The attacks originate both from within campus communities themselves and from the broader Internet community via the presence of “trolls,” Internet users who propagate personal stories about individuals anonymously. Still others have been forced out of academia altogether. The language used is often “dire,” claims the report, leading some professors to fear for their family's safety. NPR claims that professors are being attacked from both the Right and the Left. Callers and online users levied threatening attacks against Gilley and the editor of the Third World Quarterly journal, eventually leading to the article being withdrawn. Professors profiled in the report note that in today’s highly polarized climate, any statements on race or diversity can be taken out of context to be used against someone.įor example, Professor Bruce Gilley at Portland State University was attacked online and over the phone after publishing an academic paper entitled, “The Case for Colonialism,” in which he links the historical facts of the spread of democracy, public health, and human rights to other empires that expanded.
Statements made via educators' research, teaching, and even personal social media pages have come under fire.
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Students and broader communities have written against these professors largely with the goal of protesting their exercise of free speech. More than 250 university professors were the target of vehement online campaigns in the past year, according to NPR.
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