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The Coddling of the American Mind
2024 · Film · documentary · 93 min
Directed by Ted Balaker
Follows five twenty-somethings who entered college with high hopes, only to be confronted with identity politics, social media hysteria, and cancel culture, leading the students to face anxiety, depression, and fear.
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I've been following the free speech issue on universities for almost a year now, and I think the 2008 may be on the mark, though the first well known incident I can name is the Lawrence Summers controversy in 2005 [1].
The free speech issue is mainly a talking point of conservatives because these are the ones most impacted. Students complain about being afraid to voice their opinions for fear of being ostracized or punished on grades.
It's enlightening to read through a few issues of The College Fix [2].
Relevant interesting book is The Coddling Of The American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Luka off.
But it gets really entertaining when you watch some youtube videos on this subject, for example the great, 3-part, documentary[3] by Mike Nayna.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers
[2] https://www.thecollegefix.com/
[3] https://youtu.be/FH2WeWgcSMk
EDIT: and just after I wrote this, a research paper popped up, about army veterans going back to college and experiencing culture shock: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17475759.2019.1592770?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app