Billionaire investor and Chicago ex pat Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’ – Financial Times

“What you’re seeing now is the end-product of this cultural revolution in American education playing out on American campuses, in particular, using the paradigm of the oppressor and the oppressed,” Griffin said.
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Bud Dark
2 years ago

Can’t read the article because it is behind a paywall. 🙁

JackBolly
2 years ago

The only thing places like Harvard need to ’embrace’ is paying taxes like everyone else. That alone will fix a lot.

Brian Jones
2 years ago

“Western values” is a racist dog whistle. Marx was European, and the Japanese don’t give a hoot about “oppressor and oppressed” false dichotomies.

debtsor
2 years ago
Reply to  Brian Jones

“racist” lol

“if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”

If you’re a leftist, everything looks like racism.

Pat S.
2 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

Amen, Debstor, amen.

Tommy Paine
2 years ago
Reply to  Brian Jones

So, Western cultures shouldn’t embrace Western Values? By your logic, MIddle Eastern cultures shouldn’t embrace Middle Eastern Values and Asian Cultures shouldn’t embrace Asian Values because they are racist dog whistles. Marx was an evil POS a$$hole as is anyone who ascribes to his “values”.

debtsor
2 years ago

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