"I really dont know why issues such as globalization and global warming and militarism are brought up in a class on German literature."
Indoctrinate U is a 2007 American feature-length documentary film written by, directed by and starring Evan Coyne Maloney, that examines controversial topics like equality and fairness, diversity, ideological conformism and political correctness in American institutions of higher education.
"I wish I could have made a film about academia that didnt talk so much about democrats and republicans. But the fact is, academics are obsessed with politics - and in an environment where speech codes can get you kicked out of school or fired from your job, the political leanings of the people who interpret those codes is very much relevant."
Indoctrinate U"People are so exquisitely sensitive and so exquisitely vigilant that they end up condescending to black people when actually the idea was to treat black people as equals."
Indoctrinate U"The most popular way of distributing publications on campus is to leave them in certain designated publication areas, and every other publication does this. But when the Patriot was left there, we found that the stacks would disappear - within minutes - and we werent that popular. A lot of the people that go to Berkeley actually might not have believed that conservatives existed there, and theyre angry that they do... People dont like what you have to say, and they take it upon themselves to get rid of any information contrary to their views."
Indoctrinate U"In math, if you get the answer wrong, its wrong. Its not four, its five. In sociology, you get the answer wrong, and youre a bad person."
Indoctrinate U"Rather than say were suppressing speech, lets say what were doing is ending harassment. The problem then becomes, what is the definition of harassment? If a person has their feelings hurt, they will say theyve been harassed. If a person feels offended, they will say theyve been harassed... They dont want to be known as a harasser, so they go away quietly. Its a very clever way of implementing a speech code."
Indoctrinate U"Yeah, there are some classrooms - including, sometimes, mine - in which conservatives might not feel entirely comfortable... in some cases it may involve not knowing if the professor is grading you fairly, and thats the real issue."
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