectionality." Even if a structure were to somehow produce equal outcomes along racial lines (e.g., an unconstitutional college admissions process with perfectly exact racial quotas), intersectionality could always be invoked to argue that the structure is nevertheless still inequitable because it does not produce equal outcomes with respect to sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, etc. the list goes on. Thus, the satisfaction of equity will necessarily cause our society to collapse into some form of theoretical, postmodern version of communism. Attempts to achieve equity will cause our society to move asymptotically towards theoretical communism.
Sound absurd? Try to think of a limiting principle. How much equity is "enough" equity? Ask yourself whether you've heard *anybody* on the Left articulate a limiting principle.
The reality is, there is no logical stopping point keeping us from sliding all the way down the slippery slope. And here is the implication: those on the Left who control the equity narrative will arbitrarily decide the limits. They will decide which structures get nuked, and which are allowed to stand. Advanced math? Gone. Colorblind grading? Gone. Merit-based promotions? White supremacy. Vaccine Passports? Let's keep that one, hold your fire. You get the point.
Those who deeply care about our country, regardless of whether you consider yourself liberal or conservative, should be concerned about this arbitrary exercise of power. Deny the Left the use of this unimaginably powerful weapon, for it will dissolve our country into nothingness. Reject the concept of "equity" at all costs.
Good on you Professor Klein. As an American who just happens to be Black, I am insulted by the letter written by one of your students. The worst kind of racism is the racism of low expectations. I'm still amazed at White liberals, who in general, think they need to come to the aid of Black people just based on their skin color. Nothing could be more insulting than believing the White hue of one's skin color somehow makes them superior to another race of people. What a false sense of superiority. White liberals are the most dangerous species to the success of Black as a whole.
It is my mission in life to expose every White liberal I come across. I will encourage you to continue to stand for what is right, and never back down to White liberals in particular.
Perhaps it is time to start naming the people who start these wars, i.e., the student who sent the original email.
Bari, thanks again for sharing these very important stories, it is so critical that the few objective journalists we have left call this shit out. Professor Klein, thanks for having the sack required to fight back and not just wimper away licking your wounds. We do still have a bit of reason and commitment to the law in our Federal Courts, so perhaps at least economic justice will be served upon UCLA in that venue.
It is just beyond imagination how gutless these University administrations are at this point. They have somehow forgotten that these bright yet still ignorant 18 year-olds show up at their University to “learn” - and that is their job and that of their professors to do the “teaching”. But no, they somehow seem to believe that these ignorant 18-22 year olds are there to do the “teaching” - and the University staff is there to do the “learning”.
So, we have now essentially allowed these ignorant, yet already radicalized 18 year-olds to bully the Universities into becoming mono-culture seminaries, indoctrinating both students and faculty into the religion of WOKENESS.
How in the world can anyone who wants to lay claim to being ideologically “liberal” look at this and believe it can end well. Have these brilliant yet gutless fools forgotten the writings of Orwell, or are they just willing to trash a society rather than stand up to a bunch of children?
Klein's mistake was in replying to the set-piece email, supplying his enemies with words to quote out of context. A simple "no" would have sufficed.
Gotta love those who cry about their need for safe spaces yet are always ready to punish those who dare disagree with their views and who will use , threaten or condone violence to enforce their intolerance and hatred.
If the student’s email was indeed taken from a form, Prof. Klein might wish to find out through discovery how many of his colleagues received a similar email, how they responded and what, if anything, happened to them.
The student’s condescension in writing (or simply forwarding it on the assumption he read it first) the email itself is rather breathtaking. Another matter for the discovery process: was the student acting alone?
I can understand why you would limit the complaint to the University, but adding the student as a defendant would send a message that this is not a game and his actions have consequences for which he must be held accountable.
In the end, you could always release the student once he has provided in all relevant sworn testimony and documents (including against any University official he dealt with) and a written apology detailing his improper conduct. One might, but only if the circumstances bear it out, grant that the student was acting from a good motive but went about it the wrong way. In law, that type of person is known informally as “white heart, empty head.”
I think the most cowardly humans on earth are surely college administrators.
My daughter who has been working in finance for 10 years now, she’s 30, says it’s incredibly hard to hire people which she desperately needs to grow her team. Kids in their early to mid-20’s are entitled, not rigorous, undisciplined and complain a lot. She’s rather shocked at how juvenile this cohort is.
