Last December, Jeannie Suk wrote in an online article for The New Yorker about law students asking her fellow professors at Harvard not to teach rape law-or, in one case, even use the word violate (as in 'that violates the law') lest it cause students distress. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. The Atlantic: " The Coddling of the American Mind" - "Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. "The Coddling of the American Mind," by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Published by Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt 2018.
Excerpted from THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.
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