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<div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><b>The Institute for Ethics in Public Life invites you to join us TODAY at 3:30pm in person or on Zoom for "Did Universities Get Too Woke?" </b><br><br></span></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span>Over the last couple of years American universities have increasingly been attacked for being too "woke". </span></span><span><span><span>"Wokeism" or "woke ideology" is seen as the source of a host of ills including censorship or "cancellation" of dissenting perspectives in the name of promoting conformity with a particular ideology - that of "wokeness." Supposedly, American universities have given up their educational mission in favor of indoctrination and ideological conformity.</span></span></span></span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span>The term comes from African-American English, where it has been used to refer to an awareness of social and political issues facing Black people (Black political consciousness) for at least 100 years. About a decade ago its usage expanded to include a broader awareness of social inequalities beyond racial injustice, such as sexism and LGBTQ+ rights. As it became increasingly associated with a progressive social justice agenda, opponents on the political right increasingly began to use "woke" and "wokism" as sarcastic pejoratives, as part of a broader effort to de-legitimate progressive social justice efforts.</span></span></span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span>It is now almost a matter of faith that American universities are too "woke", and that it is a bad thing. For today's discussion, we'll consider the extent to which either of those is true. <br></span></span></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
<span><span>Please join us in person at the E. Thomas Moran Seminar
Room, Institute for Ethics in Public Life (Hawkins 233) or on Zoom
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<br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span>Topic: Did Universities Get Too Woke?</span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span>Time: Mar 5, 2025 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span>Join Zoom Meeting</span></span><br><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class="gmail-kma42e"><span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/86897572199&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1741201836390262&usg=AOvVaw2KwOgRWr19r3ImRRUnSJdU" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/86897572199</a></span></span>
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<div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>Upcoming at the Institute (</b>all events at 3:30pm unless otherwise noted<b>)</b>:</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Mar. 12 - </b>"Social
Media and Mental Health" with Dr. Jennifer Bremser, Department of
Psychology, SUNY Plattsburgh Branch Campus at Queensbury.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Mar. 19</b> - Spring Break</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Mar. 26</b> - tbd.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Apr. 2</b> - The Ethics of Cryptocurrencies with Dr. Colin Read, Department of Economics and Finance.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Apr. 9 </b>- tbd.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Apr. 16</b> - Masculinity in America, with Dr. Lee Thorpe, Department of Sociology.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Apr. 23 </b>- Ethical issues with the commercialization of space, with Dr. John McMahon, Department of Political Science.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>Apr. 30</b> - tbd.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><b>May 7</b> - Social Media and Education, with Prof. Bridget Haina and Dr. Shakuntala Rao, Department of Communications Studies.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">You can also see upcoming events on the Institute's <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/centers/ethics-in-public-life/programs.html" target="_blank">Program and Events webpage</a> or add the <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=Y19sa245c3MxcjdscjExdmM0ZzNtMDlyaDUyb0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t" target="_blank">Institute's public calendar</a> to your Google Calendar. </div></div></div></div></div>
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