Professor Klein, would it be possible to sue the students who caused your income loss? I am so disappointed at the UC system in general. I had wonderful and rigorous professors that had their education there and as a CA Tax payer it is ridiculous to see where the UC system is heading.
For Mr. Klein's sake, I hope he wins his case.
But, for the rest of us, what most of us has feared is happening is now indeed happening. Western Civilization is crashing in on itself. The most debased, insane and self-defeating narratives have captured the minds of our young people in our lands.
In my view, this will unfortunately not end by rational debate or government edict. No, this will cruise at ever-faster speeds to its unfortunate conclusion: the chaotic social and political fracturing of our civilization into a million pieces.
Of course, in concert with Big Tech governments will use the vaccine passport platform to establish some semblance of control (why do you think they're pushing it SO hard?!). It will work for awhile. But, when our economic system finally meets the logical conclusion of the abuse heaped upon it during the last 40 years (offshoring, quantitative easing, demographic collapse, debasement of currency, rising inflation, and now vaccine mandates that are pushing 5-10% of the workforce into the shadows), the music will stop.
I wish I knew a way out of this mess. But, as the book of Judges foretells, a people whose sole impulses are pleasure, evil and greed is on the precipice of ruin. The 20-year war in Afghanistan is only the latest embodiment of these vices.
Only bondage can restore the yearning for liberty. I fear that's where this is all headed. Tell me I'm wrong and there's still hope?
Thank you for having the courage to stand up against this type of bullying. The ironic thing is that you successfully pushing back against the university is the best thing that could happen to the school, the faculty and the students - including the student that created this situation. And of course, for all of the rest of us.
To my eye, the saddest part of this whole tale - other than the persecution of the professor, of course - is that a student at this level was so poorly educated that he (she) could not see the degree to which he was embarrassing himself. I used to think that when people embarrassed themselves, they would be as aware as those surrounding them and self-muzzle. Turns out that is not always true - and never true when one lacks the most basic tools of clear thinking.
Ugh. I am a Bruin, in name only. This is the kind of stuff that stopped me from ever giving to my alma mater ever again and start giving to an institution that actually teaches kids to use their brains and draw their own conclusions. I'm sorry this happened to you Dr. Klein and I hope you are wildly successful. Please come back and let us know how it's going.
" “chilling” other professors into not voicing unorthodox opinions. " That your opinion is considered unorthodox is just wrong and sums up the current 'woke', politically correct, state of racial affairs.
As a Bruin, I am offended and disappointed. As a rational adult who's paying attention, I'm entirely unsurprised.
I haven't given the school another dime since I bought a sweatshirt for my girlfriend at CityWalk 20 years ago.
Without a doubt, the most important battle of our time is that of "equity" vs. "equality." Equity, which is either expressly defined as equal outcomes or otherwise defined so as to imply equal outcomes, has no limiting principle. Carried to its logical extreme, it is capable of, and indeed requires, dissolving every single structure in our society. No legislation, court order, local ordinance, corporate policy, or cultural norm can possibly result in equal outcomes. This is particularly true when the concept of equity is combined with "intersectionality." Even if a structure were to somehow produce equal outcomes along racial lines (e.g., an unconstitutional college admissions process with perfectly exact racial quotas), intersectionality could always be invoked to argue that the structure is nevertheless still inequitable because it does not produce equal outcomes with respect to sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, etc. the list goes on. Thus, the satisfaction of equity will necessarily cause our society to collapse into some form of theoretical, postmodern version of communism. Attempts to achieve equity will cause our society to move asymptotically towards theoretical communism.
Sound absurd? Try to think of a limiting principle. How much equity is "enough" equity? Ask yourself whether you've heard *anybody* on the Left articulate a limiting principle.
The reality is, there is no logical stopping point keeping us from sliding all the way down the slippery slope. And here is the implication: those on the Left who control the equity narrative will arbitrarily decide the limits. They will decide which structures get nuked, and which are allowed to stand. Advanced math? Gone. Colorblind grading? Gone. Merit-based promotions? White supremacy. Vaccine Passports? Let's keep that one, hold your fire. You get the point.
Those who deeply care about our country, regardless of whether you consider yourself liberal or conservative, should be concerned about this arbitrary exercise of power. Deny the Left the use of this unimaginably powerful weapon, for it will dissolve our country into nothingness. Reject the concept of "equity" at all costs.