As Prof. Priyanga Amarasekare's heartbreaking saga at UCLA drags into another year, I've compiled a thread of articles written about the situation. My sardonic take: Some people didn't like to be accused of racism and decided to destroy her career over their hurt feelings. 1/21

Thank you for this thread! The whole thing is a continuing nightmare.

February 2023 articles in Nature and the Chronicle do a nice job of outlining the facts of the case: Dr. Amarasekare sent an overly honest email, and a committee found that she'd therefore violated the university's Faculty Code of Conduct. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 2/21

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A committee found that Priyanga Amarasekare broke rules after she alleged discrimination by colleagues. It recommended light sanctions — but the university chancellor issued stronger ones. A committ...

When calling out racism is against the code of conduct, but the actual racism apparently isn’t, that institution has a problem.

Thanks for compiling these Holly. I've been keeping an eye on this case for years and I agree, heartbreaking. Watched something similar happen at Oregon State and it's a big part of the reason I left academia. The hypocrisy of universities fetishizing diversity while doing BS like this :/