A reputation for exclusion based on social-justice conformity can have unhappy consequences. Witness the fate of Evergreen State College in Washington state, where enrollment continues to fall nearly three years after a controversy over identity politics captured national attention. The school’s negative notoriety dates to spring 2017, when students and staff requested that white people, including students, stay away from campus during a "Day of Absence.” Biology professor Bret Weinstein objected, writing in an email...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 16, 2020 00:22 UTC