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@MiriamLionel [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : #Edinburgh #University is learning the hard way that there's a price to pay for going #woke [URL redacted] [URL redacted]
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheTelegraph #MagazineUKTheSpectatorDouglasMurray: "David Hume Tower in Edinburgh was always an insult to the philosopher. The great man of the Scottish Enlightenment would have been horrified to have seen the concrete monstrosity erected and named after him in the 1960s. Looking at the building you do not think of the Enlightenment. More common impressions left are the stench of urine and despair. Thus had the authorities of the University of Edinburgh already insulted one of their finest sons." #IRLPhilosopherDavidHume
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"Woke wars! 'Decolonising' row rocks uni
A PROJECT aimed at 'decolonising' a leading university's curriculum has been plunged into disarray.
The Mail has been told some Edinburgh University researchers have threatened to quit a working group over concern the principal is not offering enough support.
The split is between hardliners who back rooting out all evidence of historical racism, such as slavery links, and others opposed to the radical approach.
Some have written to principal Professor Peter Mathieson informing him they intend to quit the working group.
Sources said Professor Tommy Curry and senior lecturer Nicola Frith are among the alleged hardliners who are angry that their approach is not receiving Professor Mathieson's full backing. Both were contacted for comment but passed on our inquiries to the university's press office.
An insider said the row comes after 'months of rancour'. The source said some of the team had an 'evangelical and arrogant style' and one 'made no attempt to hide [their] view all white people are racist, to a greater or lesser degree'.
A university spokesman said: 'We will be meeting those colleagues who have raised concerns to discuss a way forward and find a resolution. In the meantime, the university remains absolutely committed to this important area of work.'"
#EDUUKUniversityOfEdinburgh #PhenomnColonialismDe
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