Since 2015, FIRE has documented 537 incidents where a target was targeted over what they believe to be constitutionally protected speech, according to the Scholars Under Fire Database. FIRE argues that the First Amendment protects these individuals from being legally punished at public institutions. Although private institutions are not bound by the First Amendment, FIRE has found that they usually promise individuals some level of protection allowing for free speech and academic freedom. “Even one attack on free speech is one too many,” said FIRE Research Fellow and one of the report’s authors Komi German. “Our colleges should be built on the foundation that differences of opinion should give rise to debate and discussion — not sanctions and firings. If you asked someone which country had 111 scholars targeted in 2021, they might guess an authoritarian regime like China or Russia, not a democratic nation like the United States.” Bright Sheng, a former professor at the University of Michigan was forced out of his position after he received backlash for showing the 1965 film “Othello,” where starring actor Sir Laurence Olivier uses skin-darkening makeup to portray Othello, FIRE previously reported. Even after apologizing to his students that the casting and character portrayals in the movie were “racially insensitive and outdated” and releasing a formal apology to the entire university department, Sheng was still removed from his post in September. Another professor, Christopher Trogan, was terminated by Fordham University in October 2021 for confusing the names of two black students, The Observer reported. Read more at: DailyCaller.comNEW REPORT:
For the second year in a row, we documented more than 100 scholars targeted for punishment due to ideological disagreement. This # is up from 30 in 2015.https://t.co/TCadcTrHrt#freespeech#academicfreedom — FIRE (@TheFIREorg) March 2, 2022
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