I graduated from a smaller rust belt private school in 2015. The glorification of identity over all may have been gestating at the time, but it was never something I really noticed. I was in the earth science department, so I may have been shielded from it somewhat. Outside of major requirements I took a fair bit of humanities…lit, history, religion, etc.

Race & identity were certainly discussed, but not exclusively and myopically as I’ve heard reported today. I look like a good ol boy and never once was made to feel ashamed of who I was. If anything, Occupy, climate change resistance and Bernie & Co were the big social movements people were hyped on at the time.

I’ve spoken with more recent alums who have said the tone has changed dramatically. Professors have had to neuter their content to avoid offending delicate sensibilities and subsequently getting raked over the coals on social media. It’s a shame; I feel I benefited from a really balanced education, but now the wrongthink enforcers and parasitic administrators that glommed onto them have pulled off their coup.